Low MR2's?

[teamshocknick]

Hi

Years ago there was an MR2 knocking about on hydraluic suspension. The NV grey one.

Anyway I noticed that on full drop it wasn't that low. No lower than a car on springs or coilovers.

I just wondered if any of you knew what would in theroy stop an MR2 from basicly sitting on the floor? For example if it was on hydralics or air suspension why couldnt it sit on the floor like some cars can?

Cheers

[PsyKen]

With the right wheels (to clear the arches) and the right suspension system, I don't see why I couldn't be done.

However, I don't see why this would be done lol

Ken, via TapaTalk 2.

[d-peg]

STANCE Ken .... It's all about stance these days...!

Speak to Adam - Adam3442 - he's quite clued up on the air ride systems. As a driver it would go against the grain for me but when done right it looks amazing!

I had mine dropped on coilies some 55mm on 16s with a minimal scrape on the front arch liners (though i did managed to blow them out several times in deep puddles!)... I reckon there is much more to go than that Nick. I bet you could get another 50mm AT LEAST and have it riding the tarmac!

BUT ... and is quite a biggie for me ... I think the car needs to be pretty stock looking with the right set of wheels to pull the look off well. Either that or go big on kit and big on rims..

Armand....

Meister S1 - 18x10 on front and 19x12.5 rear



But he is on custom coilies (not air ride). So if Mick's TRD was dropped 40mm this is 80 I think. So the right wheels (with a polished rim of course ) and 100mm is achieveable for sat down show stance

[teamshocknick]

That's an amazing looking car, on the top set of wheels that is.

Yes this is the guy I've been speaking to.

Cheers for the info

[Howlin_Mad]

Lower than a rattlesnakes belly - who is the member?

HM

[topgun]

Lower than a rattlesnakes belly - who is the member?

HM

Jez

[adam3442]

You can get them low on coilovers but they never look that low, only in relation to wheel arch as opposed to sill/floor (stock body). Mine has rolled and pulled arches to get it low with a decent tyre (255 on a 17).

One problem is the drive shafts when you get really low they're in the way so you really want a custom strut body that's shorter than normal or you'll start to get contact between the boot and shaft. Or you could raise the strut towers which I have debated, if I do though I will enable a little more camber and probably different mounting so I have a better suspension choice.

GAZ do custom set ups.

With regards to air, I never saw the NV car in the flesh so can't really comment but you could get a '2' really low (static) on air ride and there are lots of shocks to do the job.

[Howlin_Mad]

Lower than a rattlesnakes belly - who is the member?

HM

Jez

Forgot his name

Nice bloke

That car is slammed and still use able on the road.

HM

[Craig-rev3]

Sk8gom's car is slammed, you couldn't get a credit card in the arches & he drives it daily.

I think there was a picture of his car in Banzai last month from Japfest. Pretty sure they'll be other japfest pics knocking about.

I had my Rev 3 with a 70mm drop, looked awesome & drove perfectly fine on daily use.

[jimGTS]

in the US you can get away with it, but in the UK, on anything other than the motorway, the car will likely destroy itself on our crappy roads with a setup like that.

[sk8gom]

Hi

Years ago there was an MR2 knocking about on hydraluic suspension. The NV grey one.

Anyway I noticed that on full drop it wasn't that low. No lower than a car on springs or coilovers.

I just wondered if any of you knew what would in theroy stop an MR2 from basicly sitting on the floor? For example if it was on hydralics or air suspension why couldnt it sit on the floor like some cars can?

Cheers

There's a few things you have to bear in mind:-

Wheel/tyre size.. an MR2 with a large suspension drop but on large wheels will still have a fair bit of ground clearance and not look all that slammed... especially with stock body work.

There is a seam/metalwork that runs above the front wheels that will get in the way of tucking a lot of tyre and therefore limiting how low you can go in the front.

Almost all off the shelf coilovers don't give you the ability to really slam the front due to space issues for the strut in the front (that I know of... I spent a lot of time researching this but it doesn't mean there aren't any). Custom setups are the way forward if you want really low on coilovers.

As already mentioned, if using coilovers with separate spring preload and ride height then you need to be careful of clearance between the lower arms and the shock body.

Heres mine on custom bc coilovers:-



With a set up on air or hydraulics and the right work put in to it theres nothing stopping getting the mr2 sitting on the floor. It will not be a bolt on job though that's for sure. Getting it looking right and the custom fabrication is where the work will be

[teamshocknick]

Cheers, do you know what the seam is that you mention?

Ive never noticed it before and the car used to have struts for lambo doors and didnt see it then either

[sk8gom]

Cheers, do you know what the seam is that you mention?

Ive never noticed it before and the car used to have struts for lambo doors and didnt see it then either

If you take out the arch liners there's a load of metal work that passes right above the centre line of the tyre and the lowest point of this is a lip/seam. Not normally a problem until you go very low... mine is around 20mm away from the top of the tread and rubs/cuts on large bumps at speed. I need to modify it a bit more to fully eliminate this. It looks pretty structural so cutting and welding something else in its place would probably be needed.

This really is the deciding factor on how low the front can go... as even on air or hydraulics this metal work will end up sitting on top of the tyre stopping further lowering, before the sills or bumper touch the ground (unless you use very undersized wheels/tyres or have a body kit of course)

[teamshocknick]

Yeah it has a kit, ok cheers for your help