Lowering A Ke30

[kangaroosa]

I was the person who posted that chopped eb falcon springs fit in a ke30. Yes, it is dodgy i know (i have super low lovells springs sitting next to me - just to lazy to put them in).

I have never had any drama's YET with my chopped springs and i plan to install my new springs soon to get it roadworthy again. So i don't suggest that you should chop your springs.

As for wheel alignment.....I had one done after i chopped the springs 6 years ago, and the tyre shop didnt have any drama's with the alignment.

 

My front end RARELY bottoms out. Infact the only time is does bottom out, is if i hit a huge pot hole. So, normal everyday driving is fine. Which is what i use my car for anyway.

Its stiff as all buggery because the EB spring coils are 16mm diameter, compared to my lovells which are about 12mm-13mm in diameter.

The rear leaves have been reset and had an extra leaf put in. Mmmm Stiff (my mates hate sitting in the back sit. Apparently it feels like getting kidney punched). :P But i like it stiff. I hate new cars with hovercraft suspension. :y:

 

Conclusion - Get Lowered springs and keep your car roadworthy. Especially for insurance reasons too.

 

P.S. I got pulled over once 5.5 years ago and the copper told me it was borderline, and that i might want to fix it. 5.5 years later its still the same and the police have never touched me.

Edited September 14, 2005 by kangaroosa

[Super Jamie]

you generally need to change to short strokes at lower than a 50mm drop

 

if you were going to short-stroke a ke30, you'd change to corona coilovers on ae86 power steer arms and get some decent brakes while you were at it. little corolla struts and brakes aren't worth the cash. i think anyway. pajero master cylinder and 14" wheels required

 

i don't know why you'd want to lower a 30 more than 2 inches anyway, i think they look silly scraping the ground, and the usefulness of the car becomes an issue, driveways and speedbumps and such. i enjoy being able to drive over gutters like i just don't care

 

but yeah, like the others said, stock spring diameter is huge, so you'd open up next-to-no negative camber with adjustable tops. this is why i suggested changing to ke70 struts, smaller diameter spring rocks

[Dan]

boggedKE55 runs Kings, not sure how low but.

 

Was reading on the Street Commodores forum a while ago that Kings make the hardest springs (harshest ride), but if you want to retain a bit of ride quality go Pedders. I was passenger in a VT when my family drove around VIC/NSW (Yay I actually drove Bathurst as the driver.) that had very low Kings, the ride was harsh and it rubbed the guards over bumps but on the Great Ocean Road we had no problems with grip/sway when we flogged it around there. Yes, it did tuck.

 

Just as an indication of how low it was, it ran 17's with low profile tyres (very low profile) and it tucked. Would they be Low or Super Low?

[demuire]

Commodores also tend to tuck fairly easily. Call Kings and find out how much lower it's supposed to lower it. I think low is usually like 30mm and superlow is usually like 50mm or something like that.

[Felix]

no point lowering a car past the point where the lower arms are parallel to the ground, otherwise you just f@$k the geometry.

[Felix]

if you want to go lower, cut the wheel arches out of the guards, and weld them in lower.

[Super Jamie]

or bag it :y:

[demuire]

Someone should like, do like the things they do with Hotrods, to a Corolla. Like, chop the roof and all that. I wonder what it'd look like?

[ROLLN'03]

Thanks, just needed to know if i could go buy a set of lowered springs and not change the shocks..... I guess i got my answer! :P

 

All that info is great for future reference......

 

Like Jamie said, BAG IT! :y:

[Super Jamie]

haha imagine that. 10 grand bag install in a 1 grand car

[ROLLN'03]

Yeah, my brother is chasin a coupe so he can mod it......

 

Hes into the Hot Rodder / Street Rat sorta theme..........

 

He wants to chop the top, suicide the doors, dump it REAL LOW, and put big dish mags on it....... Would look sweet.

 

He wants to do it to my wagon....! :y:

[styler]

low = good

very low = very gay

 

lowering is great when you go a decent amount, and after that its just silly...

 

it changes the geometry of the suspension too much and having no bump stops is dangerous. and you need short stroke stuff too. then you scrape everywhere and when you have passengers its even worse.

 

one good invention is rca's, i will be getting a set for the ke25 if applicable.

[Ruts]

Someone should like, do like the things they do with Hotrods, to a Corolla. Like, chop the roof and all that. I wonder what it'd look like?

It'd look like this

[Ruts]

and if you chopped a shorty it'd look like this

[Ruts]

I have too much time on my hands