How Low Is Your Fd?
#26
I'm a CF and poop smith
the lowest part of my fd use to be about 1/2 an inch off hte ground (stupid down pipe haha). in anycase the frame was about 4 inchs off the ground just about and the front was about 4 inchs off the ground (i jacked up car about 3 inches for recon). my tires use to have about 2 cm of a gap between teh tire and the front fenders while the rear was tucking in i think (17's suck )
#27
Constant threat
Originally posted by Larz
Can't drop mine. Way too many steep drives and potholes.
Can't drop mine. Way too many steep drives and potholes.
#28
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as you lower your fd you effect a camber change due to the built in negative camber gain engineered into the suspension via unequal A-arms. if you lower it too much you will screw up the camber. i have considered making adj length upper a-arms to straighten the geometry out but have concluded that 25 inches measured at the front and rear at the top of the wheel wells is just right and i can set my camber front and rear at 1.2 negative which works great on the street. any more drop and you will end up running too much static negative camber.
BTW, if you do change your ride height make sure to re-set your camber.
howard coleman
BTW, if you do change your ride height make sure to re-set your camber.
howard coleman
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stock, was thinking about lowering, but not with GA's DOT... our roads here suck. and they wait until peak traffic times such as rush hour to try and pave a road... we have some real winners planning road development.
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Mine had RB springs but I changed them out to H&R sport - ended up about 1/4" lower but the springs are stiffer so I no longer rub the fender liners on hard cornering on bumps. Speed bumps are another matter. I don't go over them, around and if I can't go around them I back out of the lot. The other cars can wait!
The problem is not the lowering, it's that the chin spoiler and side skirts take another inch or so. 3 1/2" from ground to engine subframe at the front. 3 3/4" from ground to chin spoiler. The side skirts never touch, but are just as low. I've had to repair the chin spoiler twice now in 6 years. Takes lots of concentration to drive (watching for "dangerous" rocks and potholes as well as driveway transitions). Pic in "Interior, exterior, audio - CYM looks beautiful".
The problem is not the lowering, it's that the chin spoiler and side skirts take another inch or so. 3 1/2" from ground to engine subframe at the front. 3 3/4" from ground to chin spoiler. The side skirts never touch, but are just as low. I've had to repair the chin spoiler twice now in 6 years. Takes lots of concentration to drive (watching for "dangerous" rocks and potholes as well as driveway transitions). Pic in "Interior, exterior, audio - CYM looks beautiful".
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My car is dropped about 2 inches. I scrape the front lip often and rarely the exhaust. It's lower now then in that pic and my wheels are actually tucked now and they're only 17's.
I just drive up on some small 2x4's when I need to jack it up.
I just drive up on some small 2x4's when I need to jack it up.
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Advice on getting normal jack under lowered FD
I run 25" to the top of the fenders, which equates to a 1" drop using Ground Control's AD shocks and springs 550 front/450 rear for street use.
For those of you with lowered FDs, try this: I have two pieces of 3/8th inch particle board squares that I drive up on. This raises the car just enough to get my normal floor jack under the subframe. It works great!
You can also get a good aluminum race jack from Kragen right now on special for ~ $150 (normally they've run around $300). I normally only go to Kragen for cases of oil and replacement pads for my orbital buffer, but the jack deal they had going was pretty good. It's a very flat profile jack that may get under the car without using my little helper boards. Take a tape measure and check it out.
Lowering the car one inch give it the best look....
Beast
For those of you with lowered FDs, try this: I have two pieces of 3/8th inch particle board squares that I drive up on. This raises the car just enough to get my normal floor jack under the subframe. It works great!
You can also get a good aluminum race jack from Kragen right now on special for ~ $150 (normally they've run around $300). I normally only go to Kragen for cases of oil and replacement pads for my orbital buffer, but the jack deal they had going was pretty good. It's a very flat profile jack that may get under the car without using my little helper boards. Take a tape measure and check it out.
Lowering the car one inch give it the best look....
Beast
#42
I'm a CF and poop smith
Originally posted by GarageBoy
Can you use a ramp to drive up upon?
Can you use a ramp to drive up upon?
pics of the ramps I made and use, they can get a stock fd which is 4 inches off the ground up on ramps with out scraping.
custom ramps out of rhinoramps which can be bought from walmart for about 30 bucks (a killer deal i think) I also am using the yellow metal ramp extensions that can be bought from Kmart for about 20 bucks (a little pricy but these are totally necessary or you might scrape the front end of your car without them!)
#43
development
Originally posted by SNracing
stock, was thinking about lowering, but not with GA's DOT... our roads here suck. and they wait until peak traffic times such as rush hour to try and pave a road... we have some real winners planning road development.
stock, was thinking about lowering, but not with GA's DOT... our roads here suck. and they wait until peak traffic times such as rush hour to try and pave a road... we have some real winners planning road development.
I have a steep driveway...I use to scrape my 99 lip everytime I left the house, until I firgured out the geometry
stock tour suspension on the PEP. HUGE rubber to fender gap...not much I can do as of now
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I lowered it down approximately 2inches with TEIN suspension kits.
my front bumper has never get any serious injury so far (just a slightly scrach from stupid high speed limit curb sometimes)
my front bumper has never get any serious injury so far (just a slightly scrach from stupid high speed limit curb sometimes)
#47
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Originally posted by howard coleman
as you lower your fd you effect a camber change due to the built in negative camber gain engineered into the suspension via unequal A-arms. if you lower it too much you will screw up the camber. i have considered making adj length upper a-arms to straighten the geometry out but have concluded that 25 inches measured at the front and rear at the top of the wheel wells is just right and i can set my camber front and rear at 1.2 negative which works great on the street. any more drop and you will end up running too much static negative camber.
BTW, if you do change your ride height make sure to re-set your camber.
howard coleman
as you lower your fd you effect a camber change due to the built in negative camber gain engineered into the suspension via unequal A-arms. if you lower it too much you will screw up the camber. i have considered making adj length upper a-arms to straighten the geometry out but have concluded that 25 inches measured at the front and rear at the top of the wheel wells is just right and i can set my camber front and rear at 1.2 negative which works great on the street. any more drop and you will end up running too much static negative camber.
BTW, if you do change your ride height make sure to re-set your camber.
howard coleman
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I dont know exactly how low, but i do have a funny story..... me and my friend are driving home one day, i was in my RX7 and he was in his Saleen S271, so we are pulling into the street where i live, going side by side, so he looks at me and, just guns it, well, me, nowing their is speed bumps on this street tried to stop him, but he couldn't hear me over the roar of the Saleen's supercharged V8 and all of a sudden i hear a gig crash. so we park and we get out of our cars, and what is lieing about ten feet from his car in front of the speed bump, a shattered Saleen front bumper, he was screaming but all i could do was laugh. He eventually got it fixed though.
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I dont know exactly how low, but i do have a funny story..... me and my friend are driving home one day, i was in my RX7 and he was in his Saleen S271, so we are pulling into the street where i live, going side by side, so he looks at me and, just guns it, well, me, nowing their is speed bumps on this street tried to stop him, but he couldn't hear me over the roar of the Saleen's supercharged V8 and all of a sudden i hear a gig crash. so we park and we get out of our cars, and what is lieing about ten feet from his car in front of the speed bump, a shattered Saleen front bumper, he was screaming but all i could do was laugh. He eventually got it fixed though.