Lowering an MX83

[orestes]

Hey guys, just rung around to the QLD distributor of King springs, only to be told that the lowest springs they do for Cressidas are the standard 25mm lower springs. I was hoping to achieve a lower ride height without having to resort to using coil overs, but I guess that's going to be the case?

[BigWorm]

Chop them! Lop a coil off, she'll be right.

[japlish]

i have a set of pedders in my setup, try them maybe?

[IN 05 NT]

you can have them reset lower, but is another $80-100 per pair of springs

[Herus]

There is places that custom make spring to your spec, they can set all the details you require, spring rates, etc.
Aurora do it here in SA, and their springs arent much more expensive then buying direct from King.

Herus

[jak]

just go to pedders, or you local suspension shop and get them to check the lowest out of all brands.

Jak

[thechuckster]

take a stock set to mayne spring works and see if they can re-set them?

[orestes]

Thanks for the ideas guys will keep that in mind, it's a street car, and I don't really want the ride stiffness of coil overs so I'll check out a few of the options you guys have listed. Don't want the car looking like it's on skates when I get my 18's

[cambelt]

Kings will go lower than 25 mm . when you first put them in there 25 mm but after 2 years there about 40 mm.
I tow with my old mark 2 and fitted king 25 mm raised rear springs. Boy did it look rude for 12 months but now sits normal .
Dave

[IN 05 NT]

they are b4 and after pic of our, with the KING low 25mm...

since the above pic it has settled a bit lower aswell... now sits almost flat.

blake

[orestes]

The guard clearance in those doesn't really look bad at all I thought the king springs would lower it bugger all but 25mm seems more then what I thought, although what size tyres are you running?

I'm currently running 205/60/15 (stock cressida tyre size) I'm probably looking at running 215/40/18's on 18x9's which would be roughly the same tyre diameter as stock so not sure how much guard clearance I'd be left with

[IN 05 NT]

on the front it runs a 215/45/17 and rear are 225/45/17

its low enough to scrape on some speed bumps.

oh and 18x9's wont fit in the front, we run 17x8's and 17x9's and thats about as big as you will get in the guards

[Roscos]

Go buy your wheels and put them on and sit back and look at the car and think how much can l lower it. Kings will make you the springs you want as long as you order them, but if they are the wrong size you are stuck with them.

I had a Hyundai Lantra wagon and put 17's on that and had to lower it 3ins at the front and 2ins at the back just so it would handle. It would float at 100kph and in the dry not fun but in the wet, no steering, so the car had to be lowered and it sat like a standard car.

You have IRS in the rear, find out if need off set camber pins in the rear end as Commodore utes that are lowered need them.


Roscos

[IN 05 NT]

wont need camber pin change for only 25mm. still enough adjustment in them.

the cressida was the same, was unstable at 100ks, with the standar height and 205/60 tyres,

they have a NAROWER track compared to same sized cars, ie commodore and falcons, so by lowering and fitting bigger offset wheels its became a nice stable car on the freeway!

[orestes]

on the front it runs a 215/45/17 and rear are 225/45/17

its low enough to scrape on some speed bumps.

oh and 18x9's wont fit in the front, we run 17x8's and 17x9's and thats about as big as you will get in the guards

Hmm... I'll have go for the staggered 18x8, 18x9 set of basels I was looking at then but either way I don't mind if I have to massage the guards a little. playing around with a tyre size calculator says there is bugger all difference between 215/40/18's and 215/45/17's so that is handy advice...

As for the track there .5 an inch narrower track then Commodores/Falcons as stock found that out when I tried to order cheap 215/60's for my car. I agree they're kinda scary to drive at speed especially so on old tyres but it's a mixture of not having enough track, and the stock ride height