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89berlina

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I have 235's all round and don't have have any trouble with rubbing. My guards are rolled. If you lower the car get an adjustable panhard rod and you shouldn't have problems with it.

I had a good long chat with a guy from Pedders yesterday about suspension and Superlow's are a sufficient enough height for the suspension and springs to perform at their best.

He told me when you go putting ultra low's all round and racing someone down the dandenong mountains the superlow will allow the suspension to perform better unlike Ultras which look drop dead sexy but cause it to bottom out frequently and have the cops on your tails about the bloody ride height.

But however make he decision that suits you best mate as this is just my advice on the subject hope this helps!!

Thanks mate. Helps alot! Its good to hear that sort of information from someone who specialises in that sort of thing. Pedders seem to have a good rep as well. I was always abit worried about SL's bottoming out. How hard is it to get an adjustable panhard rod in?
 

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$150-200 (Depends who you know) and 10mins installation very highly recommended. Sometime you will spend money on this and that and this and that and still can't work out why it scrapes. So this will be money well spent.

You will have them adjust it when you but it off them to suit your height at the time.

I'm no expert but i picked his brains for ages to know how everything works down there.
 

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Morton has a point, you could put some spats on from a vp?
And i wouldn't worry about superlows bottoming out, my ultra's (rear) were pretty comfy until i loaded my car with caraudio and fuel etc etc, so superlows wouldn't be a problem... Never have a problem with the fronts :) ride perfect

I still think superlows in the front :D

Btw what size are your rims? when i had 17's on my car looked like a 4wd in comparison to 15's lol and they wouldn't scrape on anything to be honest... But on 15's i scrape a shitload more....

So might be something to think about?
 

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just for the fun of it, this is what the arse end looks like with no springs:bang:
 
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Hey padrickz88 what's going on in your pic of the rear end
 

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The passenger side rear tire, is jammed hard up against the inner guard. An anjustable panhard rod should see that set straight haha
 

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The front is a pedders setup and i think they are just lows with a pedders strut
The rear is some $40 gabriel gas ryders with some progressive superlow kings

Theres a few more pics in my ride, click the link in my sig and go to page 1 if you wanna see them
 
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