Cee_Sportivo

Thanks For the Advice Silva, will definitely take that into consideration. Cheers

Thanks for all your advice guys, this has been really helpful... much more clarity now on which direction to take. Will probably go the super lows with 17's as it seems to be the trick with ride comfort for city driving and less hassles regarding rims and offset etc... will hopefully post some pics once mods are complete (which could be a little while as I think I might save up that little bit extra and get the shocks from the start rather then running on stock shocks) Cheers to everyone who posted in responses :)

Thanks guys for the helpful tips much appreciated, My reasoning behind getting the 18's was that the corolla has pretty big wheel arches and I am after a more "filled out look" with the rims looking in proportionate to the body of the car (no offense to anyone running on 16's I just think they look too small on the car), so if you can achieve the same type of look with 17's I would prob be better off with those, that way I don't have to worry too much about bending rims or chewing too much rubber... Regarding to the king springs I have a few questions which I would appreciate some advice on 1) how much does the car drop on the super lows? Do you have much of a gap between the rubber and the wheel arch? 2) How is the ride? My mate had a set of super lows on a SSS pulsar and its annoyingly bumpy and stiff , this was about 5-6 years ago maybe they have improved (and was running on stock shocks) 3)do you find rubbing problems on the super lows with heavier loads in the car? Cheers and Thanks for the offer on the suspension prices Silva Bullet will definitely keep that in mind :)

Thanks for the advice JC, and thanks for the welcome :) mBy the sounds of things I might have to wait a bit and save enough cash for the suspension/springs combo, how much are you looking at roughy for a "not awesome (and really expensive) but do the job well enough" set up?? would really appreciate opinions from guys running on 18's or like yourself 17's. Cheers :D

Firstly I would like to say hi to all of the members on the site and the people who run it; I think you are all doing a great job and have excellent set up here :) I am new to the site and have just bought myself a 2005 Corolla Sportivo which is very clean mechanically (serviced every interval, 60K on the clock) and body wise is very straight with the exception of some minor cosmetic scratches which I hope to have fixed soon. I previously owned a Honda Integra which had been very good to me but was getting a bit dated hence the upgrade to something more practical and modern. I have been reading through a lot of posts so not to ask questions which may already of been answered and have checked the previously covered items as I am after some clarification as to a couple mods I would like to do to the car. My first mod will be to have the suspension lowered and get a nice set of Rims for it which I feel makes the car look and feel like a different car altogether (in a good way). My purpose for these mods will be the would be for better handling/respinsiveness and to have the car look nicer (find the stock height of the sportivo a little too high and after having 17's on the honda dont want to stick with 16's) I won’t be using the car on the track and will be mainly used for city/freeway driving. Through my previous experience I was thinking of putting on a set of springs and putting a set of 18’s on it (assuming that 18’s will fit on without having to lip the guards etc..) but looking through the previous forums I am now a little confused as to how to approach this. Would it really be necessary to have the shocks changed as well as springs? Or will a spring change be sufficient? And will 18’s fit the car ok with a spring change (or are other mods required?) or will I need to downsize to 17’s? Just a little worried as I admittedly don’t know a lot about the make technically and I have seen a lot of posts saying that by changing only the springs the shocks wear out very rapidly, which is not what I am used to as I had original shocks on my Integra and had the springs lowered about 3 inches and did not have any problems with my shocks wearing out.. (was lowered about 4 years ago) So I would really appreciate any feedback from fellow Sportivo owners who have made these mods and can contribute through their own experiences, and apologies if this topic has been covered and i have missed it. (I have been looking for days and have not been able to find anything) :) Your feedback and advice is very much appreciated.. Cheers