suspension setup

[Greg K]

hey guys,
i just got back from a wheel alignment and was told that my car is too low
i have 17' wheels sitting about 50mm lower than standard at the front and at the back

at the moment i have only changed the springs

i am looking at either:

1) changing the springs to eibach ones
2) changing the springs to eibach ones and bilstein shocks
3) changing the springs to eibach ones and KYB shocks
4) FK coilovers

i dont plan on doing any track work so it will be just for road use

[Namus]

the name is eibach for the record :wink: :lol:

option 2 or 3 for me...50mm sounds a smidge too low...

[zoidberg]

First of all.....why did they say it was too low??

Was it becuase of the difficulty wheel aligning it?

[Greg K]

eibach!!
didnt think it looked right!
will fix now

well i am getting quite a bit of camber now so i am wearing down the inside of my tyres

plus was a bit hard they said to do wheel alignment

[Greg K]

hey namus how are your shocks?

i see that you have kyb!

[Bernard Siong]

i lowered my car 3 inches and i have a camber bolt put in about a month ago i guess

and so far so good

[Namus]

hey namus how are your shocks?

i see that you have kyb!

yeah awesome mate!! wouldn't use anything else.....

when i first went into get them, the guy told me that "KYB are crap...not designed for our (Aussie) conditions..."

close to 8 months or so on, and I haven't got one complaint; not from me or any of my friends who ride in my saloon....ride quality is 2nd to none!!!

sometimes it'll bottom out, yeah sure, but that's when i do 70km/h over a deepish bump in the road i didn't know about...

for the record: car is lowered 40/30 (front/rear) with 17x7in wheels and King springs...(with the shocks of course)....

disclaimer: if u have ANYTHING different on your car (even if the wheels are 1in bigger/smaller, it may have a different result for your car....please be aware....but this is just common sense really...

The KYB's should be more than upto a low to mild/medium drop job...

[Greg K]

cool!
i am leaning towards the kyb simply because i have been told that they are a smoother ride than the bilsteins

i a only planning a 35mm drop so not as much as now
pretty sure they will be ok!

thanks for the feedback
Greg K

[Namus]

yeah KYB's will be able to handle a 35mm drop more than ok...tell us when u have them in

[Greg K]

i wont get them for a few months
i am going overseas!

i will get them as soon as i get back!