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23-06-2005, 07:03 PM | #1 | ||
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hey did a search, cant find squat to help me here.
how much will it cost me to lower my AU and where is the best place to get it done.... just a little lower than XR. i dont really want to fork out HEAPS but yeah.. |
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23-06-2005, 07:16 PM | #2 | ||
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If you are thinking just springs.. id say around $240 for the springs alone. I tried looking into it as well but couldn't find any info so far thats the best iv come up with.
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23-06-2005, 07:47 PM | #3 | ||
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Think it cost me around $400 fitted for King Lows.
It was a while ago...
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23-06-2005, 07:58 PM | #4 | ||
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have u got a picture of the car with th elows in it?
i want to get my tyres inline with the guards pretty much, then it will still clear the kerb at work easy lol |
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23-06-2005, 08:18 PM | #5 | ||
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its pretty dicey trying to do it your self isnt it?
$400 just seems a bit much thats all..... i want to do somehting on the weekend... either lowering ... or exhaust.....hmmm |
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23-06-2005, 08:27 PM | #6 | ||
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i though 400 was a normal sort of price, front springs i wont think about doing.
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23-06-2005, 09:26 PM | #7 | ||
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oh well.. i think i will pay a couple of joints a visit on saturday..
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23-06-2005, 09:50 PM | #8 | ||
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Does anyone have any pictures of an AU on lows?
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23-06-2005, 09:54 PM | #9 | ||
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Springs...$240
Spring Compressors...$50 Wheel alignement...$70 Cost of lowering... $360 Look on your face when you bounce all over the road from shocks not up to the job and the insides of your tyres tearing themselves to pieces...PRICELESS! Now to do it right... you need springs, shocks (at least rear but front and rear is better), camber kit and a wheel alignment. At the cheapest.. about $800 or so. Then you'll not only have a car that looks good but handles right and wont tear up tyres in 20,000kms.
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23-06-2005, 09:55 PM | #10 | |||
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23-06-2005, 10:29 PM | #11 | |||
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Remember u will need a floor jack & stand to do this job as well as hand tools or if U have air tools to make to job faster. As others have said have a front end alginment with shims or adjuster fitted. With exhuast leave it to a fitter they have the bender , mig & oxy to do a good job. Fitting exhausts is a . Kings s/l cost me $260 for F/R & pedders sports rider stuts for lowered springs to suit the IRS cost $350 much cheaper for the watts link shocks to suit. In the future I'am fitting Koni's to the front. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS GET SOMEONE TO DO IT FOR YOU. buickman Last edited by buickman; 23-06-2005 at 10:44 PM. |
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24-06-2005, 08:53 AM | #12 | ||
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I had my AU forte lowered like a month ago to below XR heights, rides n feels awesome. Front and rear springs plus rear shocks, wheel alignment and wheel balancing. All cost me 550$, I was told by the place i went to that the falcons and commodores only need the rear shockers replaced, thus me getting only them. My camber was perfect, everything tested by them.
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24-06-2005, 09:54 AM | #13 | |||
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Basically, if you went to lower than an XR (which ride at about Lows as std) then your camber adjustment must be at the VERY limits. I'd get a second opinion as even XR's going to superlows need a camber kit in most cases.
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24-06-2005, 03:19 PM | #14 | |||
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Mine's dropped 32mm and the ride is definately not as smooth over bumps - but then I must have some real ty roads nearby. What are a new set of shocks and camber kit worth ? I now my tyres a fine since the lowering. They've held up great (except for the rear ones : ).
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24-06-2005, 05:32 PM | #15 | ||
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yea they said my cambers were near the limit, im only about half a cm away from xr heights as i remember. Im pretty sure that they are the lows
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24-06-2005, 08:05 PM | #16 | ||
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Kings I heard make a ultra low. How low that is not sure. But S/L are bad enough for going over bumps for the underneath of the AU's.
The guy at tyerpower in Scoresby is good at algining lowered E & AU's with shims. He is also able to do the Valiant fronts correctly which are difficult to align when lowered. You will need to find a good frontend guy to align your car when you have it lowered.I had the alignment in 2002 and no sign of abnormal tyre wear. Plus sent a guy from work there as his EL was done by Pedders & Bob Jane's & they could not get it right without recommending a expensive adjust kit. He is happy with the work done. buickman |
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24-06-2005, 09:06 PM | #17 | ||
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I went to tyresplus they give great service there, corner ferntree gully/springvale road. Just diagnolly across from brandon park shopping center
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24-06-2005, 09:13 PM | #18 | |||
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25-06-2005, 07:28 PM | #19 | ||
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well bucky.... i live about 10 minfrom there!
very small world. i am writing you a PM matey. Last edited by sfr rob; 25-06-2005 at 07:36 PM. |
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25-06-2005, 07:37 PM | #20 | ||
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Go the superlows,, if your going to lower it not point going half way. I would have gone SSuperLows but with the combo of 19"s and the roads I drive on I would have no wheel arch...
It you are a city driver primarily you should be able to handle super lows... Though Im not expert on the state of Melbourne roads, I just know that Canberra has pretty good roads..
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25-06-2005, 07:42 PM | #22 | ||
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thanks for the advice guys... i appreciate it..
i am getting XR50 front bar.. or the TS50.. which ever i end up bloody deciding on.....! any way... just worried about drive ways.... mum/girlfriend driving my car...INTO GUTTERS... etc so yeah maybe i mught just get standard XR fronts... then dump the ***. if i went that way.. what would i need to get? and i am looking at around the $800 mark? peace fellas py: |
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25-06-2005, 07:44 PM | #23 | |||
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we could even drag DANSEDGL (think that is his nick) out too!... cant wait to actually see, smell, touch that car! LOL |
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25-06-2005, 08:07 PM | #24 | |||
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BTW, is it not recommend to lower your AU by yourself, unlike E-Series?
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25-06-2005, 08:48 PM | #25 | |||
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why wouldnt you drive down?? bah.... oh well. : |
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25-06-2005, 10:09 PM | #27 | |||
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Unless you cut the springs real low or have had a front hit. Paying for a ratchet kit is a wast of money . It depends on the guy if he's good at frontends and reading the computer aligners. I lowered mine 3 years ago & have had no probs with shims in the front & neither has the guy with the lowered EL at work. buickman |
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25-06-2005, 10:53 PM | #28 | |||
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26-06-2005, 06:48 PM | #29 | ||
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whats everyones opinion on monroe short shocks?? or is there better out there for ur buck??
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