mine is 3inches drop and it look nasty

 

if you are happy with the swift springs why not just upgrade your wheels and tires to 18's? you get to keep the springs you like and enhance the "look" of your car

 

Sorry andrew but you are completely wrong in your post. Please take the time to read everything before commenting.


Right there it says " I want it lower but Im not willing to give up handling, thats why I posted this." If it was absolute fact that you CANT go any lower then what the swift springs are already at, then I wouldnt bother going any lower. BUT I know that isnt true. I am willing to give up a little bit of tire wear and a slight amount of tracking but I am not willing to give up handling you guys act like its a crime to like the looks of a lowered car. I appreciate what warrtalon had to say because it was straight forward and a direct answer to my question, other peoples comments on the other hand...........

 

I am highly considering doing that as well, but eventually I want rebuildable coilovers anyways cause I am not willing to spend the money on new stock struts, so I figered I might as well buy coilovers and lower the car as much as I can without negativly effecting the handling

 

My apologies, i think i did misjudge you. This question comes up a LOT, and it's usually from a certain crowd that does not honestly care about handling at all, but it seems you really do, and that's good to see.

It's a difficult question to answer, because suspension is all about compromises.

Low and soft = crappy handling, crappy ride
Low and stiff = good handling, decent ride
Very low and stiff = decently good handling, not a great ride
Very low and soft = don't even think about it



Now that i understand you better, get a dual height adjustable coilover so you can lower it a lot without sacrificing travel.

My vote is Cusco Zero 2R. With Whiteline ball joint extenders.


- Andrew

 

3"? Yeah, I agree that it probably looks very nasty, but not in a good way...

 

Thank you andrew for your response, its greatly appreciated. I had a friend that had the zero 2r's on his wrx and he ended up blowing them out and no one could rebuild them. One main reason that I would consider coilovers would be so I can rebuild them instead of waisting my money on new stock shocks and struts. Granted that was over a year ago when they were still relativly new. So has anything changed in the last year?

 

im in the same boat as u i have swift springs right now and i wanna go lower.

 

*sad*

 

For those of you looking to go lower, I'd be willing to trade my Tanabe GF210's for your Swift's.

Shoot me a PM if you're interested.

 

I got into this conversation late but... YES - That's the answer I would have given.

Once you go lower than that the geometry gets messed up and things start getting funky. There are fixes for that though - so you can go as low as you want. However...

My understanding of the EVO's suspension is that its travel is already relatively short (when compared to STI for example) and any additional lowering will further reduce the wheel travel.

Unfortunately, I'm not completely sure on how that affets things like dynamic camber or the results of bumpy road conditions on the car or its handeling.. perhaps someone can fill in the blanks on this subject.

EDIT: It's possible that the correct answer may end up being - you can't go any lower without some compromise in handeling or ride quality.

 

+1

 

Im a little confused...

"Actually, too low is when the control arms are below parallel"


What are those whiteline extenders going to do?

 

Also, I jumped on this thread as I have my car lowered on buddy clubs but today i noticed that the front rolls a little too much for my taste... I could be my tires.. but I am running them at 32PSI (stock tires)

My front is a little lower than the back about one finger gap. and the rear has 1.5 fingers gap.

1 finger = 1/2"

 

when ur friends say... daaaaaamn

too low for fat hoes!