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Postby O2EAZY » Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:10 pm

i was lookin on trade me n a guy has got heaps of them n was wandering is it worth gettin them im not into racin as its a ae92 corolla wit a 4-af but it was on chopped springs but wanna go as low as i was but legit! i dnt mine a ruf ride but wat do u guys think about them??
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Postby aesc » Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:43 pm

Someone correct me if im wrong but i think with these they are like a replacement for springs; they fit onto the shock itself. so if you wanna go lower than say 40-50 mm you have to get the shocks shortened. They are not a proper adjustable coilover where all you need to do is wind them down to adjust height
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Postby low_rider » Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:50 pm

in my old car i could wind my car down to aslow as i wanted till it sat on the bumpstops which were cut in half
i like them aye
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Postby TRDWGN » Fri Jul 23, 2004 8:36 pm

The corolla kits come with keeper springs allowing you to go low and retain captive
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Postby qik20v » Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:04 pm

these are also available from japrace,

my friend bought them off trademe and they were going to be a mission to install i.e not worth it.

japrace told him that he needed to shorten his shocks (he couldnt do this as they are GAB adjustables and the adjustment is at the top), and cut off the old platform that holds the spring and weld in a new one.

then you need a cert ~ $350

so it wasnt really worth it for him
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Postby qik20v » Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:05 pm

these are also available from japrace,

my friend bought them off trademe and they were going to be a mission to install i.e not worth it.

japrace told him that he needed to shorten his shocks (he couldnt do this as they are GAB adjustables and the adjustment is at the top), and cut off the old platform that holds the spring and weld in a new one.

then you need a cert ~ $350

so it wasnt really worth it for him
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Postby Fred » Sat Jul 24, 2004 7:06 pm

yea, im the guy who got em, bought em off trademe and was told they suit corollas of most kind, and they sucked big time, wudnt slot into the GAB shocks and cudnt cut off the bottom holder and weld on another one lower cause they were gas shocks so had to return them. i guess mayb they fit striaght into standard corolla shoks. if they do then i guess they not to bad but the hassle is u gta get a cert, so it all adds up to a fair bit.
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Postby Bazda » Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:56 pm

think they only fit corollas, not corolla levins or truenos or fxgts
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