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pics of your lowness please

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 11:16 pm
by slim_jim
can u guys put some pics up of there cars which have been lowered and by how much

Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 11:19 pm
by valman
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3 inch blocks rear + 3 coils off the front (about 3.5 inches)

Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 01:57 pm
by slim_jim
That is 1 sick stance does it hit the bump stops and what did you do about the exhaust

Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 07:35 pm
by L14MNP
Here's (more than) a few from me lol.

All down 2" or thereabouts. 2" blocks and chopped fronts. Soon to be 3" all round. :D

There's a few wheel and tyre combo's so it may give you more of an idea.

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Sorry there's quite a few. lol

Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 07:53 pm
by slim_jim
no man its all good lol i love the splitter do you guys think that 3" is the most u can go without being stupid 2" still looks really low it changes the look so muck retro cool lol

Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 08:01 pm
by L14MNP
Aye, you're right 2" makes a difference lol
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I think 3" is the limit because of the design of the front inner arches. I'm gonna make some frotn coilovers and probably cut the arch about over the winter so it loses that box secction type bulge thing they have at the top. I can't remember exactly what it is like ATM.

Then it depends on your wheel/tyre size IMO. Say you tubbed the inners/plulled teh outers etc and ran 15"+ then I guess you may be able to go lower than 3". Myself, I run 13's and am in the process of making a new exhaust which will be tucked up higher, but you still have issues with the front subframe scraping, I have already removed the centre section as I snapped the downpipe due to the box catching, and the rear spring shackles also scrape, so -3" on 13"s for a daily would be 'interesting' lol.

What wheels are you planning to run dude?

Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:02 pm
by volvosneverdie
I think -2 on 15s "looks" lower than -3 on 13s.
Plus its a lot easier to live with over the bumps.

But im not very Hardcore. :lol:


-2 on 15x7s
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-1 on 15s
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-0 on 13s :lol:
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Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:11 pm
by slim_jim
yeah the exhaust is me worry big time cos of the rear drive-shafts touching what about a side exit with a huge center box to keep noise down

Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:13 pm
by volvosneverdie
slim_jim wrote:yeah the exhaust is me worry big time cos of the rear drive-shafts touching what about a side exit with a huge center box to keep noise down
Lots of people have gone side exit, and it makes sense. my GLE wore the driveshaft through the exaust at -2. mind you the zorst WAS hanging by the manifold. :lol:

Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:16 pm
by slim_jim
lovin the green 3door lol

Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:18 pm
by volvosneverdie
slim_jim wrote:lovin the green 3door lol
Wish id never sold it. it was slow but cool. :D

Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:33 pm
by sven360
Saw it yesterday with 2 maidens aboard.

It was moving slow :lol:

Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:35 pm
by volvosneverdie
sven360 wrote:Saw it yesterday with 2 maidens aboard.

It was moving slow :lol:
They were probably dazzled by your rugged good looks dude. :lol:

Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 16 Sep 2010 11:05 pm
by sven360
Hmm...........they do operations for cateracts.

Even me ma wouldn't call me that :lol:

Re: pics of your lowness please

Posted: 17 Sep 2010 07:41 pm
by valman
slim_jim wrote:That is 1 sick stance does it hit the bump stops and what did you do about the exhaust
its on the bump stops at the front - theres about 10mm between top of tire and wheel tub :lol:
exhaust has tucked itself away from harm as ive gone over loads of speed bumps too