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    Default How can I make my car low?

    I have a VY Acclaim with VY SS kit and 19inch wheels i want it 2 be as low as It can possibly be

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    Do a search, so many threads relating to lowering cars....

    Airbags...stay away from them if you want your car to handle well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AttaBoy View Post
    Do a search, so many threads relating to lowering cars....

    Airbags...stay away from them if you want your car to handle well.
    not true from what ive read. well, true if you do it on the cheap, with cheap gear, but most of the certified kits are supposed to handle pretty good. worst thing i think is when people set them up so the air is shared between the bags on either side, so when you go around a corner, air is forced from one bag to the other, making it sketchy as.

    edit: if you want your car to handle good on a track, etc. dont bother with airbags, spend more money and get the suspension done properly, which generally will have you not sitting on its guts anyway.

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    Forget airbags... just put it on some King Springs and be done with it. Will set you back about $400 installed.

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    bags of cement in the boot.

    sounds bogan enough for a commodore driver...

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    Coil overs would be the best option in terms of performance... but airbags would get you lower and then you could raise it for bumps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Travy View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aaronthestig View Post
    I have a VY Acclaim with VY SS kit and 19inch wheels i want it 2 be as low as It can possibly be
    depends on what your budget is



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    Quote Originally Posted by rch-13z View Post
    lol @ angle grinder... I was thinkin it but you come out with it...


    in all seriousness, its a fairly poorly worded question.

    Doesnt say whether he wants to retain a good ride, performance type handling, or just scrape the **** out of everything for the sake of trying to be cool.
    What sort of $$ he wants to spend.. etc etc etc



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    just go the ultralows with the body and kingsprings its probably sittin on its ass anyway

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    If i was to get a set of king springs Would i have to change all my shocks ??

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    do what the homie/ hippys used to do to there low riders if there on a budjet
    chuck a **** load of sand bags in the boot

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    Quote Originally Posted by hN! View Post
    If i was to get a set of king springs Would i have to change all my shocks ??
    depends what springs you go. anything lower than normal lows generally pays to go shorter shocks to help keep the spring trapped and reduce bottoming out of the shock.

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    Quote Originally Posted by r_i_d_a_h View Post
    adjustable coil-overs for the front and compressed SSSL Kingsprings
    wtf is super super super low king spring??? non-existent is what they are...theres super low, super super low (which is the same as ultra low) and thats it. thats the lowest they make.

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    also he said nothing about springs or airbags all he said is he wants it as low as it could be...which is no springs and no bumpstops....cant get lower than that! cant drive it either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VH commodore View Post
    also he said nothing about springs or airbags all he said is he wants it as low as it could be...which is no springs and no bumpstops....cant get lower than that! cant drive it either.
    gotta keep the bumpstops man...

    plus, he said compressed kingsprings, hence the SSSL

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