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Don't go to the shock shop off lincoln road...

Postby darkmyst » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:37 pm

You will now know why I have chopped the springs to my rolla

I ordered... KE70 Lowering springs.... at the shock shop

I wanted it to be lowered by... 50mm at least...

So they ordered some in, $200, sweet as... A bit dare but hey, I just wanted to lower my car and I wanted to have good brand new ones...

So, three days passed, and we got our springs, now heres when the stress begins, we put the springs on the car, had it jacked up, it didn't look much lower, jacked it down, and it was the same as before, this is when I got really pissed, went back to the shitty shock shop in henderson and complained, they said they were lowering springs not "Remain-the-same height springs" so, for an extra $40 they ordered new springs, we waited... 5 days and we got our springs, not only looking the same as the previous ones but even bigger, so we had to remove everything again, de ja vu really, took $&#$% ages to do the process again, and we put the springs on, put the jack down... AND F... U... C.... K....

The car was not low
The car was not how it was before
THe car was $&#$% HIGHER then before, thats right... They gave us friggin Higher-ing springs...

BASTARDS...

So, that night, me and my dad got the stock springs, and cut them, we were sick to death of waiting plus we have a spare set of springs... we went back to the shock shop adn they said they'd give us new springs that would lower our car... So here they are, 2 months after they said that... I got the new springs, NOW I'm not gonna bother putting them on again unless one of you can please tell me from looking at them, will it lower my KE70, if so... how much?

The first pic, it sits even lower than that, its that high up at the moment cause the whole interior and doors have been taken out.. It'd sit about an inch lower, maybe 1.5

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Postby Low_Aa63 » Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:03 pm

a toilet roll.....thats an interesting comparison 8)
The list so far
Te71, Ae82, Ke70x2, Mx73x2, Ga61, Gx61, Ra63, Aa63, Ae70, Ae85, Ke25, Ke30, Ke36, Gz10x2, Hb11, Ta40, Ma45......

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Postby darkmyst » Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:13 pm

Only thing I had!! *shrugs*

I looked in the fridge but there wasn't really anything good that everyone would be able to compare it to, so I got your average sized toilet roll...

So do you know if that would lower my car? Its about 2 and a half toilet rolls big and its pretty stiff.
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Postby Silent Knight » Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:23 pm

Normally with new springs you don't see the result immediately....you drive it around for a couple of days untill the springs start settling and then you will see the difference from your stock springs...
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Postby Low_Aa63 » Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:25 pm

yeah most mondern springs take ages to settle but still wont have the desired amount of lowering.

Get them compressed with shortened shocks and dump it. Ive also found with most lowering springs available for a cheaper price arent really lowering springs they just have a heavier spring rate really.

so yeah
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Te71, Ae82, Ke70x2, Mx73x2, Ga61, Gx61, Ra63, Aa63, Ae70, Ae85, Ke25, Ke30, Ke36, Gz10x2, Hb11, Ta40, Ma45......

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Postby darkmyst » Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:41 pm

Thanks guys...

Well
the moral of the story is...

Shock shop people are dumbasses, my dad went there once to get leafs for his landrover and they got it wrong, 3 times.... he even said the exact model, seriously, they might aswell work at burger king
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Postby Emperor » Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:09 am

I know you're pissed off, but..
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
How can they be THAT stupid?
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Postby darkmyst » Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:14 am

Emperor wrote:I know you're pissed off, but..
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
How can they be THAT stupid?


They first gave me FXGT springs for my KE70...

Niether FXGT nor KE70 are that rare models...

My dad didn't even put those on cause he knew they weren't the right size.
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Postby Emperor » Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:15 am

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Dell'Orto » Sat Dec 03, 2005 2:35 pm

$&#$% that, you should have just rung Chamberlains in Christchurch (who make Cobra springs) and given them dimensions. Would have cost about $240, but would be guaranteed to sit where you want them to.
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Postby darkmyst » Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:24 am

Didn't really think of that, and after all I live in auckland so never would've found out, unless I went to this forum of course... I think thats where the shit shop gets it from....

anyways, i just bourght a dump pipe for my rolla, whats the best way to make it sound nice? WIll it sound nice with just the tip or will I need to make the whole exhaust system 2 inch?
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Postby Dell'Orto » Sun Dec 04, 2005 7:31 pm

A rear muffler will help, but unless its not a 4k anymore, use 1.75" exhaust, with a couple of long coby's in it and the rear muffler. Will be pretty nice then, without losing too much low end torque.
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