lowered caprice

[capricekempy]

My old man has just handed down his 99 WH Caprice to me. It's completely stock and I'm wondering if I should have it lowered with the stock wheels or start saving pennies for new wheels. Making this a bit harder is that he put new Bridgestone tyres on it the day he handed it to me. Currently has 225/55/15s. Would this look any good? Don't know why Holden put 15inch rims on it.

[accentstencil]

Nice gift. My WH Caprice has stock 16 inch wheels. Must have changed between series 1 and 2. Does yours have self levelling suspension?

[capricekempy]

Yeah it does. Or at least I think that's what the noise must be when it idles and I'm sure I felt it drop when I was leaning on it. I've also heard people say that lowering will wear the tyres.

[ucwepn]

yep if you go overboard and lower it too much you get massive wear on the inside edge of the back tyres its a VT thing it was corrected for vx2 onwards I believe. you can get a kit fitted that can correct the bad camber a bit but it will never be perfect and can go back to how it was if you hit a bump too hard etc.