Lowered by 35mm or 50mm?

[DrCunz]

What's the best height to lower a car by? I've a gl and do drive on country roads in scotland would 50mm be too much?
Opinions please?
Craig

[Jared]

60mm is probs the best man looks good and will be ok for daily drive aswell

[Oldskool J-EDM]

If you still want comfort, 35mm-40mm drop is ideal. If you want to go any lower, your best getting adjustable coilovers IMO.
Note that spring kits that mate up to the OEM dampers have a nasty habit of wearing the OEM damper out....fast! So, I would always recommend a full spring and damper kit. Have a search for Tokico, Gaz, Jamex for cost effective solutions...or go all out with some fully adjustable coilovers like K-sport, D2, MeisterR Tein etc.

[grinch]

some cheap coilover sleaves off ebay on standard shocks would be fine then ya can set it to wat ever height you want .i have had dis setup for 2 or more years and my standard shochs are grand no leeks or anyting and the roads i drive on are rough out.its fair to say iv put the shocks and springs through their pases and their grand + wots the point in spending BIG money on a good set if the roads are rough out where you live theyl just get distroyed

[EFinLow2]

hi sorry to hijack the thread but im trying to lower my sedan and grinch you mentioned coilover sleeves on the standard shock?, what type of coilover sleeves should i be looking for because this sounds right up my street

[Adam]

hi sorry to hijack the thread but im trying to lower my sedan and grinch you mentioned coilover sleeves on the standard shock?, what type of coilover sleeves should i be looking for because this sounds right up my street

Forget them!

[EFinLow2]

lol fair enough, thought id ask

[Nocturnal]

Standard damper will not do well with 50mm lowering springs.
The standard 4G damper is very short already, taking another 50mm of stroke travel out will be a very bad idea.

Coilovers is the best solution, but it is expensive so it depends on your budget.

Check your current dampers to make sure they are in good condition still... and if that is the case I won't go more then 35mm if I can.

If the dampers isn't in good condition, you might as well go straight for coilovers as it will be a vast improvement and it will replace the fail dampers at the same time.

[grinch]

hi sorry to hijack the thread but im trying to lower my sedan and grinch you mentioned coilover sleeves on the standard shock?, what type of coilover sleeves should i be looking for because this sounds right up my street

Forget them!

theres notin rong wit them man as iv said before iv had my coil sleves on
standard shocks for more than 3 YEARS wit no probelms wat so ever
and as EFinlow2 said he is just lookin for a cheap set for the time being
and ya dont get any cheaper than that

[Rich4thGen]

hmm, coilover sleeves are notoriously bad and are a budget way of lowering your car. They were on a prelude I used to own and basically destroyed the suspension which in the end got completely replaced.

Grinch - you may think they are sound but if you replaced them with coilovers you would see a major improvement, esp if you've been running them for 3 years! I ran standard shocks on lowering springs and they lasted 5 minutes.

[grinch]

tbh man i wouldnt be able to afford a good set and
if i got a good set i would never be able to drive
me car properly for fear or recking them
no word of a lie they have never let me down
in the 3 years i have them

[Rich4thGen]

Fair play dude, as long as they can cope with the dodgy roads thats the main thing! Roads round mine are terrible

[grinch]

same here man there is good roads around me but there main roads
and im more of a back road man meself