shocks suspension question

[aussie_cruzin]

Hey All i recently had my car lowered by a mechanic mate with some really low lovells springs(not cut)but after having them for a couple weeks my car got yellowed and when i tried to take it over i found out all my shocks were leaking and really stuffed..so i ended up getting new shocks i forget the name of them but there yellow!lol...just wondering if i put my old lovells springs in the new shocks that it would drive fine and they could handle how low it is ...or would i need shortened shocks?i have no clue about this stuff so please help me out thx.


also my car is v6 vr single pegger

[MITTZ]

not sure about your springs but i think if u get king super lows you need shortened shocks. they drop the car about 60mm i think

[aussie_cruzin]

not sure about your springs but i think if u get king super lows you need shortened shocks. they drop the car about 60mm i think

Thx for commenting MITTZ but does anyone know about it in a little more detail?apparently my lovells are the lowest commodore springs that lovells make so im thinking i might need shortened but i just paid a fair bit for these shocks so does anyone have some more info on this for me?

[moff_man]

this might give you a little help
http://www.lovells.com.au/catalogue/...sion_1_web.pdf

bye the looks of it you would need lowerd shocks have a look on pg3

[aussie_cruzin]

this might give you a little help
http://www.lovells.com.au/catalogue/...sion_1_web.pdf

bye the looks of it you would need lowerd shocks have a look on pg3

Thx mate that helped

[deserthead]

Your yellow shocks sound like ebay specials, Ultimas.
I had em, but I changed em for KYB.

[aussie_cruzin]

Your yellow shocks sound like ebay specials, Ultimas.
I had em, but I changed em for KYB.

Yeah i think they are ultimas but i didnt buy em off ebay but anyways how would they go with lowered springs?

[VrWagz1]

If the shocks are compressed that low then i would say they will only last a short time. Why didnt you get short shocks in the first place instead of buying standard height ones. But either way, grab yourself some short ones and bang'em in.

[tivoom]

im going to go with VrWagz1 on this cos your springs are so low the shock is pushed up further then standed and taking up to 40% (at a guess) of shock travel away so when you hit a bump your smashing the top of the inner shock in to the top of the outer shock wich is smashing the seals ect apart hope it helps you

[aussie_cruzin]

well i found out they are definetly ultimas and apparently they are good for normal to super low springs so im just gonna give it a whirl and if it stuffs my shocks up then i will get shortened shocks and lesson learnt.thx for helping me out guys