Just lowered, disapointed.

[CRAIGAU3220]

Originally Posted by DJM83

Stunning XR8 Craig

Cheers.

[Elks]

Originally Posted by Peuty

Stunning car mate.

100% agree, Blueprint looks brilliant when polished up

[Peuty]

For what it's worth, below are a couple of IRS falcons that have lows front, super lows rear




Thanks to the respective owners of the pics.

[Windsor220]

The front on those 2 cars looks about the same as superlows. The rears look like ultras.

[Peuty]

Originally Posted by Windsor220

The front on those 2 cars looks about the same as superlows. The rears look like ultras.

Stock Tickford front, superlow rear.

http://fordforums.com.au/showpost.ph...&postcount=176

[Windsor220]

Originally Posted by Peuty

Stock Tickford front, superlow rear.

http://fordforums.com.au/showpost.ph...&postcount=176

The last photo in that link shows it better. The others were a bit deceiving.

[Ride]

Eibach Pro-kit front, Lovell SL rear ... it's an absolute pain in the ****, scrape half the time with just me in the car and everytime when anyone else is. My advice would be to leave it as is and be thankful you don't have any grief with driveways/speedhumps etc.

[V3RSAC3]

^^ That is HOT!!! :sm_drool:

[POELWYK]

i AGREE THATS ONE SEXY AS AU THERE

[Halfmo Rocks]

i agree...sexy as hell. i can understand the scraping though, that sucks...is it as bad as Ride says, or does anyone else have a different opinion?

[Peuty]

Yeah I am finding it bloody annoying

[Fireblade]

I had SSL kings all round on my Au XR8 with 19's and it sat nicely and was able to negotiate any speed bumps or driveways with no issues. Even had a big custom exhaust on it that I didn't even scrape, just make sure you put proper lowered and good quality shocks in with them other wise it will bounce and dive a lot.

[Peuty]

My main issue is the front tyres snagging the guards.

[Fireblade]

Have you had them rolled? I had to do that to mine.

[RG]

Odd, I haven't caught the guard at all with the 19's on and mine is plenty low.

Probably lower than most here yet it only has Herrod (kings) SL's.





Damn I miss it sometimes lol

[Fireblade]

Looks the same height mine was Russ, no wonder you miss it with it looking like that and the engine that it was running, is one nice looking AU.

[fourl6]

thought id follow the rest of you and post a few different springs....

First, Tickford S1 XR springs and struts (hight of lows)

Pedders Lows

King SSLs when first put in

King SSLs after a few months

[CRAIGAU3220]

Nice looking car!!

[Dave_Obsession]

I've got the Eibach Pro-Kit all round with Koni Yellows - sitting on 18's.
I think mine sits just about perfectly.....apologies for poor quality photos!

I will point out that the springs have dropped a little more than is displayed in the photo - at the rear, you can't fit your fingers under the guard and over the tyres without having to bend them....

[HLC]

Originally Posted by grandpa_spec_au

Rather than start a new thread I feel this is an appropriate time to ask, I've discussed this with Mr Hardware who says the front should be lower than the rear for drivability and safety. FYI its a fairmont ghia (VCT 6 not the 8 :( ) Now I've got superlows with shortened shocks for the rear however I was going to just put lows on standard shocks in the front so that it would sit level.

My question is will this combo of superlows for the back and lows for the front make the rear sag too much and cause safety issues? Or should I just go with what windsor220 did and throw superlows all round?

Im running Selby Ultralows (SSL's) in the back of mine with shortened Ultima shocks which would be 10k kms old now. Up front im running the original (200k km) stock shocks with 160k old King Lows, so by my measurements its sitting 5mm higher than "superlow height" at the front, but SSL height at the rear, and it tail drags something fierce lol

i dont mind the look so much because it isnt as extreme and im tuckin tyre at the back. but i need to get the front dont bad so it sits level and doesnt feel so funny when cornering hard lol

and to add to the "sagging" thing, my car did settle approx ~10mm lower after a week or 2 of everyday driving and loading up.

Originally Posted by Adam Rocks

i agree...sexy as hell. i can understand the scraping though, that sucks...is it as bad as Ride says, or does anyone else have a different opinion?

the rear in mine does scrape a fair bit if im not careful, but i "bang" on speed humps more often because the front end is so soft and wants to bounce up and down if i go over to quickly. once its sorted and damn low ill have that problem.

its not so bad with the S2 tickford rear skirt, but would be a pain with a rebel or T3 rear bar since they hang much lower.

[blueoval]

seeing as this thread is for showing ya lowered cars off. I better post a pic of mine

Mine on Eibach Pro's, whiteline sways and BOGE shocks.

I dont scrap either.

[Dave_Obsession]

lol yeah this is turning into a 'show us ya lowered AU' thread

[Windsor220]

Originally Posted by dave93761

lol yeah this is turning into a 'show us ya lowered AU' thread

Its good though because it allows people to see what different setups look like.

[Peuty]

So have yours settled yet?

[Windsor220]

Originally Posted by Peuty

So have yours settled yet?

It doesnt look any different from the day I done it. I havent driven it all that much though since I live 30 seconds down the road from work. I wacked the spare wheel and tools back in for a little more weight.

[Cookie-XR8]

Originally Posted by Peuty

My main issue is the front tyres snagging the guards.

this happened all the time in one of my old sedans kings ssl with 19's using a 245 tyre on a 8.5 rim

not as much though with a 235 on a 8.5 rim, could just be luck,


you could always get them reset as much as you want to lower it that little more

[RUKIDN]

Mine also has superlows, the car dropped quite abit but didnt feel it suited so got them compressed and now the tires just sit to the guard. No issues with clearance either or guard scrubbing due to having the guards rolled..

[franny1282]

hi. i have a ford ba ute and was wondering if 19 inch rims would scrubb on the guards or anywhere else.cheers

[old fordnut]

Check Out me thread in the projects section. Mines got ssl's in the rear and sl's in the front with 19's and 265 in the rear. looks mean :evil3: