Drift Pineapples

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Hi All

Just a quick question...was thinking of installing drift pineapples...would installing them make the car any lower? cause my car is too low as is and i cant get over anything

cheers

[Sydneykid]

No

Cheers

Gary

PS; have you thought about raising it up? It will handle much better, ride more comfortably and won't wear out the tyres so fast.

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its only lowered 1inch, but im only on 17s and have a 400r front bar that sits very low and hits everything i drive over

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lol

[Sydneykid]

its only lowered 1inch, but im only on 17s and have a 400r front bar that sits very low and hits everything i drive over

1 inch lower than what? When they role out of the factory they are 390 mm front and 380 mm (centre of wheel to guard). After 1,000 k's or so they settle at 385/375. After 60,000 k's or so they are usually at 380/370. By that time the standard shocks will be stuffed and if they aren't replaced the springs wear out faster and so the car will drop to around 375/365 fairly quickly. So if you are 1" (25mm) lower then you could be at 350/340, which is actually 40 mm lower than when it was new.

There is only one answer, get the tape measure out and measure the height, centre of wheel to guard on all 4 corners, then you will know for sure what height it is.

Cheers

Gary

[dori34]

get 18" rims!

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thanks sydneykid...will measure it soon....cant afford 18s...dont have a huge budget for the car yet

[Sydneykid]

get 18" rims!

Tell me how that's going to help? The 18" tyres will be lower profile than the 17's so the height will be the same.

Cheers

Gary