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mrdirty · 03-20-2002, 08:35 PM

I want to lower my '90 for better handling but i live in Canada, where the snow is bountiful. Anyone have experience in snowy climates and lowered 240s? I guess I'd be going for a 2" drop.

BTW: I live in toronto but am moving to thunder bay!

XxDriverxX · 03-20-2002, 09:14 PM

Hey bro, sup...

I'm in Ottawa and the past 3 days have been hell for me.  You probably know what I mean.  Snow, melts to water, wake up in the morning, its ice! FUCK! It's almost IMPOSSIBLE to drive in Canada! You don't know how many accidents I almost got in..

My baby is lowered too, that doesnt make it any better trust me, so what you might want to do is put weights in the back, or anything heavy.  It'll give u better tracktions.

Just becare on those turns, never take a break or accelerate on them, our babies werent made for this weather.

Good luck <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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*HaLo* · 03-20-2002, 09:36 PM

Hey, it's not *that* bad... makes us learn to handle our cars under EXTREME circumstances. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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thich · 03-20-2002, 10:59 PM

man, you guys make driving in Ontario sound so bad  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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i'm in Calgary.... our weather is FREAKY weird. it'll b snowy one day, rainy another...
what my friends tell me about their 240s: don't drive it in the winter if you don't have to.
but if it's lowered, that'll b a hassle... why didn't you get adjustable coilovers?

mrdirty · 03-21-2002, 05:05 AM

<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/whatsthat.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':whatthe:'>
I've been driving the 240 in our winters for 3 years now, it's not the ice i'm concerned about...it's that I want to lower it and am concerned about snow-plowing. Whick adjustables are you talking about? Most are worth more than my car!

thich · 03-21-2002, 02:15 PM

well.. any adjustables really.
but like you said.. most are very expensive. Most people just go for the ground effects. they seem pretty decent.

mrdirty · 03-21-2002, 04:29 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (thich @ Mar. 21 2002,3:15)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">well.. any adjustables really.
but like you said.. most are very expensive. Most people just go for the ground effects. they seem pretty decent.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Ground effects? What are you talking about?

thich · 03-21-2002, 06:32 PM

whoopsy  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/crazy.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':crazy:'>  what an oversight!! i meant ground controls
<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blush.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':blush:'> lah...
silly me.

XxDriverxX · 03-21-2002, 09:20 PM

Holy SHIT!

Talk about coinsidence!

You know how yesturda it snowed hard, then it melted and today it froze again?  Well, I fuckins lid off of a road and onto a ban that was ATLEAST 5 foot tall.  My car was up on it so high, that the front was ATLEAST 30 degrees to the back!  It was HORRIBLE!

I broke the black rubber part under the front of my car, donno what to do with it.  One of my headlight dont go up no more <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'> and my exauhst got bent.  Nothing big, got it out easy with a few shovels and a few big guys.

Guys.. really, be careful, expecially this week, it's hell out there!

Peace

Kreator · 03-21-2002, 10:19 PM

Ha
Feels good to live in Maryland, USA, where it snows for less than a  week during the winter <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'> Good luck handling those snows

thich · 03-21-2002, 11:47 PM

it's not the snow that is dangerous.. it's the ice that accompanies it   <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hmmm.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hmmm:'>

mrdirty · 03-22-2002, 04:40 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Kreator @ Mar. 21 2002,11:19)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Ha
Feels good to live in Maryland, USA, where it snows for less than a week during the winter <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'> Good luck handling those snows</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
Nice, my sister just moved from maryland. Nice seafood.
I'm just worried about being so low that i can't get over snow...

thewholefnshow · 03-22-2002, 07:08 AM

I just survived 3 days of 6 inches + of snow... I am glad that I have stock supension, but coil overs that I could jack all the way up would have been nice too... that is why I am getting coil overs for sure, just in case, and I will just put the stock suspension back on if I have too, I don't mind.

XylathaneGTR · 03-22-2002, 01:14 PM

Yo Thich, im in calgary too,Where you at? im in Hawkwood, NW.
Its been REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLY Shitty the past week here...like, a High of minus 25 Celcuis.
Having a lowered car in the Snow doesn't help...espically if you have a body kit...it will just be a giant fahking snow plow...so if ur gonna get a body kit too, keep your stock front and rears, and put them on during Ye Ol Winter Months.
Basically, the best thing you can do is drive carefully, and very defencivly.

thich · 03-22-2002, 05:37 PM

wow cule.
I'm in Monterey Park, NE, other side of town. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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You should check out Albertacars.net
we have lots of imports and a bunch of domestics from Calgary and Edmonton (over 100 members).. Supras, FDs, Camaros, Stangs, Silvias (SR20 & CA18), hondas blah blah
very nice community. keeping the scene thriving and growing strong!  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'>

03-20-2002, 09:14 PM	#2
XxDriverxX Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ottawa, Canada. Age: 42 Posts: 122 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Hey bro, sup... I'm in Ottawa and the past 3 days have been hell for me.  You probably know what I mean.  Snow, melts to water, wake up in the morning, its ice! FUCK! It's almost IMPOSSIBLE to drive in Canada! You don't know how many accidents I almost got in.. My baby is lowered too, that doesnt make it any better trust me, so what you might want to do is put weights in the back, or anything heavy.  It'll give u better tracktions. Just becare on those turns, never take a break or accelerate on them, our babies werent made for this weather. Good luck <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>

03-20-2002, 09:36 PM	#3
HaLo from Canada, eh! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Montreal, Quebec Age: 46 Posts: 5,201 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: HaLo Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Hey, it's not that bad... makes us learn to handle our cars under EXTREME circumstances. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> __________________ -> HaLo Race Car: '98 E36 BMW M3 Daily Drivers: '23 Audi Q4 e-tron & '13 VW Touareg SOLD: 01 GPW Honda S2000 PARTED: 93 Pearl White 240SX LE Fastback w/SR20DET SOLD: 93 Super White 240SX SE Convertible w/Silvia Front

03-20-2002, 10:59 PM	#4
thich Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 108 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	man, you guys make driving in Ontario sound so bad  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> i'm in Calgary.... our weather is FREAKY weird. it'll b snowy one day, rainy another... what my friends tell me about their 240s: don't drive it in the winter if you don't have to. but if it's lowered, that'll b a hassle... why didn't you get adjustable coilovers? __________________ ------ former Zilvia username: kitoro

03-21-2002, 02:15 PM	#6
thich Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 108 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	well.. any adjustables really. but like you said.. most are very expensive. Most people just go for the ground effects. they seem pretty decent. __________________ ------ former Zilvia username: kitoro

03-21-2002, 06:32 PM	#8
thich Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 108 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	whoopsy  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/crazy.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':crazy:'>  what an oversight!! i meant ground controls <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blush.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':blush:'> lah... silly me. __________________ ------ former Zilvia username: kitoro

03-20-2002, 08:35 PM	#1
mrdirty Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Thunder Bay Ontario Age: 47 Posts: 650 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I want to lower my '90 for better handling but i live in Canada, where the snow is bountiful. Anyone have experience in snowy climates and lowered 240s? I guess I'd be going for a 2" drop. BTW: I live in toronto but am moving to thunder bay!

03-21-2002, 05:05 AM	#5
mrdirty Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Thunder Bay Ontario Age: 47 Posts: 650 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/whatsthat.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':whatthe:'> I've been driving the 240 in our winters for 3 years now, it's not the ice i'm concerned about...it's that I want to lower it and am concerned about snow-plowing. Whick adjustables are you talking about? Most are worth more than my car!

03-21-2002, 04:29 PM	#7
mrdirty Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Thunder Bay Ontario Age: 47 Posts: 650 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (thich @ Mar. 21 2002,3:15)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">well.. any adjustables really. but like you said.. most are very expensive. Most people just go for the ground effects. they seem pretty decent.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> Ground effects? What are you talking about?

03-21-2002, 09:20 PM	#9
XxDriverxX Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ottawa, Canada. Age: 42 Posts: 122 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Holy SHIT! Talk about coinsidence! You know how yesturda it snowed hard, then it melted and today it froze again?  Well, I fuckins lid off of a road and onto a ban that was ATLEAST 5 foot tall.  My car was up on it so high, that the front was ATLEAST 30 degrees to the back!  It was HORRIBLE! I broke the black rubber part under the front of my car, donno what to do with it.  One of my headlight dont go up no more <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> and my exauhst got bent.  Nothing big, got it out easy with a few shovels and a few big guys. Guys.. really, be careful, expecially this week, it's hell out there! Peace

03-21-2002, 10:19 PM	#10
Kreator Nissanaholic! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: MD Age: 41 Posts: 1,975 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Ha Feels good to live in Maryland, USA, where it snows for less than a  week during the winter <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> Good luck handling those snows __________________ кто болеет за Зенит, у того всегда стоит!

03-21-2002, 11:47 PM	#11
thich Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 108 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	it's not the snow that is dangerous.. it's the ice that accompanies it   <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hmmm.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hmmm:'> __________________ ------ former Zilvia username: kitoro

03-22-2002, 04:40 AM	#12
mrdirty Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Thunder Bay Ontario Age: 47 Posts: 650 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Kreator @ Mar. 21 2002,11:19)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Ha Feels good to live in Maryland, USA, where it snows for less than a week during the winter <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> Good luck handling those snows</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> Nice, my sister just moved from maryland. Nice seafood. I'm just worried about being so low that i can't get over snow...

03-22-2002, 07:08 AM	#13
thewholefnshow Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 672 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I just survived 3 days of 6 inches + of snow... I am glad that I have stock supension, but coil overs that I could jack all the way up would have been nice too... that is why I am getting coil overs for sure, just in case, and I will just put the stock suspension back on if I have too, I don't mind.

03-22-2002, 01:14 PM	#14
XylathaneGTR Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 362 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yo Thich, im in calgary too,Where you at? im in Hawkwood, NW. Its been REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLY Shitty the past week here...like, a High of minus 25 Celcuis. Having a lowered car in the Snow doesn't help...espically if you have a body kit...it will just be a giant fahking snow plow...so if ur gonna get a body kit too, keep your stock front and rears, and put them on during Ye Ol Winter Months. Basically, the best thing you can do is drive carefully, and very defencivly. __________________ Ima newbie...! yay! Hopefully getting s14 with s15 sr20...

03-22-2002, 05:37 PM	#15
thich Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 108 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	wow cule. I'm in Monterey Park, NE, other side of town. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> You should check out Albertacars.net we have lots of imports and a bunch of domestics from Calgary and Edmonton (over 100 members).. Supras, FDs, Camaros, Stangs, Silvias (SR20 & CA18), hondas blah blah very nice community. keeping the scene thriving and growing strong!  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'> __________________ ------ former Zilvia username: kitoro