how safe is it to be extremly low?

[240love]

hey guys i just finished putting on coilovers on my gfs car and its pretty dam low..but how safe is it?

my finger does fit on the rear(i have skinny fingers) it rolls good though

front my finger fits

[gumby74]

Consider the type and general area of driving.What are the lowest parts of the car fore and aft of the axle lines. For example your exhaust and bumpers.The lowest part of my car is the resonator at about 4" of clearance. Its whithin a foot of the rear axle line, so I dont really scrape it anywhere. Just something to consider.

[240love]

the car is stock and yeah i know what your saying...i want to lower my car more but my exhaust wouldnt make it

[zenkii]

Be sure to double check if the ride height is even on both ends because finger indicator isn't that great. Then you'll need to get it aligned...and deal recommend load of parts to correct camber and etc. Than you'll be safe. Unless you live in areas with really harsh and bad roads....

[94_240sx]

You can take care of tires hitting fenders by rolling and removing fender well covers, but the problem will be frame. Look under the car and you will see the frame is like 3 inches from the ground.

[240love]

so you would recommend making it higher?

[le_ryan]

i would roll that lip under there, when you hit a bump, or take a turn a little hard, that tire might rub.as far as being "safe" .... from what ?

debris in the middle of the road ? .. nope.steep driveways ? ... na ah.the occasional lump in the middle of the road, that you just cant dodge ? .. uh uh.but you may experiance some "wandering".alot of negative camber, due to lowering, will cause the tires to follow the groves in the road.

[elgarvo616]

i believe with the macpherson setup(that 240's have), the lowest you can go is when your front control arms are parallel to the ground. after that, you lose grip.

[yokota180sx]

thats not even lowyour fine.

[94_240sx]

so you would recommend making it higher?

Nope, it looks good, so leave it like that. Just drive careful not to scrape the bottom..

[TchouikoS13]

After reading this thread, i realize i need to get my fenders rolled. But how do i go about this? My friends dad (ol' timer) says i can just use a wooden baseball bat, but im not too sure about this.

[94_240sx]

After reading this thread, i realize i need to get my fenders rolled. But how do i go about this? My friends dad (ol' timer) says i can just use a wooden baseball bat, but im not too sure about this.

Seems like many people own fender rollers these days, so you might want to check your local forums and see if you can rent one. It's really easy to do and better than baseball bat.

[eds13]

thats not even lowyour fine.

[yokota180sx]

you might try and "negotiate" with the fenders.....

[Kckouki]

I consider this low, and was daily driven like that.

[TchouikoS13]

Yeap you win.

But you dont have huge wheels hold that baby.

[yokota180sx]

damnit photobucket i cant see it

[adrianfromthecastle]

damnit photobucket i cant see it

you're not missing much, LOLjust a slammed s14 on oem wheels

oh, and 240love, just an fyi, if you still have stock rear upper control arms; if you go lower, it will just tuck itself with camber (assuming your fenders are rolled)... so I'm pretty sure your rear fender will never touch your tires.

[yokota180sx]

or low like that

at that point i couldnt fit a sandaled foot under the front bumper and sideskirts

[adrianfromthecastle]

^^ hey Grant, were those 17's or 18's?

[yokota180sx]

17s......

and i had to do more banging on the 17s than 18s....maybe becuase i did it all when i had the 17s lol

EDs13 had them for a while, he bought them from me

[adrianfromthecastle]

oOooh yeah... that's right... I remember him telling me that.

did you get a s chassis yet?

[yokota180sx]

nani

[R6_240sx]

Damn that pic is old school u don't even deal with 17s no mo, LOL.

To OP: SLAM IT.

/thread

[sip]

so you would recommend making it higher?

It looks really good like that. But it's your GF's car right. After she drives it around and scrapes on driveways etc, she will tell you to put it higher. Looks aren't everything (i know i'm going to get some flak for this:couch) but practicality plays an issue. I am speaking from experience. Mine was slammed so low i couln't get 4 girly fingers under my frame rails, I put it back up now.

[ArticDragon192]

That isn't that low. As long as you adjust your driving to dealing with being that low, you and her will be fine. I could barely fit my chucks under my lip, and well, I was fine, lol.

[Kckouki]

Your not even tucken tire.

[yokota180sx]

thats low

[R6_240sx]

Clean ur wheels, lol.

[keith0486]

clean them or get them re finished they are starting to get a nickel color to them.