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 Post subject: Lowering BA on 20's...questions
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:15 pm 
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Ive just put 225/35/20 all round on my fairmont, i want to lower it as much as possible... Ive heard King Superlows in the front and Ultralows in the rear are the way to go? Also, who can recommend a camber / caster kit for the front? Do i need a kit to adjust the rear?
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:59 am 
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kings SL in the front and SSL in the back mate, will make it site really nice with 20s, dunno about cambers, a couple of my mates have lowered theirs on the above combo and havnt put any kits in the rear, they dont suffer uneven tyre wear from the camber being out...

 

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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:27 pm 
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you will need a camber kit for sure i have a ba xr6 on gtp 19''s and the inside of my rears are wearing out at standard height
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 3:59 pm 
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ive got a set of compressed super super lows for sale mate for the rear.

search for them on ebay....


they dump the hell out of BA's.
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:17 pm 
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Mine has 18s, and lowered, not to much though, and i have run out of camber on the back, its a Lane though, but i have no adjustment left, thanks Ford. So beware, looks are the be all and end all.
How much are 20in tyres?
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 Post subject: Re: Lowering BA on 20's...questions
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:45 pm 
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BlownNc wrote:
Ive just put 225/35/20 all round on my fairmont, i want to lower it as much as possible... Ive heard King Superlows in the front and Ultralows in the rear are the way to go? Also, who can recommend a camber / caster kit for the front? Do i need a kit to adjust the rear?

Ultralows all round, get the rears reset.
Front sits nice with ultras, but the rear is a bit high, hence resetting.
You will have alot of rear neg camber though, there isn't that much adjustment as neilb mentioned.
But pfft to that.
The non-xr BAs really look f**k tough dumped on their a***.

 

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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:11 pm 
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i think you will need your guards rolled, i have superlows with 19"s and have dented my drivers side front guard from turning and braking/ going over a bump.
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:33 pm 
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Thats why you drive carefully, dont go over bumps fast while turning ;)
Driving lowered cars is an art LOL

 

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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:09 pm 
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Steady ED wrote:
Thats why you drive carefully, dont go over bumps fast while turning ;)
Driving lowered cars is an art LOL


yer well i had to go fast on account of car skidding towards me... but seriously if your going to modify your car you should do it so its better not so it breaks itself when u go over a bump.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:37 am 
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ignore the fact the front isnt lowered

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thats reset SSL's (ultras)

compressed 1 inch
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:59 am 
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holy crap lol umm i wonder how that would look with the 20's under it?! LOL

I was at the springnats today haveing a wander through the carpark, saw some crazy low BA's in there, woulda loved to ask their owners what springs they had
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:01 pm 
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akademiks wrote:
ignore the fact the front isnt lowered

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thats reset SSL's (ultras)

compressed 1 inch


thats a good ride height. you would have good clearence with bigger wheels.

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:08 pm 
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akademiks wrote:
ignore the fact the front isnt lowered

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thats reset SSL's (ultras)

compressed 1 inch


Sure nice height, but didnt you get pinged for the height of the car? IIRC

 

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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:29 pm 
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mate thats lowww... ive got supers all round in my ef and scraps on everything :S
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:19 pm 
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yeh 65mm at the rear muffler. took 2 attempts to get up my gravel driveway (not cos of the angle ocming in off the road, but cos the middle section is raised)


would sit more level with lowered fronts, and bigger wheels all round, however i only really used them as a test to see how it looked. got defected 2 hours later, so kind of an expensive test ($340 all up for 1 night of fun)
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