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How? So low!!

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Post by bb1boy » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:14 am

I really love how low that looks.

But I'm afraid that I don't believe it can handle anything other than terribly unless you're on a super smooth, nice, flat race-track. There's almost no give in your tyre sidewalls and there can't be any suspension travel left ...and if you hit cat's eyes, holy moly!! :shock: :shock: !
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Re: How? So low!!

Post by Donald » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:20 am

Wouldn't be able to drive down my road :lol:

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Post by bb1boy » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:20 am

^^ Ditto

..probably would't even make into my county!
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Post by wurlycorner » Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:21 am

I think the competion for lowness would be cebul, lewis's old lude, danzley or leefentonsheard?

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Post by RattyMcClelland » Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:56 am

Too low can be unsafe.
Mines pretty low but i wont go any lower or ill hit every bump. My 205/50/16s are tucking.


The lowest i have ever seen was a bagged Nissan Cube at Japfest (fresh&minty.com car. ) That was sitting on the floor pan but didnt drive like that.
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Post by Zangief » Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:10 pm

@wurlycorner I have seen @cebul lude. Saw it at mimms. Mine was lower than that by some margin. And that was before I put new tyres on etc.

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Post by cebul » Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:34 pm

Zangief wrote:@wurlycorner I have seen @cebul lude. Saw it at mimms. Mine was lower than that by some margin. And that was before I put new tyres on etc.
Yes, Zangief lude is the lowest what I ever seen but he is running on standart wheels, and that giving him an option to put wheel in side the arches really deep as standart alloys are 6 inch wide and offset about ET55 I think.

I'm running on 9 inch wide ET33 17 inch so wheels sticks a bit out so if I go lower, the rear arch edge will rubb my streched tyre.
ludes are ment to be driven, not wanking around on a stand like a Civic.

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Post by Zangief » Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:14 pm

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My lude parked next to standard lude for comparison

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Post by wurlycorner » Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:12 pm

:?
Is there anything left of the underside of your car, or is it spread all around the road surfaces of Surrey? :lol:

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Post by toadster » Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:41 am

LO All :D

Just realised i haven't posted on here since before Christmas :shock:

I know i'm old but i really don't like Ludes too low :o IMO they can look like they have busted suspension or been in an accident or something , mines only lowered 30mm on standard shocks and i wouldn't want to go any lower due to our great roads :roll:

Cheers all ;)

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