i finally decided to put my coilovers to use and lowered the car about 1 inch, plus removed the "diablo autosports" stickers i had on the rear windows, etc. so here is the result.








and the result after hitting a possum



[Modified by dLo GSR, 3:41 AM 5/23/2002]

 

tastylicous

 

looks nice man, makes me wanna lower my gsr sedan too. What kinda springs did you get?

 

looks clean..only thing i dont like is the chicken wire but do your thing.

 

i think u go a lil lower dude... u can still kinda see wheel gap... that just my opinion though hahaha

 

looks nice, id say slam it though! just another 2-3 inches or just till the wheelgap's gone.

 

Uh..I think the height is just fine for now. Keep in mind, he's rolling on stock shocks. Lowering it even more would cause the car to bottom out more over speed bumps, driveways, and whatever. It's a bitch. Yea, it looks cool, but convenience wise, it's a pain in the *** to drive. That's my opinion anyway.


[Modified by Takumi, 9:30 PM 5/22/2002]

 

Let me explain something to all the "lower it more" guys/gals. Your suspension/handling DOES NOT increase when "slammed". You lose more control of your car than stock. Unless the camber is fixed; which is almost impossible when lowered more than 2.75" - then traction from tires don't grip the road. Your axle/wheels slightly bend cause upto 20% less traction from tires. Therefore, less traction, less power and less control. Some aftermarket springs and struts/shocks perform better than stock - not all. Race springs don't technically mean your grip and traction are going to be a whole lot better - maybe worse. Looks are not everything...

I do like the lowered look - of course, who wouldn't, but function over fashion always comes first!

 

yeah, i have stock shocks and the reason i kept it at stock height was i didn't want them bottoming out, and the camber was bad when i bought that car. (skunkworks coilovers)

i brought it down because i realized it looked kinda goofy w/ the new rims, plus my tires are almost dead and im getting kumho ecsta supra 712's soon, plus i'm not driving on the freeway much anymore- less bumps, etc. so, i said **** it and dropped it a lil, i dont care about camber, but all the while keeping my poor stock shocks in mind.

 

are those mugens

 

Did I just type under your name

 

suspension functionality only matters if the car gets used for handling purposes.. but if its a fully loaded clean looking 4 door, that only gets driven and flossed on the street..nothing wrong with being slammed.

 

I think I just typed under your name, too.

 

Nice!

-Thayne

 

u call that a drop?

 

Except maybe scraping while going up driveways or over speedbumps.

That drop is perfect for the street. Not too high, not too low.

 

Who cares if they are real or not if he likes them that is all that matters. They look good and are relativly light wheels. With the money you save on the wheels you have more cash left over for more car parts.

 

hahahahahaahahaha. had those on my car too.

 

well i still love the shop, i just stuck one on the top of my rear window, not very noticeable but its there.

 

That looks real good. I have a sedan too, but it's not a GSR though. I've lowered mine on GC's and Tokico Illuminas. Mine looks a little lower than yours and it's not slammed or anything. Good work, and maybe get a comptech lip and paint your stock rocker panels.

 

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhah

 

your car is really good. i think your drop is perfect for the streets, if you go any lowe it will look ghetto.

 

my what?

 

i'll pretend i didnt read that part

 

he means ur stock side skirts