Rancidpunx Brisbanes Resident Detailer Donating Members 950 Member For: 15y 7m 29d Gender: Male Location: In my Cabin Outside Brisbane. Posted 13/07/10 10:08 AM Share Posted 13/07/10 10:08 AM that's seriously low on the 17s, looks nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller Member 3 Member For: 15y 8m 17d Posted 13/07/10 11:04 AM Share Posted 13/07/10 11:04 AM (edited) Hey guys any of you blokes carrying a load in the tub and running lowered suspention? Is it possible to get a heavy rate lowered rear end? Cheers Edited 13/07/10 11:05 AM by miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob666 Member 62 Member For: 14y 2m 6d Posted 15/07/10 01:53 AM Share Posted 15/07/10 01:53 AM mummba that looks amazing. I have a couple questions for you and others, I have never had a new car before till now so I've never dealt with warranty.How much did that setup cost you?How does it ride? Bottom out a lot? I've heard of problems with the drive line (diff) by lowering the car, is this an across the board big issue?Does lowering the car (professionally of course) void any warranties? I'd love to do this but I want to keep my new car warranty.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mummba Member 525 Member For: 14y 6m 13d Gender: Male Location: perth Posted 15/07/10 08:39 AM Share Posted 15/07/10 08:39 AM hey mate, you will have to make sure from ford about warranty, but im pretty sure when you lower your car you void anything to do with driveline that is effected buy lowering it, if your worried about it its probly not worth doing...there are cheaper ways of lowering than mine as I went nolathene bushes, coilovers up front, with camber kit,reset leaves, bilstein struts rear..but you could just change your springs front and get lowering blocks rear witch would only be a couple of hundred... your best off having a chat with your suspension joint if your goin ahead with it...as for the ride its great no bottoming out and no scrubbing, though I only have stock exhaust and stock wheels.... for now....hope this helps any .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGXR6T-UTE Member 25 Member For: 14y 4m 7d Gender: Male Location: Campbelltown, NSW. Posted 15/07/10 10:42 AM Share Posted 15/07/10 10:42 AM IS it better to get reset leaves or just throw blocks in to lower it, mines heaps low in the front but looks sh*t on the back so I wanna slam it just wondering wats better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mummba Member 525 Member For: 14y 6m 13d Gender: Male Location: perth Posted 16/07/10 09:42 AM Share Posted 16/07/10 09:42 AM definatly reset leaves buddy, the new king leaves are alot heavier duty than the old model ones,well worth the 420 odd bucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
310_FSX Donating Members 126 Member For: 14y 10m 20d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane QLD Posted 16/07/10 01:31 PM Share Posted 16/07/10 01:31 PM Mummba... awesome looking ute mate. Couple of questions, your tail lights have been tinted yeh? who, what, how? they look mint.Lowering, what was the exact set up you ran with in the rear, looks like the sort of height I'm chasing. Did you butcher the factory bump stops? any tramping out? may I sugest you loose the rear flaps, they will scrape soon and f**k your paint, has already happened to mine.Miller... look into air bagsRob666... Ford will look for any excuse to get out of a waranty claim, if you lower the car I would suggest that they will void anything in relation to the driveline etc. If you have a stereo problem on the other hand it shouldnt be a problem you have lowered your car.Lowering blocks may be an option for you, I was running these for about 6 months, use to tramp out a bit and not the ideal set up however you can remove the blocks pretty easily if you need to take the car in with any issues. Find a mechanic other than ford to do your services if you dont want to pull them out every service.Does anyone have anymore info on the CV issue that occurs in lowered auto FG's??? I have my car back stock at the moment and am going to try my luck at getting a replacement, there is nothing actually wrong with my diff but it can be clunky... hopefully I can convince them to replace with the stronger item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mummba Member 525 Member For: 14y 6m 13d Gender: Male Location: perth Posted 17/07/10 09:11 AM Share Posted 17/07/10 09:11 AM hey mate,yer the tail lights are tinted, I did them myself but its a pain in the a$$ to say the least, I removed the outer lense to spray the inside so its shiney, witch was easy on a ba but the fg ones are really stuck on there... there is a really good write up in the exterior or paint and panel section in this forum also...my hight is king reset leafs with a 1" block I think its sits nice but that might change with new wheels.... my bump stops are fine and have no tramp wat so eva, and ile get str8 on to the flaps as they scrape big time I didn think it would stuff the paint so cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
310_FSX Donating Members 126 Member For: 14y 10m 20d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane QLD Posted 17/07/10 10:57 AM Share Posted 17/07/10 10:57 AM Mummba,Thanks for the info on the lights I'll check out the paint & panel forum. Have you ever seen them done on a black ute? how do you think it would look?When you say king reset leaves do you mean SL or SSL rear leaves or did you have them re-set at a suspension shop?Yeh I just noticed with my rear flaps that after a few scrapes the flaps must have been rubbing back and forth some what and left some fine scratching behind where the flap sits normaly got it out with some serious polishing but when I re-lower the ute (hopefully after I receive a new diff compliments of ford... speaking of which anyone from Perth know a dealer who is reasonable to deal with?) I will ditch the flaps and have the guards re-sprayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancidpunx Brisbanes Resident Detailer Donating Members 950 Member For: 15y 7m 29d Gender: Male Location: In my Cabin Outside Brisbane. Posted 17/07/10 11:34 PM Share Posted 17/07/10 11:34 PM Get the guards resprayed under warranty, its a known issue, I had mine resprayed at about 5000ks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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