Ke55 Sedan Lowering Urgent Help Please......

[evilbetty]

ok hi there peoples i have a question for yous in the know,

i have a ke55 sedan that i want to lower 3 inches at the front,

i was planing on this in the weekend so urgent advice would be helpful!!!

ive searched the threads but can't find any solid info,

 

i have a set of superlow lovell springs that are supose to lower the car 2 inches (supose too) not possitive on that ,

now can any one give me advice on lower the front not rear on a ke55 pics would be great,

 

i was thinking that i could cut a small amount off the lovel springs to give me the 3 inchs i need but not sure if this is a safe option ,would apreciate any advie ideas or mods to help thanks

 

evil betty

box on wheels

[leigh]

Hey there man neat ride!! :)

i found this by rolla boy, cause I'm thinking of lowering my wagon lots as its only a daily!!

hope this helps!

 

cheers leigh

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?showtopic=5400&hl=

[rb30 boy]

If you really want safety you wont cut them at all.

That aside the thing that is most dangerous about chopped springs is the fact that nobody uses shortened shocks. That allows the spring to simply fall out if the suspension is fully unloaded.

 

This is the catch 22 of chopping springs because by chopping you cause the car to bottom out the suspension frequently,that causes a bounce,that causes the suspension to unload and your spring may fall straight out.

[Rolla__Boy]

My front springs are cut in half....and not one time in 7 years have I EVER had ANY issues with them.

[Falken_KE30]

Mate ran chopped springs in his gem for ages, never had a prob, and if you ever seen the rear setup on a gemini youll know how easy it looks for the spring to fall out...standard ones nearly fall out when you jack the car up..

 

BTW, man your car looks tuff, i love them TRX rims!!!

[evilbetty]

ok so if i did cut my springs and then got the shocks shortened then this would be semi safe ???is this right????

 

hay rolla boy you cut your springs in half ,how much did that lower the car,and do the springs still seat propely????

[Rolla__Boy]

The springs seat fine....the top of the strut spins to suit wherever your spring ends.

 

And they fall out when you jack the car up, so you have to fiddle with them when u lower the car again.

 

 

 

This is a before and after shot of one of my cars, to show how much it lowered it.

[Rolla__Boy]

BTW, man your car looks tuff, i love them TRX rims!!!

 

 

Cheers, it's my gf's car now

[evilbetty]

that looks sweet as!!!! this is pretty much how i want myne to sit,hmmmmmm chop chop i guess this could be an option then ,

[Rolla__Boy]

It has 2 leaves turned over in the rear.

 

Make sure you have a spare set of front struts, then you can just throw the standard ones in if you need to.

[ke55rolla]

it wont ruin the safety just a bit of a rough ride rolla boy can you pm me some info on flipping the 2 rear leafs cheers dude

[Rolla__Boy]

Pics of flipping leaves can be found here. If you have any questions, post them here and I will help

Edited June 22, 2006 by Rolla__Boy

[ke55rolla]

sweet cheers man

[Rolla__Boy]

Not a worry

[irokin]

Cut springs are never safe. I'm completely disgusted and appauled by the number of people who think its all rosy to modify their cars like this. Its illegal for a very very good reason. What happens when everything doesnt go right? I remember seeing a story about a young man in sydney who had cut springs in his car (It was a laser or similar 80s kind of fwd car). He was acting a bit silly on a freeway when he clipped another car. The car he clipped spun and crashed killing the driver (a young female). He kept on driving. The police tracked him down some days later with the help of witnesses and impounded his car. The forensics team went over the car finding evidence showing that he had clipped the other car and that he had cut springs. With this and the witness information they charged him with Manslaughter and he went to jail. He was under 20. There was another case down the Gold Coast I'm told, where a high performance car with 4 people in it rolled on a corner killing 3 of them and paralyzing the 4th. The car had cut springs, they were all under 25.

 

don't think this stuff doesnt happen. It does happen, and people do die. So whats the price on life these days? A few hundred dollars it would appear...