Suspension help

[NafemanNathan]

40mm is the lowest you want to go on a standard shock. Any lower you want to be looking at coilovers.

[Prelude danny]

Can't I got 60mm springs with uprated shocks?

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[NafemanNathan]

Koni's might work if you can find some, but still pushing it as they're not really designed for such a big drop... Nor is the car for that matter. Not without serious modifications.

[Prelude danny]

What ya mean by serious modifications

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[ek9sid]

I presume Nafe is talking about suspension/wheel alignment after such a drop. Things like camber (caster too maybe - I've not really looked into how lowering a car affects suspension geometry). Also, there may be the issue of scrubbing in which the offending areas will need modifying to stop the scrubbing. Otherwise there will be the risk of tyre damage.

[GJMHONDA2012]

Dropping ur car that much on standard shocks is gonna wreck ur balljoints etc unless you get uprated ones, coz they will be sitting at such an awkward angle with that much drop, same as the lower suspension arm basically all the suspension/steering setup, even when I dropped my lude 40mm I had problems with the upper wishbone balljoints ie the rubber boot splitting all the time so had to replace balljoints and track rod ends, I may be talking aload of rubbish but the amount of money u have spent on wheels/lowering springs etc u could of had a decent set of coilovers and possibly uprated the suspension arms joints etc if I were u buddy just save up and do it properly instead of causing yourself more problems

[rrobis]

koni has shocks with shorter core - that should work or you can get decent shocks and bring them to machining shop where they can shorten the shock and re-do the thread.

I've seen it done on really low cars here and there and then you have full suspension travel, however then you may have issues with balljoints in the long run and scraping as well.

60mil is not that bad on tyres, if you do the alignment after dropping

[Prelude danny]

I'll be running on 15" wheels so rubbing on arches shouldn't be a problem

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[Drax]

I'll be running on 15" wheels so rubbing on arches shouldn't be a problem

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Why 15s, I told you Wills on 15's on only a 30mm drop and he scrubs like hell. Need 16 or 17s

[rrobis]

I'll be running on 15" wheels so rubbing on arches shouldn't be a problem

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It doesn't really matter, which size of wheels you prefer.
As long as tyre overall diameter remains the same you'll have or will not have scrubbing.

In terms of tuck, wheel offset, width and tyre size comes into play.
You could have scrubbing with stock car but with wrong wheel