Brian Jackett Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 Years ago I remember seeing lowering kits which clamped your coil springs together to lower the suspension. Can you still get these and are they suitable for the Supra jap spec. regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 Not really advisable on a Supra...bit too much car to be toyed with and bodged...there is no substitute for the real thing sometimes. Anyway something like £190 for a set of springs makes it one of the cheapest mods you can do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 You are joking surely? Buy a set of eibachs from Justin, they are around £180. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Booth Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 Quote: from Brian Jackett on 11:07 am on Oct. 23, 2001[br]Years ago I remember seeing lowering kits which clamped your coil springs together to lower the suspension. Can you still get these and are they suitable for the Supra jap spec. regards to repeat, "you're joking right?". Springs work both ways, under compression and under tension. Fit clamps and you remove one half of it's action and the next thing is we're commiserating you on the loss of your Supra, if you're lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 I think they work by clamping together a couple of coils together, thereby shortening the free length of the spring and lowering your car for that girly-knicker-elastic-snapping racey look. However: your car will still weigh the same and be damped the same, and most importantly, the spring rate (the number of Newtons' force required to further compress the spring by a set amount) will be the same. Therefore your car will still bounce up and down the same and the spring will still have to do the same work but using less working coils. The net result is an increase in the stresses in the spring and a reduced fatigue life (bad thing). Also, since you are using a shorter spring of the same rate there is a possibilty that you will hit the bump stops more frequently (bad thing). Finally, your springs and dampers will no longer be working together because the spring characteristics have changed, so your car will probably handle worse than before (very bad thing). (Edited by Darren Blake at 2:51 pm on Oct. 23, 2001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 Just say no......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Jackett Posted October 23, 2001 Author Share Posted October 23, 2001 Ok, Ok, just wondered. It was a long while ago. And I like girlie cheap knicker elastic. regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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