Lowered FTO

cb · Post by cb » Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:14 pm

A few days ago I lowered my FTO with K-Mac springs I bought off rock_it
Heres a pic before lowering (well before like 2 years lol)

A pic of the difference in spring height

And the final unwashed car result lol

manofwood · Post by **manofwood** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:58 pm

how many mm drop were the springs you put in compare to standard?

MissxFTO · Post by **MissxFTO** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:08 pm

pwah! looks hot champ!

wish i could go that low lol

cb · Post by cb » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:31 pm

im not too sure i never measured it but itd be quite a few i suppose

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:57 pm

Looks around 2 inch to me. Whats the rate of the springs?

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:30 am

Nice ... Good to see that you got them in ...

Just a little too low for me around Sydney ... I loved the look, just hated how hard it was to drive over speed humps ...

cb · Post by cb » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:10 pm

2 inch would be on the money I recon!

Yeah looks a lot tidier a bit bumpier but not too bad looks v nice though

messy · Post by **messy** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:59 pm

nice legs

DRM34R · Post by **DRM34R** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:21 pm

very shexshi!

um what dua guys think of D2 suspension??

Delvance · Post by **Delvance** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:03 am

Oh no! D2 suspension question lol. Some of the old timers around here really arc up when ppl ask about the D2 stuff. Try using the search function. There's quite a few threads around here on them...but i guess to some it all up - most of the 1.4k(ish) costing coilovers are very very similar and you can't really go wrong with them. Great value for money but just make sure you specify a spring rate that you want for the car.

CB,
Nice stuff...ftos look sooooo much better when they're lowered appropriately!

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:51 am

lol I've changed my tune on the D2 stuff... seeing sets cop a battering in the UK & not a thing has gone wrong. Good value for money I reckon.

DRM34R · Post by **DRM34R** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:47 am

thanx lads will be out searchin then!!

Delvance · Post by **Delvance** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:59 am

Bennoz wrote:lol I've changed my tune on the D2 stuff... seeing sets cop a battering in the UK & not a thing has gone wrong. Good value for money I reckon.

Mhmm definitely. a lot of corolla boys use the D2 stuff and reckon it's great, especially for the price paid. And much of the design and features are imitations of the goodstuff anyways. With common suppliers on parts too sometimes i think.

When my teins let go, i'll probably get dome D2 or G4s from justjap.

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:03 pm

where can i get some d2 springs from? and how much would they cost?

Delvance · Post by **Delvance** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:09 pm

Ebay, about 1400 all up delivered.
Oh btw, these aren't springs...it's a coilover set. Just look on ebay for pictures.

manofwood · Post by **manofwood** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:21 pm

had a mate that had D2's or G4's (whatever, same thing England built, Taiwan assenbled no offence) and one of his front coilover's snapped clean in half on the track.
cant remember who said it, but someone put the G4's on their FTO and they didnt even have swaybar mounts on them! look up RPW's TEIN system, a little bit more expensive but have been redone to australian roads. or even Cusco zero1's/ zero2's

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:29 pm

manofwood wrote: cant remember who said it, but someone put the G4's on their FTO and they didnt even have swaybar mounts on them!

That would be me ... You have to make up a bracket ... You can either bolt it on, or you would have to weld it to the coil over itself...

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:56 pm

Delvance wrote:
Bennoz wrote:lol I've changed my tune on the D2 stuff... seeing sets cop a battering in the UK & not a thing has gone wrong. Good value for money I reckon.
Mhmm definitely. a lot of corolla boys use the D2 stuff and reckon it's great, especially for the price paid. And much of the design and features are imitations of the goodstuff anyways. With common suppliers on parts too sometimes i think.

When my teins let go, i'll probably get dome D2 or G4s from justjap.

Then again, when I had my Teins rebuilt, I asked they guy if there was some sort of warranty.... he fluffed about for a sec & then said "Pretty sure you get 2 years.... but I wouldn't know cause I've never ever had a rebuilt Tein come back!"

Delvance · Post by **Delvance** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:46 am

Hrmm nice! Maybe it's worth considering reconditioning mine when they let go. Damn i love them, a bit bumpy but you get used to it