effects of lowering the skyline

[Greg]

i'm about to fit new springs to my standard shocks. my aim is to reduce body roll and increase stability through corners. i plan to get lower the car by about 25-30mm, and i was wondering if there is any adverse effects of this i should know about. will negative camber be a problem?

also what springs should i get: kings, k-mac, whiteline, pedders??

thanks guys your opinion is appreciated

Greg

[nismoman18]

hey dude as i said in the NA thread, king springs are great, there is slight inner wear on tyres, but thats only really bad on the track and if u are handling corners really fast, other then that they are great! i got kings, howevr im sure the rest are pretty similar

[Scotty]

two words,

bumper scrapage!

Thats if you care or not...

[Demon Dave]

and 2 more words:

Better Looks!

Seriously though. Depends on how low you go, how well the springs are made, whether they are suited to the car or not...

A drop of 30 mm shouldn't cause any problems (depends on how big/wide your wheels are)

I have RS*R spings fitted on my R34. No problems as yet, tyre wear remains pretty even. Ride height is lower, but not too low. Ride is firm, but not too harsh...

Dave

[SLY33]

for standard suspension setup you can only go about 1inch (25mm) lower. After that you dont get full travel and adversely affect handling. I had kings with the std shocks. Some said they are no good with the std shocks, i found mine great.

[Nismodified]

going too low on the R33 will reak havoc on the rear geometry of the car. Each car will respond differently, but dont be suprised if you get a big difference in camber.

Whileline dont lower cars that much, and i have the impression that they know their shit !

For your case 25-30 mm, i wouldnt worry, as long as the springs are reasonably matched to the current shocks....and keep us Na guys updated of your results dude !

[JimX]

Make sure you get a wheel alignment after you lower it, because your toe angle will be out. I neglected to do an alignment on mine after lowering it, and my front 2 tyres wore down to the steel belts on the inner edges, but the middle to outer edges still had nearly full tread! It only took about 6 months to get like that.

[Miss*33]

I had my RSR springs reset to 30mm lower then I had the car wheel aligned just to be safe - ride is a bit firmer than before but not too bad and I haven't scrubbed out any 18s yet - thank goodness!!

[hippy]

try and go coil overs or even match the shocks to the springs ... sometimes u will find people saying the the ride is worse when u change the springs ... and i think thats the reason ... the springs are matched to the shock ... it costs about 500 or so ... give or take ... add in another 400 or so and u can have a second hand proper suspension kit which is better imho

[gts4diehard]

If you get Bilstein shockies, they come with adjustable spring 'carrier' platform, which I enables you to lower by upto 32 mm. You can only adjust height when you are fitting springs, not very easily once on car. This way you can keep the original progressive rate springs which will keep the car bearable on crappy roads, and there are a few of those around Brisi.

[JimX]

My Bilsteins didn't come with an adjustable platform.

[gts4diehard]

The set I got for my R32 GTS 4 had grooves machined into strut for slotting the spring carrier into, but they were GTR shocks, maybe that is the difference

[SXY R33]

Whats the lowest springs u can buy?

i have heard of only 25mm, but is there ones out there that go lower?

with out changing any other susspension parts?

[red900ss]

Originally posted by JimX

My Bilsteins didn't come with an adjustable platform.

The Bilsteins I've seen have grooves machined in them to set the desired ride height. If yours are the same type you can have them machined. The actual machining is easy.

[JimX]

Originally posted by red900ss

The Bilsteins I've seen have grooves machined in them to set the desired ride height. If yours are the same type you can have them machined. The actual machining is easy.

Yes, I've got one groove in mine. Who machines the extra grooves and how much does it cost? Wouldn't it affect the strength of the shock casing? It'd be good if I could see one that had this done from the factory, just to re-assure me that it would work fine without destroying my shocks