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Hello everyone!
Just quick question and might just sound like a stupid one, but im just wondering why my car is lowered the way it is, front low (how i like it) and the back is up a little. How much would it cost to even it all out? 
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| smokin ef |
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its up so u can carry passengers without dragging the a** out of it lol i just lowered mine and it cost me just under $400.. mind u i went ultras all round with short shocks... u culd probably get away with doing urs 4 roughly $125-150 (kings superlows would probably make it sit nicer) but correct me if im wrong guys...
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| fordriver1 |
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smokin ef wrote: its up so u can carry passengers without dragging the a** out of it lol i just lowered mine and it cost me just under $400.. mind u i went ultras all round with short shocks... u culd probably get away with doing urs 4 roughly $125-150 (kings superlows would probably make it sit nicer) but correct me if im wrong guys...
nah your right dude. look at some pics of guys that have supers on their e's. if thats not right you can go to king springs, tell them where you want the guard to sit, they will measure from the centre of the wheel to the guard, and make some up to that spec. cost me 180 bucks a pair. its tempting to go real low, but careful of how low you go as you can start to get exhaust knocking on diff, and the ride gets REAL hard when you go lower than the shock travel.
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| daniel000 |
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ok thanks guys.
fordriver1, do you have issues when you carry passengers ? |
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| CAGT911 |
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I've said it before and I'll say it again.....
"You know what you have to do"
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| daniel000 |
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lol if only i new exactly how
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| daniel000 |
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and then i probably wouldnt do it anyway lol
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| Dan. |
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Posts: 396 Joined: 22nd Aug 2006 Ride: ED Fairmont Ghia, XH Outback, EF Location: Gnangara, Perth |
Umm drop the springs and start attacking them with the angle grinder?
Go real low - ditch the springs altogether :p
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| GeZza200 |
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people cutting springs and doing home job s**t, no wonder people think ford handle so bad
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| FordFairmont |
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Posts: 6113 Joined: 8th May 2007 |
Put superlow springs in the back......
easy to do yourself. Jack one rear corner of the car up. Remove the top bolts and bottom bolt from the rear shock and remove the shock. if the springs already in the back are stock ones, you might need a spring compressor to help you get them out of the spring seats. Can get from Super Cheap. If the springs are lows then they should almost fall out by themselves with the suspension at full droop. Reverse the above and also making sure the bottom shock bolts are super tight, and retighten them after a couple days to make sure cause they can shift |
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| daniel000 |
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ok thanks heaps man.
How much am i looking at for a pair of superlow springs? and is it ok to have 2 diferent sets of springs on the car? |
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| CAGT911 |
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GeZza200 wrote: people cutting springs and doing home job s**t, no wonder people think ford handle so bad
Do they? Who thinks they handle so bad? Sounds like you've either paid too much for a lowering job, or you've been burned by a s**t mechanic. |
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| CAGT911 |
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daniel000 wrote: ok thanks heaps man.
How much am i looking at for a pair of superlow springs? and is it ok to have 2 diferent sets of springs on the car? A) bit over hundred bucks maybe (depends on new/used etc) B) Yeah, no probs. Liked your politically correct response to the angle grinder (oops, I mean spring resetting device) 
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| daniel000 |
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thanks for the reply, ill have to have a look around now then. is it as easy as it sounds to replace the springs ?
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Posts: 6113 Joined: 8th May 2007 |
no, the rears are easy..... but the fronts take more time and care and more of the suspension has to be removed.
Just buy yourself a gregory's workshop manual, and give it a go. Bottom bolt takes an 18mm socket i believe, and the top shock bolts are behind the back seat, behind the plastic covers. |
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