Lowered Suspention

[cv8z]

Hi Guys

I dont know if I should be starting a new thread about lowered suspention.

But after using the search button, trying to look for costs,Heights and brands,I got sick of going through 10000000 posts.

So my question is.

I have a xr6t with 18inch stock rims,I want to lower the beast down but nowhere has any specs of ride heights.

I have called pedders the lowest they go is

Frt 600mm (bottom of rim to guard)

rear 605mm (bottom of rim to guard)

So I called king springs (very un-helpfull, I wont mention what store)

SSL frt 330mm (center of wheel to wheel arch)

SSL rear 350mm (center of wheel to wheel arch)

OR

SL frt 345mm (center of wheel to wheel arch)

SL rear 360mm (center of wheel to wheel arch)

My car from the factory is:

frt 605mm (bottom of rim to guard)

rear 620mm (bottom of rim to guard)

So if I lower the car with pedders,the front will stay the same and the rear will be 15mm lower (might look like it has a saggy butt)

The king springs guy said I would be stupid if I went SSL all round

What are your thoughts??

I still want a car that wont rum on the guards,but right now the suspention feels very bouncy.

PS: I love a car that has no air between the guard and tyre,refer cv8-z pic

Feedback please guys

Cheers

As you can tell I know alot about Holdens but know nothing about Fords,That is all changing.

I just dont want to do something eg:lower to far and find out Falcons rub guards or rip of rear sway bar bolts.

Sorry for the long post

Edited 29/06/06 05:32 AM by cv8z

[qwigybo]

most guys are going for king springs SL front SSL rear

$300 odd for springs $200 for installation or there abouts

Edited 29/06/06 05:36 AM by qwigybo

[Lumpen]

I don't know how applicable they are to the XR6T but on Dad's ED XR8 Sprint we went with Whiteline Shocks and Springs in Low's. (The Sprint is lower than regular XR's to start with).

Originally they're was King Springs SSL and Monroe shocks and the difference was phenomenal. The Sprint now rides about 200% better on flat road and about 1000% better on patchy stuff. It did lose a tiny bit of conering (Low vs SUper Low) but even that evened out when the tire pressure was bumped up.

There was about a 20% price difference between the two options but the ride quality is worth it. I think on the XR6's many people get Low front and Super Low rears.

Cheers,

Lumpy

[cv8z]

Thanks for the replys

What about tyres scrapping guards with SL and SSL

OR

SSL all round

Most guys are taking pics of there rides with SL and SSL specs but not what size rims they are running.

If people could post forum photo links, with rim sizes would be great

[iTec]

I (and most here with lowered springs) have kings sl and ssl and it is well worth it,

this is what it looks like with 19's

http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.ph..._album&album=33

you wont have any issues with rubbing, as it only goes as low as the rear bump stops allow (unless you cut them.. which I haven't)

from memory the kings, whiteline and pedders springs were all the same spring, just rebranded and painted

[G6ET8U]

I have Kings SL/SSL in my T... and even with 20" wheels they don't foul the guards...

So with 18's you won't have a problem.

Here is an old pic of my car with 17's on it and the Kings Springs... ->

And here is what it looks like with the same springs but on 20's ->

If you have the money to do it... get the Whiteline 27mm front swaybar as well... it makes a huge difference compared to the stock car... the car feels smaller, and turns in and holds the line heaps better... should cost around $140.00 for swaybar and only takes 20mins to fit...

Jack

[cv8z]

gee XR6T8_U looks like you have been dropping skids on ya driveway

[G6ET8U]

gee XR6T8_U looks like you have been dropping skids on ya driveway

Not my driveway... it's one of my mates houses... and yep they have certainly been having some 'fun' in their driveway. Slowly as time goes by they are fading away...

Jack

[faygun]

mine is lowered with Pedders. Front is pretty much the same as before if not maybe very small difference. the rear is lower than before. I am happy with the ride height. I dont realy like to scrap underneath the car. My mudflaps scrap every now and then over speed bumps at shopping centres and I have only scrapped the front and the back once or twice.

sorry for the poor quality photo.

[benjam]

If you have the money to do it... get the Whiteline 27mm front swaybar as well... it makes a huge difference compared to the stock car... the car feels smaller, and turns in and holds the line heaps better... should cost around $140.00 for swaybar and only takes 20mins to fit...

Jack 

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Jack, where's a good place to buy the swaybars from? I'm in Sydney but looking for any place online to compare with the Whiteline website. Autospeed used to sell Whiteline gear cheaper that the Whiteline website, but alas no more.. Any other online place that would sell the swaybars at a discoount?

Also I read some other posts about having the rear 22mm Whiteline bar also. Any reason why you didn't get it as well, or is it on you list? Anyone installed the rear bar themselves easily? Just wondering if exhaust or anything needs to be removed. Cheers.

Ben

PS hmmm had these handy as it's what I'm interested in, may be useful info for anyone else!

Whiteline Front Swaybar 27mm - #BFF21

Whiteline Rear Swaybar 22mm - #BFR42