Suspention question

[95riosnake]

you could also get some weight jacker control arms with adjustable spring perches in the back. that will be an upgrade and help lower it.

I had these back when I had a straight axle, they worked great.

Coilovers would be the best way to get the drop you want, but to do them properly is going to set you back a few pennies.

 

[mustngsally88]

I had these back when I had a straight axle, they worked great.

Never heard of these ill have to look into these.



Anyone have any pics with sportline springs and iso out on 17's??

 

[95riosnake]

Here's what they look like:

As you can see, the spring perch adjusts up/down by turning the threaded base it's mounted on. They have a 1/2" ratchet drive in the bottom to turn it. There's a small set screw to lock the adjustment in.

To give you an idea, this is how the rear of my car sat with the weight jackers turned down with Pro-Kit springs...

 

[OnyxCobra]

that's so damn sexy. I just used my MM adjustable lower control arms for the first time, they are sweet for sure.

 

[mustngsally88]

Wow that's low even with a pro kit! I like that!

 

[Tony]

take the iso's out, I wrapped the ends of my spring with a cut up bike inner tube to help keep noise down. other than that, cut them and don't look back. cutting them for a 1/2 inch shouldn't cause any ill effects. I dropped mine over 2 inches on cut springs, and have no complaints, other than the normal problems associated with lowering your car that low.

cool idea with the innertube! i cut mine also and it dropped about 2 1/2" and took out the front isos. its not too bad. just a little stiff but dont bother me really.

 

[Slykin]

Rio, that has got to be a super stiff ride.

 

[95riosnake]

It was...

Now I have an 03 IRS out back with MM Bilsteins/coilovers and have the ride height set slightly higher, rides 100000000x better

I do miss how it looked though.

 

[Slykin]

I think I need to raise my coil-overs up a bit also... Mine's not near that low, but i'm running 400lbs springs in the front so it's already stiff starting out.

 

[95riosnake]

I'm running 10-350 hypercoils in the front and 8-550 hypercoils in the back. It's firm but I wouldn't say rough. I have Tokico D-Specs in the front also, they're adjustable so that lets me tune the ride a bit more too.

 

[Tony]

Here's what they look like:

As you can see, the spring perch adjusts up/down by turning the threaded base it's mounted on. They have a 1/2" ratchet drive in the bottom to turn it. There's a small set screw to lock the adjustment in.

To give you an idea, this is how the rear of my car sat with the weight jackers turned down with Pro-Kit springs...

my god dan that stance is fn perfect! too bad it rode rough cause that is def the best stance i've seen! what size wheels are those?

 

[tnmloudenuf]

i had sportlines and cut an inch out of them.. poly iso's and cut bumpstops.. it rode like crap lol! but if you wanna get low you gotta pay a price.. and roll your fenders too! my tire's burned the paint on the passenger fender just a little. i had 18x10 xxr 521 with 30mm of spacer it was a -10 offset and i was running 225/45/18s