Low Lib's

[AB501UT!0N]

Canibeat 2012

[cruisn]

Second Outback looks broken.........

[bosc0]

Has downward facing dog pea shooters. No!

[MA44AL]

[Jack_Keaka]

how totally amazing tits off the hook sick balls would that look if that tape was actually yellow writing on the tyre NASCAR style... cream yo pants. best wagon I've seen in ages

[rooby]

That's pretty damn awesome.

[Kaylie86]

Hey! I've tried to do a lot of research on which springs to get so I'd be getting the height that I wanted but I'm getting mixed information. I was told that King Springs would lower it; they don't. I was told Pedders springs would; they also don't. Now a guy from Pedders told me I can't legally lower my car any further because of something to do with the strut length.. or something I havn't lowered my Liberty before; it's at its original factory-lowered height.
I would consider coilovers if I absolutely had to but I'm wanting the cheaper option of springs coz I'm not taking it to the track or anything.

Any help would be great! Thanks

[cruisn]

Kings will lower it, Pedders are rip off merchants.

Teins or STi's will drop it also. How much drop do you want?

[rooby]

Hey! I've tried to do a lot of research on which springs to get so I'd be getting the height that I wanted but I'm getting mixed information. I was told that King Springs would lower it; they don't. I was told Pedders springs would; they also don't. Now a guy from Pedders told me I can't legally lower my car any further because of something to do with the strut length.. or something I havn't lowered my Liberty before; it's at its original factory-lowered height.
I would consider coilovers if I absolutely had to but I'm wanting the cheaper option of springs coz I'm not taking it to the track or anything.

Any help would be great! Thanks

If you want a very specific height or want low like a lot of the cars in here you will want to do coilovers.
You will be able to find non-pedders workshops who will go as low as you like, it's up to you whether you want to go lower than what is legal.

If you get really low springs on stock struts the struts will be compressed a lot all the time. So you will have less travel and your ride will be quite poor.

[Kaylie86]

Kings will lower it, Pedders are rip off merchants.

Teins or STi's will drop it also. How much drop do you want?

I've just put Kings on the front and it didn't lower it at all After talking to the guys at King they're saying that the GT's come 'factory lowered' and they're springs only lower it to that same level. They say they don't make anything that will lower it further. Same as what Pedders said. And yeh I agree they're rip offs.
I'm thinking the Tein S Techs may be the way to go but idk what that guy from Pedders was on about. He said if it was lowered any further itd be illegal, not because of how low the car would be but something to do with.. bumpstops maybe..
I don't want it crazy low, I think 30mm lower will be about enough. I havn't actually looked up the STI's yet.

[Kaylie86]

If you want a very specific height or want low like a lot of the cars in here you will want to do coilovers.
You will be able to find non-pedders workshops who will go as low as you like, it's up to you whether you want to go lower than what is legal.

If you get really low springs on stock struts the struts will be compressed a lot all the time. So you will have less travel and your ride will be quite poor.

I would like coilovers but I don't think I can justify the price.
I don't really want to go lower than what is legal but if my current height is the lowest legal height (like Pedders reckons) I've got no choice really lol
I'm not too concerned about the ride quality, tho I may change my tune once I put springs on and find out how bad or good the ride is. I guess once I paid for new springs and new struts (if I got them) I may be better off with coilovers.

[cruisn]

Gen5 STi pinks will be 15-20mm lower.

[mynameisdaniel]

Kings will lower it, Pedders are rip off merchants.

Teins or STi's will drop it also. How much drop do you want?

I've just put Kings on the front and it didn't lower it at all After talking to the guys at King they're saying that the GT's come 'factory lowered' and they're springs only lower it to that same level. They say they don't make anything that will lower it further. Same as what Pedders said. And yeh I agree they're rip offs.
I'm thinking the Tein S Techs may be the way to go but idk what that guy from Pedders was on about. He said if it was lowered any further itd be illegal, not because of how low the car would be but something to do with.. bumpstops maybe..
I don't want it crazy low, I think 30mm lower will be about enough. I havn't actually looked up the STI's yet.

Are you in SA by any chance? Our laws are different for lowering than most of Aus AFAIK. Don't quote me on this but there's something about only reducing the travel of your suspension by a third or some amount, if you email/call the vehicle modifications department of Trasnport SA they'll give you the smallest legal hub to guard distance allowed.

[zch91]

Same here in QLD Daniel.

OP, you can buy entry level coilovers for ~$1k delivered, lots of guys on here run them for 100% street use including myself. That's what my recommendation would be.

[Kaylie86]

Are you in SA by any chance? Our laws are different for lowering than most of Aus AFAIK. Don't quote me on this but there's something about only reducing the travel of your suspension by a third or some amount, if you email/call the vehicle modifications department of Trasnport SA they'll give you the smallest legal hub to guard distance allowed.

I'm in QLD too but that's exactly what the pedders guy was telling me! about reducing travel my maximum one third.. something about 'one third'. so I'm confused as to whether it will be illegal or legal to lower it.. i thought if it really was illegal there'd be less ppl lowering their libertys.
Will the coilovers be illegal too?