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natez
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Re: suspension for ae86 Sun, 05 October 2003 03:01 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
to go 3inch lower you would need to either not care about suspension travel, and just use your old shockabsorbers, go to a suspension place, and say compress my springs so its 3inches lower, this will make the car looked dumped, but don't count on having a good back after a year of driving the car...


or do it properly, and you'd need shorter shock absorbers, youd need to talk to a suspension place about this, they'd be able to work out which car shocks would fit into the car, with maybe a bit of work and custom springs to suit

if you get the normal koni yellows for the ae86, i wouldn't suggest going more than 1.75inches even 1.5inches, then youd be wasting your money get good quality koni's, cause either they'd blow, or youd have no suspension travel, and getting no use out of them...

just a suggestion... best to go to a suspension place, that has had experiance with AE86s, and talk to them about it,

but this is what i am going

koni yellows,
custom springs, 1.5inch lowerd, 7kg front, and 5kg rear
whiteline front swaybar
new uratheane bushes in the right spots


but you also must remember, you can spend heaps of cash on suspension but if you have shit tyres, whats the point...
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