cobra springs

[white"n"red]

hi not to sure how to use this yet but was wondering if anyone knew how i can get my ae101 trueno lower i have cobra springs but i want it lowerat tge front with adjestables because they out of my price range so any help would be good

[Dell'Orto]

Hey mate, basically if you cant afford adjustables, then there isnt much of a decent option. You can either get your current springs compressed, or get Chamberlains to make you a custom pair of springs and then have your shocks shortened to keep it all captive.

Moved to tech for you btw

[white"n"red]

yeah my step brother said about getting trd or tien springs then getting the shocks shorten and should make it lower. 1700 buck for adjustables is preety dear. ill just ring around get few prices.

[Bling]

Theres a set of adjusties in the for sale section on here for 1k.

Depends how low you are wanting to go. TRD/Tein are more performance springs as opposed to 'super lows' which are for looks.

[Mr Revhead]

TRD or TEIN won't be lower than cobras

[tsoob]

only way to get is SLAMMED is to compress them.

give me a holla if you in auckland can suss you out.

[Mr Revhead]

you also have to think about why TRD, TEIN and cobra made springs that height.
go much lower and you run into issues
even a 30mm lowerd ae101 will scrape and hit all over the place

[2LTR Rona]

even a 30mm lowerd ae101 will scrape and hit all over the place

This is the truth, lowered AE101's do not like "most" carpark building ramps, exhaust scrapes due to its long'ish wheel base, if drive ways etc are taken too quickly the front will scrape.

This is my experiance from an AE101GTZ running genuine Toyota shocks & TEIN lowering springs

[Mr Revhead]

yeah same as me with TRD's
they perfectly livable, just have ot bear it in mind
i would hate to drive one lowered 50mm....

[white"n"red]

thanks guys got price for getting shocks shortern 30 bucks each now to get springs compressed anyone know what that will cost? it is legal right? i dont really go any for car to srap across ground dont wanna rip front kit off though. this websites mint!

[XSVWGN]

my ae101 wagon has dobys all rount and shortened struts. It scrapes everywhere!!! crossmember, exhause, bumpers etc all scrap. sits about 110mm from the ground. Looks mean but not very userfriendly

Matt

[4-AGE 4-LIFE]

I work for Chamberlains. Give me a call at work if you like i can suss out a good price for compressing your coils.

It'll probly cost you more in freight than the actual job lol

03 379 5634

Cheers Ben

[white"n"red]

all good guys just going with king springs. guy know from mag and turbo said it will drop another 25mm at a guess thats all i want.

[Dell'Orto]

Unless he's meaning super lows, then he's lying. You'll need shortened shocks with super low springs too, they wont be captive.

[tsoob]

Unless he's meaning super lows, then he's lying. You'll need shortened shocks with super low springs too, they wont be captive.

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be very sure with them before you get them 2 do the job, ive done a couple of these and they are NOT captive on standard shocks.

[sergei]

what length people go to just make car appealing to a social niche.
Sacrificing practicality, handling and safety just to make it look "cool".
Have you considered that stock is the best option without changing shocks to something aftermarket?
If this is done to improve handling, your best bet would be to leave springs stock and put in brand new set of shocks.

I myself put jamex springs into my AE101 many years ago, with dud shocks it made it handle like a horse chariot.
I then bought new shocks, was better, so I decided to do an experiment, and put stock springs back in, it was much better, no bouncing around, no bump steer, a lot less understeer, a lot more manageable on speed bumps and drive ways.

In short lowering by springs makes handling worse, increases your stopping distance, and increases undesirable traits like understeer.

[white"n"red]

super low king sprins is what i am getting i trust him he my mrs cos and good mate why would he put me wrong ill just get them put in see how i go

[Mr Revhead]

In short lowering by springs makes handling worse, increases your stopping distance, and increases undesirable traits like understeer.

actually that depends sooooo much on the spring
not all springs are equal.

my 101 levin had the original shocks and TRD springs and was fine. infact it was very very good.
My currant wagon first had TEIN springs on original shocks, and was not too bad. but as the stock shocks were over 200ks old they were well stuffed. so I put in the monroes and its now quite good, just needs better tyres.

I have however, driven 101s with stock shocks and springs like kings and they were abysmal.

the amount of lowering is also a big factor. which is why TEIN may do a 50mm drop for one car, but only 25mm for another. as after testing they have found anymore is detrimental to the car.

having a proper wheel alignment is also a huge factor, and to be honest most places do a crap job

[white"n"red]

hey mr revhead the ae101s you have driven with kings in them were thay low? that what im after i dont really care about handling scrapping and stuff looks come first that only what i think though

[Mr.Phreak]