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Should I get lowering springs in a bumpy area?

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Old Feb 14, 2013 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Bass_Waves
heres a tip from the euro club. once your low, you are learning to drive AGAIN! yes you will develop a new technique for driving low. IF! if you make a thread about you breaking your subframe, axles, or peenor when driving low.......a driving seminar is needed.

moral of post: you will develop a new technique when it comes to being low. you will swerve around big potholes and take bumps on an angle.

ex: owned a retardedly slammed mk4 jetta.
haha this is totally true. Both my cobalts were low and required me to pretty much relearn how to drive. I still take bumps slow in my wifes Focus and it is a 4x4 compared to my car
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Old Feb 14, 2013 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobalt ss/sc Jake
they do lower the car's center of gravity, so you will corner better. not sharper, that is all in the tires. but not much more then stock. your ride will be stiffer. looks better too..
Just lowering it lowers the roll center more than the CG, increasing roll. McPherson strut tip of the day
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Old Feb 14, 2013 | 09:53 PM
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just dump the car on bags, that way u can raise when u need to and be low when u want too
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Old Feb 14, 2013 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by riceburner
U will probably want to plan ahead on getting some new struts too like koni yellows. The car will feel like **** on just springs and from that poin on its a matter of time util the struts take a ****. ask me how i know.
A friend of mine told me that, I just pretended he was screwing with me. I definitely don't have the money for a full revamp of my suspension though. I was more going for the better appearance that I would get from it. I guess now that I look at it I can eventually save for it, but that would mean no tranny and engine mounts, no TWM shifter, no TVS, no life, etc.
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Old Feb 14, 2013 | 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Sox-Fan
Anyway, we're off the track here. I don't think the OP is looking to make the best handling car. I think he just wants to look good but not hang up on the undercarriage on the way in and out of the driveway.
Nailed it.
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Old Feb 15, 2013 | 02:08 AM
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its wutever you want to live wih honesly bro, u have to drive it everyday i can tell u slam your car cuz it looks gud but u hav to drive it everyday not me, i would say get sumtin with a decent drop if that driveway bump is the biggest concern you only hit it a few times depending on how often u leave ur house... you could always go out there and get come construction going on one side of it so u can get pass.
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