Lowering leads to faster wear and tear ..

[acbc]

U cannot simply lower a car!

Best way is to gauge the side... if fender to tire is 3 fingers, ur height must also be 3 fingers. To really close the gab, put bigger rims.

If u lower till height is 1 finger... the car will never clear speed bumps or potholes.

 

[goldwave84]

hhmm.....interesting...

 

[BLaCkHoWLiNG]

aaron: mine ok waat... mauhahhaa.. dude, it also depends on d size of yer rims la

 

[boggysv]

So i was talking to this friend of mine .. and he mentiond some things that got me wondering ..

a) Lowering the car means more downforce .. this means the car is being pressed harder on the road .. and will lead to more wear on the tyres ?

b) By lowering your car, the chasis is more prone to feeling the impat of every nook and cranny on the road .. reducing its stiffness ..

my suggestion: stop talking about car stuffs with this "friend".

 

[BLaCkHoWLiNG]

bogg: mauhahah.. .damn teruk ooii u! btw, we start work on 6th...

 

[Fluffy]

my suggestion: stop talking about car stuffs with this "friend".

haha totally agree! heehhe

 

[TiBuN]

U cannot simply lower a car!

If u lower till height is 1 finger... the car will never clear speed bumps or potholes.

Hehe, mine can, Titan adjustable on a charade :_:

 

[RPM_freak]

:cyclops: In the land of the blind .. the one eyed jack is the king ..

Hmmm .. i presume most of you guys drive national cars (proton/produa) ... would lowering actually increase the stability of the car as well as improve its performace .. or is it just for cosmetics .. ?

these guys with 17" rims slapped on their cars .. they have changed their power steering pump is it .. cos 16" with sports steering also kind of a hassel alredy .. ..

** i saw this guy getting the springs cut .. is he trying to lower his car the cheap way or what .. ??/ :embaressed_smile:

 

[Fluffy]

it could be either one.most prob to look nice la..

 

[gavan]

errgh..about lowering till too loww, yeah, its true you cant clear bumps/humps without having the rish of scratiching your undercarriage..... i lowered my car till pretty low, so erm, yeah, im facing that problem......

cant really say wether got any increase in tire wear anot lar, cause im running -2 degree cambers at the front and previously was in the GRA event so the tires are still pretty okie looking till now ;) still using the same pair of tires.....

 

[Fluffy]

it wont increase wear and tear.unless by wear and tear u mean scratching ur bumper..that means ur car is too low.

proper lowering wont give u that prob.

 

[BLaCkHoWLiNG]

there's a chinese saying... "sik tak ham yue .. dai tak geng hort.." ... if u wanna eat ikan masin, make sure u can tahan the thirst...

 

[Fluffy]

never heard that b4...but it is surely darn true..!

 

[TiBuN]

there's a chinese saying... "sik tak ham yue .. dai tak geng hort.." ... if u wanna eat ikan masin, make sure u can tahan the thirst...

Wah, keluar cantonese quote somemore :_: ..... Gavan, u understand or not? If you want to lower until 1 finger, you have to :
1) Get a good adjustable or
2) Don't eat ikan masin

 

[SkYwAlKeR]

"sik tak ham yue .. dai tak geng hort..": if eat ikan masin, be prepared to be thirsty later....