lowering my car, i need some advice Options

[BeefyT]

im planning on lowering my car but i dont know what to get. I was looking at these coilovers but i dont know if theyre any good. Do they just go in place of our springs? And how would it look if it was lowered 2.0 front 2.0 rear?

http://www.slickcar.com/productdetails.asp?ProductID=1309

i wanna lower it asap

[Tigawoods]

i wouldnt go that way. imo

i would go with
lowering spring w/ new shocks (cheaper)
or
full coilovers (expensive)

obviously getting full coilovers would be better but if you are on a budget i'd go with lowering spring and some new shocks
i.e. tein's or eibachs with some kyb gr2 shocks. im not sure what everyone prefers.

search around the suspension forum. there are already some pre-existing topics about this

[Fastbird]

Yeah, definitely don't skimp out if you go coil overs. The half-a**ed ones like those you posted utilize stock struts (or stock replacement) and as such won't be properly valved for the setup.

On the cheap, you can just slap a set of springs in there like Tein S-Techs or any of the other brands. If you've got the coin, full pillow ball upper coil overs are the only way to fly, but it's gonna cost ya around $900-1K min.

[jason]

if you want 2" for a drop - go with the tanabe springs. thats what i have and i enjoy them.

make sure that your shocks are in good shape if you plan to not get new shocks

[playr158]

arospeed isn't for the weary, the rates are pretty stiff.

I ran arospeed coilovers on my celica and drove it daily with out a problem, but some people complained it wasn't the smoothest handled excellent though.

I'd recommend getting TEIN SS coilovers.

Arospeed is a company from back in the day which was pretty good at what they did, what you see now is pretty much parts that are left over from their existence.

This post has been edited by playr158: Nov 25, 2008 - 10:48 AM

[Promasta]

^ what kind of shocks were you on
would these arospeeds wreck a set of kybs really fast?
i know you aren't supposed to drop lower than 1.5" with kybs

[BeefyT]

Yeah, definitely don't skimp out if you go coil overs. The half-a**ed ones like those you posted utilize stock struts (or stock replacement) and as such won't be properly valved for the setup.

On the cheap, you can just slap a set of springs in there like Tein S-Techs or any of the other brands. If you've got the coin, full pillow ball upper coil overs are the only way to fly, but it's gonna cost ya around $900-1K min.

what if i get better shocks? or should i just get new springs and shocks?

This post has been edited by BeefyT: Nov 25, 2008 - 11:31 AM

[playr158]

I was on KYBs in the rear and i was lowered over 2" all the way around.

best way to lower a celica in a reasonable budget is on TEIN SS coilovers.

[Promasta]

ya but a lot of people dont have $1500-$1600 haha

[playr158]

k-sport is a cheap alternative...or settle for a spring setup....or save up for a little while.

[BeefyT]

thanks you guys have been very helpful

[manphibian]

If doing the work isn't a problem i would recommend just getting springs first. Then you can replace the shocks later if you need to. I have a 40-50mm drop on the original struts and the ride is superb. The OEM shocks are pretty good.

Push down hard on each corner of the car. If it springs up once, then settles the shocks are still good. If it bounces up and down more than once, you'll need new shocks too.

[LewFX]

whose gonna lower your car?

[BeefyT]

whose gonna lower your car?

i have a mechanic who can do it