Need help Choosing springs !!!!

Spilly · 30-05-2006, 11:14 PM

I wont to sack my car on its .. but i have a body kit on it... has tickford suspension and springs atm... but sits about 2 inches above rear wheel....would super lows be to low to get over speed humps and steep drive ways... wont the car to sit just over the wheels any ideas.. would post pic if i could dont know how to

Kenaz · 31-05-2006, 09:55 AM

Superlows would be perfect for what you're after. They are low enough to look good, but not low enough to cause any problems.

ON_DUBS · 31-05-2006, 01:13 PM

do you have the EA body shape or EF?

i have problems scraping with superlows WITH a bodykit. if you got superlows fitted you'd have to be extra extra cautious not to damage it

niko · 31-05-2006, 05:19 PM

go for ultra low on the *** if u dont have a gas tank

-jjM- · 31-05-2006, 05:20 PM

super lows, all the way

EDXR6T · 31-05-2006, 05:24 PM

just go slow over hump's stuff:P

dont expect SL's to be like driving on stock's. ur going to have to get frendly with ur brake pedle:P specially over train crossing's

335JET · 31-05-2006, 06:18 PM

im in the same situation, do i do superlows or lows
-will superlows sit below the top of the rear tyre or leval with the top of the tyre

Spilly · 31-05-2006, 07:00 PM

what about ultra lows on the back super lows on the front will that make it sit level or not.. i wont it to sit straight
not on a slant....

Aaron_EF8 · 31-05-2006, 07:08 PM

Depends on the car. If you bothered to do a search you would have seen people get varied results from King superlows, some sit level, some don't. Shock choice will also effect the ride height, among other things.

I have SL's all round and it sits level.

Spilly · 31-05-2006, 07:12 PM

what shockers did u use

Aaron_EF8 · 31-05-2006, 07:46 PM

I'm using Monroe GT Gas all round.

Holbrookau · 31-05-2006, 08:49 PM

EB-ED tend to sit a little lower than EF with the same springs.
Lows are close to the same height as XR.
Ultra-lows, while they look great, will have you scraping on bumps without load.
Super-lows will still look good and you can put load on the back without worrying about ripping your rear kit off, however you will have the occasional front scrape.
You can put lower springs in the rear than in the front, however when loaded (fuel, passengers) the car will not sit level.
Shockers should not effect ride height on E-series..

MADED-6 · 31-05-2006, 08:53 PM

i know grechie has super lows all round and the eb gt bodykit and he has scraping issues on a few things but not to bad. im using monroe gt gas in the back of mine and i recon it rides like still i dont no if they all do it but it isnt that much better than my leaking origianels. but i would go superlows all round they look hot with body kits perfect height in my oppinion.

INJECTED_250 · 31-05-2006, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Holbrookau

EB-ED tend to sit a little lower than EF with the same springs.
Lows are close to the same height as XR.
Ultra-lows, while they look great, will have you scraping on bumps without load.
Super-lows will still look good and you can put load on the back without worrying about ripping your rear kit off, however you will have the occasional front scrape.
You can put lower springs in the rear than in the front, however when loaded (fuel, passengers) the car will not sit level.
Shockers should not effect ride height on E-series..

so the short travel struts(shockers) from pedders dont affect ride height???? .. So my mates car that was fitted with these and stock springs (front)sat a few inches lower how??

crannersEL · 31-05-2006, 10:00 PM

I've got Lows and i find it hard to have 5 ppl + slabs + sub + full tank of fuel in the car without scraping on most speed humps and driveways. Superlows are the way to go, but i think lows sit nice, not 4X4 stocko spec and not tooo low. With supers the gard sits just over the tyre and lows its about a inch over the tyres, ive got pics of my EL if you want to see Lows

Cheers Paul

Holbrookau · 31-05-2006, 11:00 PM

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sat a few inches lower how??

Unless they are height adjustable units the only reason this would be case is that the new struts' bottom spring mount is lower down - in that case it would certainly lower the ride height (not by "a few inches" though), however this would negate the need for the shorter springs that they sell to suit..
My experience is with King springs and Ford & Monroe struts/shocks, so perhaps this something that Pedders do with their struts.

FRDXR6 · 31-05-2006, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by crannersEL

I've got Lows and i find it hard to have 5 ppl + slabs + sub + full tank of fuel in the car without scraping on most speed humps and driveways.

Cheers Paul

But im sure 90% of peoples driving would not have that much weight on the back.

Cars with stock springs would look dumped with that much weight on the end!

EF302 · 31-05-2006, 11:59 PM

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Lows are close to the same height as XR.

gday,
how much difference is there between stadard xr front springs & king lows, the reason i ask is that i have SL in the rear & standard in the front, and the front is only a tiny bit higher, so would kings level it out?

djmaker · 01-06-2006, 09:20 AM

i dunno what springs i got on all i know is when i got my car the back is sacked but the front is SACKED.. i can only fit 1 finger between the guard and my tyre and thats with my finger bending lmao..... and yeah its a rollercoaster ride when im driving feel evrey bump in the damn road and if i like my A$$ to be intact i go over train tacks at 10kz lmao... but handling aint that bad so i guess its worth it?? lmao

trim-xr6 · 01-06-2006, 03:49 PM

go ultra low

animal_ef · 01-06-2006, 05:56 PM

are ultra lows legal on a ef gli with no kit?

honer · 01-06-2006, 07:19 PM

I had king superlows in my EF 5.0, and it looked like the rear had an ARB lift kit in it.

I recently lowered my XR8 with lovell Ultra Lows, which I was concerned about as I thought the car would just be too low, from the advice on my parts guy I went the Ultras, and I'm VERY glad I did, the car sits level, but is still a good couple fingers between the guard and the tyre with 16's.

If the 18's don't fill it more, I'll be chopping the springs.

Holbrookau · 01-06-2006, 09:35 PM

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are ultra lows legal on a ef gli with no kit?

No chance. Super lows are just legal in most states (measurment is taken vertically from center of wheel to wheel arch). If you do happen to get past that, the lowest point of the car to the ground will be your muffler, not the kit.

Holbrookau · 01-06-2006, 09:51 PM

From FordMods: http://www.fordmods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29492
EF302
What is the measurment taken vertically from center of wheel to wheel arch? - mine is 340mm (police pack), and looking at that post, SLs are 345..

EF302 · 03-06-2006, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Holbrookau

From FordMods: http://www.fordmods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29492
EF302
What is the measurment taken vertically from center of wheel to wheel arch? - mine is 340mm (police pack), and looking at that post, SLs are 345..

thanks

sweetEA · 03-06-2006, 01:09 PM

i'm having this same dellema can i have a car on SLs that can be my daily driver and how do lows look??