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240KAT · 06-20-2004, 01:43 PM

Hey, I have mine and am wanting to lower my car. Anyone have a nice mean stance and want to count their threads for me? Pics would be cool too. Whoever has my favorite setup will get paypal'd $5

Flybert · 06-20-2004, 02:28 PM

Bottomed out. Scraping bumper. Nice and mean.

Here's one thing to consider. Your stance will look differently depending on the tire sizes that people are running. What's good for them may be bad for you. If I were you, for the front, tuck a little tire. For the back, bottom it out.

Matt_240 · 06-20-2004, 04:04 PM

im running 17x8.5 front 17x9.5 back w/ 215/40 (f) and 215/45(r). coopers in the front w/ champiros in the back.

i slammed it as much as it would go in the back and tuck tire a little in the front.

but there is no "set" high for everyone. you will have most likely run a different tire size and brand. some brands have super tall or hard sidewalls that dont stretch while others have super small and soft sidewalls that stretch like a mofo. so in other words, this thread is pointless unless you find someone with the exact same wheel size, tire brand and tire size as you...and with an s14. and do you have rolled fenders?

easier just to do it yourself and keep lowering it till you like it.

240KAT · 06-20-2004, 04:16 PM

alrighty, well..to lower, to i move the bottom spring perch up or down? I'm just looking for a ball-park of where to put it. I dont know anything about adjusting these things. I just make them stiff.

Flybert · 06-20-2004, 06:13 PM

Loosen the bottom perch and thread the shock body up so it shortens the whole assembly.

AHAHAHAHA JK

240KAT · 06-21-2004, 09:38 AM

shock body up=more shock body sticking out of bottom or less? I would think that bringing the body of the shock up would bring the car up :dunno:

Salty_X · 06-21-2004, 01:23 PM

Moving the lower bracket up along the shock body (more shock body sticking out under the lower bracket) will lower the car. The closer the lower bracket is to the spring itself, the lower the car will be. The shorter the entire assembly is, the lower the car will be.

240KAT · 06-21-2004, 03:03 PM

Beautifully worded.

Maeda · 06-23-2004, 08:16 PM

None threads is the meanest. The sig shows the stance, and it's also in member rides...

trentj · 06-23-2004, 08:24 PM

Can someone takes some pics and point out what yall are talking about I'm a little confused. I'm going to try to order my HE's tomorrow.

240KAT · 06-23-2004, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maeda

None threads is the meanest. The sig shows the stance, and it's also in member rides...

No threads? There's threads the entire way up the shock dude. Don't understand what youre tellin me. Lol.

Dousan_PG · 06-24-2004, 08:05 AM

HEs SUCK
my rear is maxed out and i want it LOWER!!!!!!

argh
fronts i got perches i can remove if i want lower, still got some room
fronts can dump a TON
rear...WEAK!!!!!!

Steeles · 06-24-2004, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dousan_PG

HEs SUCK
my rear is maxed out and i want it LOWER!!!!!!

argh
fronts i got perches i can remove if i want lower, still got some room
fronts can dump a TON
rear...WEAK!!!!!!

seriously bro.... seek help. lots and lots of help

Shin_Kudo · 06-24-2004, 01:35 PM

Man, my car has like an inch of gap around my 17"s, and I find it to be too low! How the hell do you people manage to get in and out of driveways and over bumps without ripping your bumper apart? (and, for that matter, underside parts)

Brian · 06-24-2004, 01:42 PM

we don't.
at least, i don't
i rip my car apart every single day.

Shin_Kudo · 06-24-2004, 01:44 PM

Wow, I'm glad to hear that, seeing as how I'm driving around in a car that was previously yours.....

Salty_X · 06-24-2004, 01:53 PM

I can get over bumps, and usually get up and down driveways with just minor scraping, my car still isn't low enough for my liking though. I've been thinking about pulling the front lip off and lowering it more...

Brian · 06-24-2004, 02:07 PM

on the old car, i only scraped the lip.
the car was so high, so i didnt get a chance to scrape other things.
on my NEW car however, it is completly different.
i scrape anything and everything every day. it's getting kind of annoying. :/
maybe time to give it a slight raise.
i cant even use my sideskirts because i WILL break them just getting in my driveway.

mixedwell · 06-24-2004, 02:07 PM

Sometimes i wanna raise my car just a little bit so the sounds of the rocks on the dirt roads around my house arent so loud. Then i get lazy.. and say "F_ it".

honestly... lower lower lower. Kepping going as low as you can handle it. But if you goo too low, it feels almost like a go kart. If the fronts arent tucked, it isn't low enough.

-mixedwell

Brian · 06-24-2004, 02:11 PM

how is this?
<edit> took picture down. hah suckers.

Maeda · 06-24-2004, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 240KAT

No threads? There's threads the entire way up the shock dude. Don't understand what youre tellin me. Lol.

I loosen the bottom most piece and then twist the shock clockwise till it can't go any lower, then retighten the lowest piece.
(thanks to dousan for educating me, because im just that dumb)

Done! Aggressive super dori awsome stance aka. as low as you can get it.

You can make it EVEN BETTER! if you cut off the last most piece so your left with just 2 perches.

Now
Wheres my $5.00?

Matt_240 · 06-25-2004, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dousan_PG

HEs SUCK
my rear is maxed out and i want it LOWER!!!!!!

argh
fronts i got perches i can remove if i want lower, still got some room
fronts can dump a TON
rear...WEAK!!!!!!

i know exactly how you feel. my rears are maxed out as well.

but yeah, having the car slam does get old after a while especially when you come to the point where you get stuck on driveways and have to push your car to get it moving.

06-20-2004, 01:43 PM	#1
240KAT Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Columbia, MD Age: 38 Posts: 797 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ATTN: people with Tein HE Hey, I have mine and am wanting to lower my car. Anyone have a nice mean stance and want to count their threads for me? Pics would be cool too. Whoever has my favorite setup will get paypal'd $5 __________________ Drew

06-20-2004, 04:16 PM	#4
240KAT Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Columbia, MD Age: 38 Posts: 797 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	alrighty, well..to lower, to i move the bottom spring perch up or down? I'm just looking for a ball-park of where to put it. I dont know anything about adjusting these things. I just make them stiff. __________________ Drew

06-20-2004, 06:13 PM	#5
Flybert Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: none Posts: 3,862 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Loosen the bottom perch and thread the shock body up so it shortens the whole assembly. AHAHAHAHA JK Last edited by Flybert; 06-07-2021 at 10:55 PM..

06-21-2004, 09:38 AM	#6
240KAT Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Columbia, MD Age: 38 Posts: 797 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	shock body up=more shock body sticking out of bottom or less? I would think that bringing the body of the shock up would bring the car up :dunno: __________________ Drew

06-21-2004, 01:23 PM	#7
Salty_X Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Modesto Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Moving the lower bracket up along the shock body (more shock body sticking out under the lower bracket) will lower the car. The closer the lower bracket is to the spring itself, the lower the car will be. The shorter the entire assembly is, the lower the car will be. __________________

06-20-2004, 02:28 PM	#2
Flybert Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: none Posts: 3,862 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Bottomed out. Scraping bumper. Nice and mean. Here's one thing to consider. Your stance will look differently depending on the tire sizes that people are running. What's good for them may be bad for you. If I were you, for the front, tuck a little tire. For the back, bottom it out.

06-20-2004, 04:04 PM	#3
Matt_240 Internet Drifter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hawaii Posts: 879 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	im running 17x8.5 front 17x9.5 back w/ 215/40 (f) and 215/45(r). coopers in the front w/ champiros in the back. i slammed it as much as it would go in the back and tuck tire a little in the front. but there is no "set" high for everyone. you will have most likely run a different tire size and brand. some brands have super tall or hard sidewalls that dont stretch while others have super small and soft sidewalls that stretch like a mofo. so in other words, this thread is pointless unless you find someone with the exact same wheel size, tire brand and tire size as you...and with an s14. and do you have rolled fenders? easier just to do it yourself and keep lowering it till you like it.

06-21-2004, 03:03 PM	#8
240KAT Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Columbia, MD Age: 38 Posts: 797 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Beautifully worded. __________________ Drew

06-23-2004, 08:16 PM	#9
Maeda Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Camp Snake Bite, CA RIP Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Maeda Feedback Score: 0 reviews	None threads is the meanest. The sig shows the stance, and it's also in member rides... __________________

06-23-2004, 08:24 PM	#10
trentj Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 9 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Can someone takes some pics and point out what yall are talking about I'm a little confused. I'm going to try to order my HE's tomorrow.

06-24-2004, 08:05 AM	#12
Dousan_PG Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Orange County, California Age: 46 Posts: 16,640 Trader Rating: (23) Rides Gallery: Dousan_PG Feedback Score: 23 reviews	HEs SUCK my rear is maxed out and i want it LOWER!!!!!! argh fronts i got perches i can remove if i want lower, still got some room fronts can dump a TON rear...WEAK!!!!!! __________________ Aaron Pink GodziRa www.geocities.com/pink_godzira

06-24-2004, 01:35 PM	#14
Shin_Kudo Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 699 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Man, my car has like an inch of gap around my 17"s, and I find it to be too low! How the hell do you people manage to get in and out of driveways and over bumps without ripping your bumper apart? (and, for that matter, underside parts) __________________ '95 240SX Base Pearl White

06-24-2004, 01:42 PM	#15
Brian Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: usa Posts: 12,840 Trader Rating: (54) Rides Gallery: Brian Feedback Score: 54 reviews	we don't. at least, i don't i rip my car apart every single day. __________________ http://bhworld.wordpress.com/

06-24-2004, 01:44 PM	#16
Shin_Kudo Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 699 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Wow, I'm glad to hear that, seeing as how I'm driving around in a car that was previously yours..... __________________ '95 240SX Base Pearl White

06-24-2004, 01:53 PM	#17
Salty_X Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Modesto Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I can get over bumps, and usually get up and down driveways with just minor scraping, my car still isn't low enough for my liking though. I've been thinking about pulling the front lip off and lowering it more... __________________

06-24-2004, 02:07 PM	#18
Brian Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: usa Posts: 12,840 Trader Rating: (54) Rides Gallery: Brian Feedback Score: 54 reviews	on the old car, i only scraped the lip. the car was so high, so i didnt get a chance to scrape other things. on my NEW car however, it is completly different. i scrape anything and everything every day. it's getting kind of annoying. :/ maybe time to give it a slight raise. i cant even use my sideskirts because i WILL break them just getting in my driveway. __________________ http://bhworld.wordpress.com/

06-24-2004, 02:07 PM	#19
mixedwell Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: SOuth Cali Posts: 892 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Sometimes i wanna raise my car just a little bit so the sounds of the rocks on the dirt roads around my house arent so loud. Then i get lazy.. and say "F_ it". honestly... lower lower lower. Kepping going as low as you can handle it. But if you goo too low, it feels almost like a go kart. If the fronts arent tucked, it isn't low enough. -mixedwell __________________ silvia... my love ::

06-24-2004, 02:11 PM	#20
Brian Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: usa Posts: 12,840 Trader Rating: (54) Rides Gallery: Brian Feedback Score: 54 reviews	how is this? <edit> took picture down. hah suckers. __________________ http://bhworld.wordpress.com/ Last edited by Brian; 06-24-2004 at 02:28 PM..