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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by Pie » 31 Mar 2009 09:52 pm

Whilst on this topic, Just wondered what shockers would be best suited for a drop of either 2" or 3"?
I've read that some people use Land Rover shockers. But Classicswede has Spax for sale.

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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by jtbo » 31 Mar 2009 10:01 pm

Spax for proper job, Landy shocks for ghetto job :mrgreen:
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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by garth » 31 Mar 2009 10:12 pm

Can you still get spax for the front and rear?
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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by Pie » 31 Mar 2009 10:18 pm

jtbo wrote:Spax for proper job, Landy shocks for ghetto job :mrgreen:
Is it a simple case of (land rover shocks) rears for rear and fronts for front? Or is it 2 pairs of rears? or fronts for rear and rears for fronts?? :lol:

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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by Nikdev » 01 Apr 2009 11:29 pm

You can only get spax\land orvers for the rear...

My drifter, 80mm front and 60mm rear last season, got coilovers front and rear now but no pic yet :wink:
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I got a daily too, its down 70mm in the rear and soon 100mm in front sm4

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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by Pie » 02 Apr 2009 12:10 am

Nikdev wrote: Image
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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by magnumpi » 02 Apr 2009 06:22 pm

So thats dropped 80mm @ the front so just over 3", is it driveable on the road or too stiff/harsh?
What sort of clearance have you got on the lowest part?

I'm undecided whether to go for a 2" or 3" drop, unless you can go 2 1/2"?
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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by Nikdev » 03 Apr 2009 01:41 am

magnumpi wrote:So thats dropped 80mm @ the front so just over 3", is it driveable on the road or too stiff/harsh?
What sort of clearance have you got on the lowest part?

I'm undecided whether to go for a 2" or 3" drop, unless you can go 2 1/2"?

80mm is driveable if you got the right springs(i got dai spec ones there) and stiff front dampers.. Had spax and 2" bloks on the rear..

On my current daily drive i got 70mm retuned leaf springs and 80mm lowering at front.. Thats on the limit for a daily :wink:

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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by volvosneverdie » 03 Apr 2009 01:46 am

Nikdev wrote:
magnumpi wrote:So thats dropped 80mm @ the front so just over 3", is it driveable on the road or too stiff/harsh?
What sort of clearance have you got on the lowest part?

I'm undecided whether to go for a 2" or 3" drop, unless you can go 2 1/2"?

80mm is driveable if you got the right springs(i got dai spec ones there) and stiff front dampers.. Had spax and 2" bloks on the rear..

On my current daily drive i got 70mm retuned leaf springs and 80mm lowering at front.. Thats on the limit for a daily :wink:
its right on the limit between beautiful and insane if you ask me dude.
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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by Pie » 03 Apr 2009 01:47 am

You got pics of your daily?
also, what size wheels/tyres you running on your daily?

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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by volvosneverdie » 03 Apr 2009 01:52 am

going down to earth thread in general section.
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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by Pie » 03 Apr 2009 02:10 am

ahh cheers VND. looks nice, although I personally think the front needs to go lower :roll: but i would.

As the saying goes, "If sparks dont fly, its too high" :D :lol:

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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by Tom bailey » 10 Jan 2010 11:53 pm

im running on 195/60/r14s what would be the lowest i could go without putting the sump at risk and being able to go over speed bumps, but the wheels won't scrape the inside? any help appreciated.

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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by volvosneverdie » 11 Jan 2010 10:30 am

-2 to be safe.
-3 will ground your box, exhaust, sump on bumps if your shocks are worn/old.
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Re: Praise the lowered

Post by whiskeyonesix » 11 Jan 2010 11:34 am

im running on 195/60/r14s
And I thought I was the only one :)

My thoughts have turned to lowerment. Whilst I like these size tyres, I'm getting a bit tired of looking down at all these 4x4 drivers...
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