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Postby wde_bdy » Fri Sep 17, 2004 1:28 pm

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Postby Ae92typeX » Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:28 pm

I had kings in my ae92. Mine were superlows & produced a good even drop, however they were fairly soft. Are you just after the drop, or you you want to improve the handling as well?
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Postby RE20 » Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:51 pm

pervert wrote:Yes, this is a tricky one, any wheel/suspension shop I have been to have told me that professionally compressed springs don't require a cert.

Yet reading the LTSA, it COULD mean that you would need a cert???


Maby it is because they dont simply heat the spring? and there is more involved. The law may just be to stop backyard jobs. I'd say if you can show a reciept you're sweet.
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pervert wrote:Haha, it's not low enough, it still has suspension travel!!!
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Postby dskd » Fri Sep 17, 2004 5:53 pm

ill show u my dx one day its got kings in it and lowering blocks in the back and its come down a good amount
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Postby dskd » Sat Sep 18, 2004 8:44 pm

mine not on the road yet its 2003 ford blue
2 door 81 wag
carnt got the springs man by kings u can order what ever u like from them
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Postby matt dunn » Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:53 pm

dskd wrote:ill show u my dx one day its got kings in it and lowering blocks in the back and its come down a good amount


lowering blocks on a DX?
They dont have leaf springs do they?
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Postby kingcorolla » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:15 pm

the ke70 dx S/W does matt.
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since this is ke70 lowering, how would u get a good drop, whilst achieving adjustable/stiff suspension, for purposes like a track/drift car. Especially if it a S/W with leafs... which would be more effective with leafs.. straightened with custom shock,.. or lowering blocks with custom shock??

also are there options with swaybars, panhard rods, axle links etc?? specificly for a ke70 s/w??

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Postby dskd » Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:32 pm

u can tie the back down with sway bars and ect a now a guy at works righ it to that sort of thing and he says that if u no what ur doing u can get them to handel relay well
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Postby kingcorolla » Sun Sep 19, 2004 7:10 pm

coz rear undersprung leafs on ke70's, they ping well out of corners, factory stiffness, u can use that to ure advantage, but i wanna know how lowering centre of gravity, + increasing handling characteristics whilst useing leafs, hey have different characteristics than coil spring (obviously :roll: )
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