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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:17 pm 
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i have just bought a standerd ef series 2 fairmont ghia and want to lower it to make it look nice but not too low i live in frankston and want some help on what i should get and where i can get it sorry if this sounds lame but i am a newby to this also if u can help by telling me wat sort of prices i would be looking at thanks

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:34 pm 
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I'm also in the same boat, the ghia's have lower suspension already so i have been toying with the idea of going super lows.
Super lows might be a bit low if your worried about height but i'm not sure what other heights are around
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:42 pm 
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Mont Ghias have the same suspension as XRs...ie eqivulent to lows al;ready.
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:05 pm 
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its not heigth i worried about its practicallity and cop bait that i am thinking about and i dont want to have 5 people in the car with me and have the tyres scrubing every corner i go around

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:08 am 
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i have an el ghia and am looking at whiteline lows as apprently they are slighty lower than xr suspension
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:14 am 
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ive got super lows in mine and almost got defected the other nite cos its 2 low, its sits awesom and its only 10mm to low under the cat and the exhaust

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:58 pm 
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so wat sort of price should i look at to put whitlines on it all round with shocks to suit

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:17 pm 
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so wat sort of price should i look at to put whitlines on it all round with shocks to suit

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:47 am 
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well i just ordered whiteline springs Low's and kyb shocks

$339 set of 4 whiteline springs
$280 Kyb Front Pair
$150 Kyb Rear Pair
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:47 am 
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i got superlows (kings) but sorry i cant remember the price. i know it was between 300-350 dollars anyway..

they say you should get new shocks and a camber kit as well with superlows , i didnt and have had no probs.. the car had 144 000 kms on it when they went in.. i do however think maybe i should have got lows as i scrape /speed humps are a nitemare and any driveway that is slightly higher than normal..

looks great though

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:52 am 
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its not heigth i worried about its practicallity and cop bait that i am thinking about and i dont want to have 5 people in the car with me and have the tyres scrubing every corner i go around


my car gets no attention around frankston, and its not exactly high.
i think you'd be able to get away with superlows., it seems that it differs from car to car though.
tyres won't scrub unless you're running 235's or wider in most cases, in which case rolling the guard can help.

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:29 pm 
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yeh but im a p plater with a 4 lt car they dont really like that

 

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