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Nikola Petkovic
Tinkerer
WA
Soarer V8 Limited

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 Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 02:13 pm, by:  Nikola Petkovic (Naissus96) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Here are some photos of my car lowered. It didn't go according to plan on the back but im hoping that a height controller will solve this. Tell me what you think



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Andreas Niaouris
TryHard
W.A.
V8 Limited

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 Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 04:27 pm, by:  Andreas Niaouris (Andreasn) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Looks good Nikola, low without being too low for the airbags.
Matthew Sharpe
DieHard
North Island
3.0 GT

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 Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 10:07 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I can't think why you would want to go lower than that anyway...
Nick Petkovic
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WA
Soarer V8 Limited

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 Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 11:39 am, by:  Nick Petkovic (Naissus96) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Matt i don't want to go lower. If you look closer at the first photo you will notice that the back is higher than the front. I want the car to be levelled. It went down 6cm on the front and about 2cm on the back.
Andreas Niaouris
TryHard
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V8 Limited

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 Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 12:15 pm, by:  Andreas Niaouris (Andreasn) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
height controller will lower them all, you may have to increase the front again when installing the height controller.
Nick Petkovic
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WA
Soarer V8 Limited

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 Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 12:37 pm, by:  Nick Petkovic (Naissus96) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Yup. I'll get the car levelled (raise the front) and then use the controller to lower it.
Dan McColl
Goo Roo
Victoria
UZZ-32 V8 Soarer #138

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 Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 10:35 pm, by:  Dan McColl (Hoon) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Matthew Sharpe wrote on Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 10:07 am:

I can't think why you would want to go lower than that anyway...

I Can.
Matthew Sharpe
DieHard
North Island
3.0 GT

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 Friday, April 07, 2006 - 06:48 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Dan McColl wrote on Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 10:35 pm:

I Can.



Nothing sets my teeth on edge more than scraping noises coming from under the car - probably due to a bad experiance I had with ripping the rear transmission mount out of my over-low Dolomite Sprint many years ago...
John Khanh
Tinkerer
NSW
Limited V8

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 Sunday, May 06, 2007 - 08:32 pm, by:  John Khanh (Bigjohn) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Nikola,

Wondering if you're still around. I've got the same problem.

Wound down the rods by 6 turns both front & rear and the rear is still too high for my liking.

Let us know how you went, if you fitted a height controller.

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Mike Bradberry
DieHard
Queensland
V8 UnLimited

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 Monday, May 07, 2007 - 08:55 am, by:  Mike Bradberry (Halflife) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Nickola, I have done this with my car and I think the front being slightly lower than the rear is a good look, however the difference in yours does appear to be too great.
After I fitted the height controller I could do as I pleased but it still takes too long to bring it up if I'm coming into a low driveway.
Andreas is right when he suggests raising the front back up when you fit the controller.
Aaron Mitchell
Tinkerer
WA
Soarer UZZ32

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Reg: 02-2006

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 Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 11:36 pm, by:  Aaron Mitchell (Azwa) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
There is one way to get the rear wheel under the guards.

If you unwind the adjusting rod (the rod you turn to lower it) completly and take it out, then using a vice and a hack saw take about 5mm off each end of it. reinstall and wind away.

Not for every one but does the job
Mike Bradberry
DieHard
Queensland
V8 UnLimited

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 Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 07:53 am, by:  Mike Bradberry (Halflife) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Aaron, I've heard that overextending the settings is not a good thing, although I'm not sure how the after market devise achieves this.

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