need advice on lower springs

[peanut]

he all, just got a beautiful set of 18 inch HP design wheels with 35 profile tyres and keen to drop it. what brand springs are you guys using and how low did you go? thanks for your help every one!!

[Nino_Leb]

kings springs, as low as possible but anough to be legal

[oz_viking]

Eibach springs, 35mm

[Sport1vo]

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Edited May 8, 2005 by sport1vo

[CAP]

Yeah like Sport1vo said - Also any lower than 35mm and your standard dampers will be out of their operating range, they wont function as well and will wear out in no time.

35mm visually is a nice drop.

[Red_CT9A]

if i were u get sum shocks too cos ur stock ones r gonna take a hell of a beating....n king springs lows and eibachs will do the job fine......

ps. don't mean to be a wet blanket but i think ur gonna have sum scraping/scrubbing and clearance issues :(

but noentheless 18s would look hot as B)

[Mr Revhead]

TRD. yet to find anything that comes close, except maybe eibach. kings are, well i wont say for fear of offending ppl.... lets just say i refuse to drive a car with kings

only thing with the TRD ones is the drop is only 20-30mm

[peanut]

thanks heaps for all the in put! got a mate who used k-mac custom made springs on the same car, what do you think they are like? thanks again

[shaohaok]

dunno anyone who has them on a corolla. but i haven't heard anything too bad about them when used on other cars either.

imo, lovells superlows or eibachs with koni yellows seem to have a spring better matched to the konis. kings aren't too bad, a wheee bit too soft for my liking but that's just being picky, for the road it's fine. best value for money if u want straight lowering would be kings. make sure u get better shocks when u lower...

Edited April 22, 2005 by shaohaok

[BigBum]

peanut my man, please post some pics of your car with those hp design rims. i really wanna see what they look like on the corolla

oh, and btw... king springs goes nice with koni shockers. i only have the springs, but shockers are on the way soon...

[DANZZT231]

or you can try my too low king spring

[shaohaok]

or you can try my too low king spring

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dude, yours is custom waaaay too low :P

[DANZZT231]

MWAHAHAHA! that is why its called, custom TOO LOW Kings.

[CAP]

Rub rub rub :P :D

[BaByRaCeR]

What do u guys think of tein shockers and springs?

I was think of getting them.

[Cooley]

What do u guys think of tein shockers and springs? 

I was think of getting them.

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Tein ROCKS :D

[DANZZT231]

i never rub. Honest. Even my wheel arch guard is still like a virgin.

[Cougs]

i never rub. Honest. Even my wheel arch guard is still like a virgin.

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what does custom mean? my understanding is they have been... cut/chopped? aint that a no no?

if not, how do they make "custom" springs?

[BigBum]

they may of been professional modified by a pro which i guess would make it safe.

[DANZZT231]

yeah, something like that :P

[melvinlau]

if i had the money i'd go TRD, but you don't really need it, and the difference isn't really that much unless ur really pushing it, and i dun think u shud be doing that if u have 18s on... *ouch*... but i'd go for king lows, only like $250...

[Mr Revhead]

the big thing about TRD is you keep the ride quality......

stiffens it up but doesnt feel like a horse cart

[MAP81]

What do u guys think of tein shockers and springs? 

I was think of getting them.

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I have Tein S Tech springs in my Levin, the improvment over stock was amazing, But my Cusco's will be here early june :D so I will no longer be needing the Teins hence they will be up for sale eventually.... There are some pics of my car in my garage Click Me aswell as in this old thread Click Me

[MR22ZZ]

the big thing about TRD is you keep the ride quality......

stiffens it up but doesnt feel like a horse cart

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I thought TRD and Eibach springs were identical? <_<

[Nino_Leb]

look no one realy knows whats best, you have to decide for yourself, every car is unique in its own way, some heavier some lighter, depends on the roads conditions where you live and so on. So the options are open to all brands as long as they have quality and a nice ride height then ill be happy