im as above, whiteline with swaybars. f**k excellent! worth every cent.

you wont regret going the better stuff from whiteline

Thanks for the feedback guys. Rang the insurance company today and after a long chat with them, they said that my policy and premium would not be affected after the alterations. The only thing which it would incur is an extra $500 excess in the event of a claim which has something to do with a new clause they introduced last year regarding changes to the vehicle's manufacturers specs. Something to do with a 'possible cause' of the incident. Apparently even if the alterations are within govt. regulation, they still look at it as a modification which may have contributed to an incident. Load of C%#P if you ask me.
Hey nicco. Your EF sits quite nice on the road in your photo gallery. Those control springs you using also? Mate. Looks the goods for a 35mm drop. Are you on 15 or 16in rims? Will post pics when i get my setup installed.

That's pretty gay...so if you get aftermarket springs with the same height as stock they'll claim it as a modification? or just lowered?

Just hope you don't get into an accident to make a claim and pay the extra $500 excess.

phong =P~

Nah phongus. Lowered. If you maintain the manufacturers specs, they wont care. According to the insurance company, even if you drop the original ride height as little as 1cm, that is considered by them as a modification. I know its quite petty stuff.

cheers mate. yeah i am just using control springs. i reckon it sits pretty good too!! it was lower than i expected.

and yeah, i'm using 15" rims, good cheap tyres at least! definately post up pics once your done

Well, as promised i said i would post pics after the install of the Whiteline Control springs and Boge short strokes.
Unfortunately there was an issue with the rear springs and both Whiteline and Car Torque in SA are trying to get to the bottom of things.
After installing the springs, the fronts turned out perfect lowering the front end by 25mm. The rears for some mysterious reason dropped initially by 40mm and after nearly 2 weeks of driving, the a** end is now sitting between 45 and 50mm lower 'Hub to Guard measurement'. This i would say is super low territory. Handling and ride quality of the vehicle is a dramatic transformation and is superb for just a spring and shock upgrade. Great combo indeed. But unfortunately i am only able to drive with a small amount of fuel in the tank and no rear passengers, as this basically causes the rear end to sag even more, putting too much pressure on the shocks and experiencing driveline vibration. Spoke to Whiteline direct and they were shocked. They said that this is not at all right and would send a new set of rear springs and told me to speak to Car Torque and let them know of this problem. Even the mob at Car Torque freaked out and said that this was not right and that the rear should not be sitting that low.
Anyway, hope to get things fixed soon and then maybe look at some Whiteline sway bars to complement the suspension package.

 

 

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excellent to hear mate

whiteline really know their s**t dont they. and do the swaybars... you know you want to!!

I had the wrong front springs sent to me, they seem a bit useless at sending stuff out

and yeah, go the swaybars

actually, now you mention it, they sent me the wrong swaybar bushes.

but they are good at designing the systems in the first place, and they are good at replacing s**t if they got it wrong first time round!

Thanks mate! That reply was exactly what I was after!

I have gone with the Low springs - for pretty much the reasons you gave there....I think it'll just reduce headaches in the long run at least!

These springs are Selby brand......I did ask about Whitlines and he said he's see what he could do.....so I was slightly disappointed with the Selby's - but if you Google Selbys it opens to a Whiteline Suspension page........interesting!

I've also got myself a mechanic friend who can install them for me so hopefully within the week I'll be looking good!

yeah, whiteline bought out selbys springs back in the 90s i think

Ah ok no worries then....hopefully it'll all be good!