I was looking through the picture thread on here and came across a Series 1 slammed to the ground. It's a little low for my taste but I love the way it looks. So I'm looking for some pics of 7's that have been lowered a little more than an inch or two. Just getting some ideas as to how low/high I want my '83.

 

My turn to say it!

Welcome to the Darkside. And, I'm not sure if a lot of people had their cars slammed to the ground, because most have agreed that they're already low enough. Altho, most users have used performance spring kits that have lowered it but not as low as that car. However, the cars do look nice when they're dropped by about 1 inch.

 

here one for ya, it's not really low

http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f5...21_76_full.jpg

 

any lower than 1 inch from stock and you'll have way to many problems driving it any where other then a race track and even some of the corners will be rough.

 

how about a pic of one that runs for more than 2 weeks a year?

no pics of blue?

here's mine

 

Even with a 1 or 2 inch drop, the car still looks high. I'm into the low and wide look with going as far as a widebody. Also, I know having a car that low isn't exactly streetable but I'm just going to have the RX7 for a fun toy to use for autocross and mid-ohio. Also, I'm curious about a good setup to get the car much lower than stock without screwing up the stability of the car. And I'm very curious about the car I have pictured. Does anyone know more about it and/or have more pics?

 

Check out Trochoid's and DirectFreak's cars. Both are wide bodies and mean looking to boot. Take a look at their setup, see if it doesn't appeal to your liking.

 

Go lower!!!

 

dropped as low as possible onto 235/45/13's stretched on 13x8 rims.

 

That car looks pretty sick

 

You might want to view the sticky at the top where people have posted pictures of their cars. ;-)

 

yes i would agree on that.. my first rx was lowered by the previous owner about 3inches.. it was a bitch going through parking lots with speed bumps higher than 1/2in and forget about going down a country driveway with out dragging the center of it.. and lets not forget about trying to get a jack of any kind under it to change a tire lol..

 

Looks like I'll be lowering my car a tad for sure. Probably only about 1-2 inches however. Man these look fantastic low.

 

Here's a comparison from my stock srpings to Eibach Pro kit springs. Drop was about an inch. I think it tucks nicely and would look fantastic with some nice wheels and tires

 

You can go lower than 2" but then you have to start doing other things to keep your geometry right, hardest is the rear, to do it right you have to adapt a coil-over set in, and nobody makes one, stock shock location wouldn't work anyway

 

Anyone know which front bumper that is ?

 

It's an Aussie car so more than likely that front bumper you see on alot of Aussie FB's and even some Japanese FB's

 

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...6&d=1191087746

Mine is somewhere between a 1.5 and 2 inch drop. I never even measured factory s i'm not sure. I corrected my rollcenters and put the 3rd link in the rear and panhard for the rollcenters back there, so I wasn't worried to much about what it was at factory. But I only have about 1.5-2 inches of travel before hitting the cut bumpstops, The spring rates are 350 front 150 rear, with 1 1/8 front sway bar and 5/8 rear bar. Front roll center is at 5 inches and rear is as about 9. The car handles very neutral and predictable. It rides just fine on the street too. rarely bottoms out. I've hit bump stops once and that was in a pot hole on a dirt road. I wouldn't Go any more than 2" drop for sure though. Unless you are building a race car and can fix the geometry!!!

 

18" wheels on Ground Control front coilover and ISC Racing rear coilover with Tokico blue shocks

 

Heres my 80 on re_speed coilovers

 

man i love this ******* car!!! got any more pics, i think i just found my desktop picture

 

Nice trailor hitch

And to the OP, That is a Series 2.

 

Car in the OP last seen permanently stuck on a speedbump in a Walmart parking lot, front wheels 2" off the ground.

Local kids use it as a see-saw.

 

Here's mine. Lowered about 1.5 inches and running 17 inch rims.

Cam...

 

its a bit of an off angle shot but its low. cant fit a finger between front tires and wheel arch. will try get better pics soon.