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recommend lowering springs for 99 caldina gtt

Postby HamzGTT » Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:03 pm

whats the best type of lowering spring for this vehicle that still gives you a nice ride with out being to bouncy
Dobi springs
King springs
Tein springs
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Postby bbq1988 » Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:12 pm

I went with Tein

http://www.drivenperformance.co.nz/scri ... roduct=716

Bloody worth the money
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Postby HamzGTT » Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:22 pm

thanks will look into it
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Postby flygt4 » Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:48 pm

see if TRD are doing anything for them. their springs are usually very well suited to the car they are for.
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Postby Silent Knight » Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:47 pm

Whatever you do... do NOT buy Kings!!
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Postby AJz » Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:03 pm

2nd'd for teins, very nice, not too bouncy, just right. Doesnt sack it on its ass either.
I had vtax :(
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Postby Mr Revhead » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:53 am

i can say from personal experience that the TRD ones are very good for the caldina.
TEIN are also good.

kings are not worth the box they come in
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Postby Punter » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:18 pm

My mate has the tein soft springs, the ride is very similar to stock, with better looks an handling.
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
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Postby gleem » Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:50 pm

you can get some 2nd hand tiens / blistens / d2's for around 600 on trademe theres some poping up all the time you would have to get a cert of course for your wof.
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Postby WCKWGN » Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:04 pm

i got my 4 corners of teins for 600 . Sits low as a mofo and not rubbing on gaurds and is firm in the ride and also the cornering.

if it is fesible to get adjusties ( + $320 for cert ) do it once and do it right and flick off your stock shocks and springs to recop some pings

the blistens on Tardme at the mo look pretty kit

NICKGTT is running D2's from memory

I think they are all good reputable brands that Gleem listed and you wont go wrong either way
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Postby HamzGTT » Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:42 pm

Cool thanks all
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Postby bluemaumau » Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:44 pm

i wouldnt call d2s reputable
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Postby Silent Knight » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:45 pm

bluemaumau wrote:i wouldnt call d2s reputable


Ditto... have heard horror stories. :?
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Postby gttNICK » Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:59 pm

WCKWGN wrote:NICKGTT is running D2's from memory


I wouldn't recommend them...
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Postby gttNICK » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:00 pm

WCKWGN wrote:NICKGTT is running D2's from memory


I wouldn't recommend them...
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Postby gleem » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:22 pm

reason being?
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Postby frost » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:36 pm

shite quality, they wont stand up to hard driving. they mainly brake on the mounts. and sometimes bent the struts,
d2, kstyle, bc, all the same shite in different colors.
get some real parts like trd,tein,jic,greedy etc.
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Postby Boosted_162 » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:41 pm

This was posted by Markku/Truenotch on ClubAW a while back...

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Postby peas » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:50 pm

I have been contemplating this too but have heard that lowering a 4WD can screw the suspension geometry and lead to damage or accelerated wear of parts. I would assume that this would be true in extreme cases... just wanting to lower vehicle a little, doesn't need to be dragging its exhaust everywhere... Teins are it are they?
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Postby HamzGTT » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:48 pm

ohh man that su#ks i think i will stick with the tein springs only. but doing so will this effect my wheel alignment (chew out the edges of my tyres) I cant afford a set of tyres every 20,000km
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