recommended drop amount?

[dsprimal]

Hey all, I'm lowering my car tomorrow and wanted to know how much I should go with? I was planning on getting a 1.5" drop to the front and a 1.7" to the back. I saw that somewhere and thought thats maybe best. would that amount look nice? or should i just slam it by 2.0"?

But noobie question.....why is the front always lower than the back suspensions?

Anyways, whats your thoughts? I want it to be low but not so low to the point where every hump in the road will be hell. what would you recommend?

I'm lowering my car on stock wheels for now. But i'm getting 16" rota grids in a month or 2. So what would you think is a good drop amount that'll work with my current wheels + future wheels?

thanks!

 

[TigBitties]

slam it on 2.0" 0__o thats a very moderate drop. i would say go 2.0 if you want a noticeable practical drop. its really not that much at all.


im down around 5 and i can drive the car just fine

 

[dsprimal]

i got koni yellows + GC coilovers. i think the max i can drop these are 4"?? whats the minimal amount that would seem noticeable? if that makes sense. I want it low but within reason lol

 

[TigBitties]

oh s**t, well if you have that setup just play with it till you find a height that you like. just keep going lower till you find a height you like, yet dont mind driving with. thats honestly the best way to do it, there is no set amount, and everyones opinion is different. you also cant really measure a drop really with coils, to many factors

and that koni setup can go WAY low

 

[Logan98036wa]

Get coil overs? drop it as much as you want?

 

[Logan98036wa]

plus im lowered 4 on my car on 14s

 

[dsprimal]

oh s***, well if you have that setup just play with it till you find a height that you like. just keep going lower till you find a height you like, yet dont mind driving with. thats honestly the best way to do it, there is no set amount, and everyones opinion is different. you also cant really measure a drop really with coils, to many factors

and that koni setup can go WAY low

sounds good! i'll probably end up dropping it by 2 ;( i think im gunna give into the slammed look. but i KNOW i'll regret it after sometime. and my front OEM lip is already chipped on stock height

 

[TigBitties]

sounds good! i'll probably end up dropping it by 2 ;( i think im gunna give into the slammed look. but i KNOW i'll regret it after sometime. and my front OEM lip is already chipped on stock height

two inches wont make you slapped, just lowered. but eh you can avoid that if you learn how to drive. its a different style of driving when you are low.


i havent regretted it to this day being low, and my subframe is two inches off the ground

 

[dsprimal]

two inches wont make you slapped, just lowered. but eh you can avoid that if you learn how to drive. its a different style of driving when you are low.


i havent regretted it to this day being low, and my subframe is two inches off the ground

i'm getting my car lowered at a shop, typical tire shop that everybody and their mothers go to, to get their car maintenance. You think they will kno how to lower cars? and why is the front always a tad bit lower than the rear? you cant have an even drop between the two right? like 2" front 2" rear.

and tips of driving lowered cars? lol

 

[TigBitties]

i'm getting my car lowered at a shop, typical tire shop that everybody and their mothers go to, to get their car maintenance. You think they will kno how to lower cars? and why is the front always a tad bit lower than the rear? you cant have an even drop between the two right? like 2" front 2" rear.

and tips of driving lowered cars? lol

they probably can do it, i dont see why not.

and you can have an even ride height, just when ordering springs a lot of the time its something like 1.9 front and 1.5 rear or something similar. you will have coils so you can make it anyway you want it lol

and no real tips, just focus on road in front of you, watch for the high spot in the middle of lanes, especially traffic lights, watch for road hazards, and learn your approach angles lol

 

[dsprimal]

they probably can do it, i dont see why not.

and you can have an even ride height, just when ordering springs a lot of the time its something like 1.9 front and 1.5 rear or something similar. you will have coils so you can make it anyway you want it lol

and no real tips, just focus on road in front of you, watch for the high spot in the middle of lanes, especially traffic lights, watch for road hazards, and learn your approach angles lol

is there a benefit or anything if you lowered the front and rear the same amount compared to having the front lower than the back or vise versa? is there a difference in handling? or is it all for looks?

 

[hgocasca]

In my mind, it seems like it would be more aerodynamic to have the nose pointed down vs straight or up. Which in theory (and reality) would provide mpg increases (even if it's just 1 mpg more), and "make you go faster"-ish. I don't know you or your current build (yet), but most likely the "going faster" part wouldn't really mean much at all, or really be significant enough to base your decision on. But I'd say it's mostly for looks. A good amount of people feel a "staggered" look is appealing (myself included), so they/we choose to lower the front more than the rear when possible. Some of it is due to the manufacturers making the product to do it, which I'm sure there has to be a reason other than looks, like handling characteristics and such. But it's really your call bro. I'm all for you slamming the front more than the rear.

 

[mylovehx]

2in is blah. dont even really have to change driving style

 

[civexspeedy]

There are a few factors to consider when lowering. YOUR personal preference on how low is low, the spring rate of your springs is a strong determining factor on HOW low you can really go before you run into issues, tire/wheel size and offset, driving habits, and other modifications.

Since you have coilovers, play with the height until you find something you are happy with. It's tedious jacking thecar up, making adjustments, then bringing the car down and doing that over and over. But once it's done, it's done.

What are your spring rates? Too soft of a spring means you will not be able to go that low. If you have fairly stiff springs, you can go a little lower.

The proper wheel and tire specs shouldn't affect anything. So if you're going from stock steelies to something aftermarket, if it's all fine then you shouldn't have any issues.

If you want the best of handling out of your car, slamming it isn't the way to go. A moderate drop will allow your suspension to function properly. Having Koni's on 2 of the cars I own/race with GC's, I know you can't go very low and have full range of movement in the shocks. The Koni's have the same measurements as stock shocks which means if you lower the front too much, you'll be riding the bump stops, even with fairly high rate springs. A moderate drop with the Koni's is best.

Other mods like lower tie bars and swaybars can also limit how low you can go. But from what you're saying, it seems like you aren't looking to be so low you'll scrape the bottom of your car everywhere.

 

[dsprimal]

Thanks guys. Do you know if stock suspensions have a lower front and a higher rear setup? or do they all come evenly leveled? even if its a minuscule amount? also is there an accurate way to measure exactly how high my car is sitting right now? would measuring the wheel gap from the fender to the tire be accurate?

I wanna lower my car so there is minimal wheel gap from the fender to the tire. it doesn't necessarily have to be so low that the fender hides the top of the tire, if it was hovering slightly above the tire i'd be happy.

would a 2" drop all around give me that? or would that be barely noticeable. cause i've seen cars that were so called "lowered" and theres still enough wheel gap to make it look stock. but then again i'm currently surfing a thread on "stances" and some people have lowered their front 2.0 and rear 1.7 and it looks slammed.....but thats what their camber specs say. so idk if thats a totally different part of lowering that im unaware about (i probably sound like a huge noob asking that lmao)

 

[will85w4]

I wanna lower my car so there is minimal wheel gap from the fender to the tire. it doesn't necessarily have to be so low that the fender hides the top of the tire, if it was hovering slightly above the tire i'd be happy.

I would tell who's installing this^