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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:40 pm 
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I recently lowered my car with king super super lows.
It's a real rough ride but handles great, what do you think?
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:49 pm 
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looks nice, what rims are they??

 

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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:55 pm 
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They're a bsa291 by ANZ. 18" 235*40 tyres. I also had the wheel hub and brake caliper painted blue.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:55 pm 
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they look like amg quakes to me, r they?

 

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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:56 pm 
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k maybe not lol 8-)

looks nice tho

 

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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:05 pm 
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Iv'e been looking at doing this for a while now, what shockers set-up do you have ?

 

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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:10 pm 
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i thought super lows were lower...
ah well, still looks sweet, not to low

 

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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:13 pm 
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I've still got the stock shocks in there, because there was xr sports suspension in there anyway. But I'll be replacing them soon cause they were nearing the end of their life, and now they're under constand pressure. They've been given 12 months. But I'll be looking at a decent set of sports shocks, I can get at cost for around $700
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:50 pm 
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the springs are super super lows, lower than super lows. But because the car hasn't got skirts and 40 profile tyres it looks higher. The mufflers are about the height of a cigarette packet off the ground, and the suspension only has about an inch of travel. It's got a bit more than 2 degrees canber in the front, great for handling.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:51 pm 
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sorry posted twice

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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:16 pm 
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bozzanalty wrote:
the springs are super super lows, lower than super lows. But because the car hasn't got skirts and 40 profile tyres it looks higher. The mufflers are about the height of a cigarette packet off the ground, and the suspension only has about an inch of travel. It's got a bit more than 2 degrees canber in the front, great for handling.
great for handling bad for tyre life car looks good but
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:23 pm 
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yeah, the tyres are onle cheap, so when they're up for replacing I'll put a camber kit on with some good quality rubber. I was told a camber kit would be about $350 or so, and a bugger to install. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:55 pm 
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bozzanalty wrote:
yeah, the tyres are onle cheap, so when they're up for replacing I'll put a camber kit on with some good quality rubber. I was told a camber kit would be about $350 or so, and a bugger to install. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
in my old job i used to supply & fit camber kit to one side and do an alignment for $165 in an hour,im now in spare parts now ill price a kit for you tommorow used to use super pro kits now where i work we deal in nolothane some kits can cost $350 like the k mac ones i had on my eb and the never stoped slipping and had less adjustment i pulled them off and threw them in the bin and just went with the shim type (way better) and ive got my r/h/s camber set on 0 with super low springs any way ill price the for you
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:40 pm 
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stock shocks aye ... i was told that i couldnt get away with them and id need short stroke shocks to compliment ??

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:21 am 
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Ideally if replacing springs replace shoickies. The stock shockies are dsigned to work best on stock height, not super low height like mine is at the moment.

Looks good (the car) though mate.
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