Mk3 lowering help

Rachy · Post by **Rachy** » 24/03/09 19:43

Hello all, i have a MK3 Roadie on 16"wheels with the TRD splitters all round and really want the car to sit low. All i can find are 30mm lowering srings?
I want the car lower but cant find any that go lower? Is there a reason for this and what coilover kits are available for the Roadster?
x :razz:

vanilla.coffee · Post by **vanilla.coffee** » 24/03/09 19:54

Here is mine lowered...

No idea how low or what springs but if you wanna know what it looks like here is mine on 15"s

Rachy · Post by **Rachy** » 24/03/09 19:59

That looks better than i thought if thats 30mm, is there anyway you can find out what they are? Nice Roadie BTW

Crank_case · Post by **Crank_case** » 25/03/09 11:05

Rachy wrote:Hello all, i have a MK3 Roadie on 16"wheels with the TRD splitters all round and really want the car to sit low. All i can find are 30mm lowering srings?
I want the car lower but cant find any that go lower? Is there a reason for this and what coilover kits are available for the Roadster?
x :razz:

K-sport and Tein do coilover kits. I quite fancy a Tein super street setup for mine at some point. The reason you can't go lower on just springs is that the springs have to match the dampers. The TTE lowering springs are matched to the standard dampers, going lower on standard dampers is not advised.

iLogik · Post by **iLogik** » 25/03/09 11:12

I have some KYB NEW SR special shocks and some unknown lowering springs, mine does not sit lower than.

phipck · Post by **phipck** » 25/03/09 11:35

^^^ +1

rears look bigger

Williams_MR2 · Post by **Williams_MR2** » 26/03/09 16:01

Are you sure you want to go lower than 30mm while having the lip kit on?

Mine is seriously low without a lipkit and I have major problems with bumps, dips, driveway angles etc...

Keebsss47 · Post by **Keebsss47** » 26/03/09 16:04

mark_a_thorpe wrote:Offtopic....Tony, are you sure those aren't facelift wheels? The rears look larger....

+1

vanilla.coffee · Post by **vanilla.coffee** » 26/03/09 20:28

mark_a_thorpe wrote:Offtopic....Tony, are you sure those aren't facelift wheels? The rears look larger....

Do you know I have never checked. Currently in Ireland and the car is locked away at HQ. Will check when I fly back home at the weekend and report back...

ZZW30 · Post by **ZZW30** » 26/03/09 22:37

Tien Springs... 30mm drop (they say.. but it ends up more when they settle)

Before

After

This is with 17" wheels (both sets of wheels are the same spec)... but you can see how much lower it is.

Rachy · Post by **Rachy** » 26/03/09 23:31

Thx for all ur replies - it was either tein lowering springs or tein coilovers I was lookin at but lookin at the pics ZZW30 posted up - the lowering springs makes a bigger difference than I thought.

Il let you know the outcome..... x

vanilla.coffee · Post by **vanilla.coffee** » 28/03/09 13:46

vanilla.coffee wrote:
mark_a_thorpe wrote:Offtopic....Tony, are you sure those aren't facelift wheels? The rears look larger....
Do you know I have never checked. Currently in Ireland and the car is locked away at HQ. Will check when I fly back home at the weekend and report back...

Confimed. Face lift wheels fitted, 15" on the front and 16" on the rear of mine.

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