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Re: Squarback newbie's Square-new pics added
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:26 pm
by Squareback newbie
Car now lowered.....all body panels arriving tomorrw
before and after
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-new pics added
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:05 am
by MrT
Squareback newbie wrote:Car now lowered.....all body panels arriving tomorrw
before and after
That's Low! What size tyres are you going for? My car has 195/70's and they touch the body on wild humps!
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-car now lowered
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:07 am
by Bugger
Yo That is low are you not afraid you will not be able to travel some of the Hump Roads in and around Jo-Burg
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-car now lowered
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:51 pm
by retrovan
You have the car this low, but still need to fit all the hardware, Normally, one waits to lower the car when complete, as you still have to add a lot of weight allover the car.
All the best.
Herman
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-car now lowered
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:49 pm
by Ron&Gill
There's more to lowering a car than letting down the tyres, isn't there?
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-new pics added
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:11 pm
by Squareback newbie
MrT wrote:Squareback newbie wrote:Car now lowered.....all body panels arriving tomorrw
before and after
That's Low! What size tyres are you going for? My car has 195/70's and they touch the body on wild humps!
LOLO yeah wanna get it as low as possible.. low and slow...
rears i have 185-65-15....and fronts i still haveta get.. but between a 145-65-15 and a 165-60-15, decision will be made on the cheaper of the 2 tyres lololol..if i cannot get those tyres.. gonna go with a 175-50 15......
When u lower it more the rears have alot of negative camber.. so the already inside my wheel well with not touch... still haveta put on all the panels.... so if its to low, ill raise it 1 spline at the back...., assembly starting already..
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-car now lowered
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:13 pm
by Squareback newbie
Bugger wrote:Yo That is low are you not afraid you will not be able to travel some of the Hump Roads in and around Jo-Burg
hehhe yeah im afraid.. wanted to really get it to "sit frame", so this was the next step lololol... i hope to keep it this low, but if not ill be forced to raise the back 1 spline which i dont really wanna do...
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-car now lowered
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:17 pm
by Squareback newbie
retrovan wrote:You have the car this low, but still need to fit all the hardware, Normally, one waits to lower the car when complete, as you still have to add a lot of weight allover the car.
All the best.
Herman
mm i likes the sound of that
the lower the better
, seriously, will check when all panels r on... wanna get it as low and well should i sayundrivable as possible..lololol..., the pan im using is rusty and full of holes, so if its damaged im not to bothered with it as im restoring my other pan, this will be more of a trial to c how low i can get it and driving the smoothest rodes i can heheh, which is probably to garagae and back only
I will upload more pics when the panels r fitted i hope to have them fitted tomorrow morning/afternoon.
Thanks for the heads up, ill def check and recheck when all the panels r back on
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-car now lowered
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:22 pm
by Squareback newbie
Ron&Gill wrote:There's more to lowering a car than letting down the tyres, isn't there?
heheh yip.. the cement bags worked for a while heheheh.
if u a hands on person its not such a big job, after lowering the front \ 3 times to get it to sit kinda even with the back, the 3rd time both fronts took my son and i 30 min, to lower and put tyres etc back on,,,, rears took a bit longer, about 2 hours,(should be a bit quicker the second time around),...will keep it updated... cars beig polished at themoment....
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-car now lowered
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 2:28 pm
by Neuk
Progress looks great, quite low though, how many splines did you drop it back and front?
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-car now lowered
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 2:51 pm
by YvaneS
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-car now lowered
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:11 pm
by Squareback newbie
Neuk wrote:Progress looks great, quite low though, how many splines did you drop it back and front?
Howsit Neuk, front we went 4 or 5 on the inner spline, on the rears i counted 3 splines on the inner spline, but then it was slammed like this, i rechecked this twice....... wheels arrived (broadened a bit) will have it panited next week and ftted..probably the w/e..... car assemebled.... just haveta align some of the gaps now etc... should be almost complete next w/e.......crossing my fngers i dont have any issues popping up now, need to have it sorted for camp fest
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-car now lowered
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:27 am
by IMPI
I used to roll in a fasty that was lowered two splines. eventually I had to modify the lower beam mounts as they were scraping when hitting undulations in the road. The car was about 10cm of the ground at the beam.
What you are doing here is putting your and passengers lives at risk. When a type 3 is lowered more than 2 splines you are running out of travel in the ball joints and this binding could cause them to break
This is the reason that seriously lowered cars all over the world run king and linkpin front ends as this binding is not present.
Regards
Armand
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-car now lowered
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:45 pm
by flatfourfan
Holy rocking horse poo..............good luck with your first day driving it.
Re: Squarback newbie's Square-car now lowered
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:56 pm
by calooker
First pot hole or speed bump and you going to leave your spare wheel well behind.