Would you lower or change rims to enhance looks?

[Karsoon]

Shall go for opt3 if you are ready for the looks,performance and of coz ready to spend a sum of money. Or else, just stick to the stock rims and tyres. When I got my car, I went for the wheels, upsize from 16" to 17". Regreted it very much coz the wheels are too small for my car. Then sold the wheels and upsize to 18" with KW coilovers. The whole car looks sweeter now. The ride wasnt compremised at all. The comfort level is still there as I cant really compare to my stock springs but you dont get the jumpy feeling when you go over uneven roads or humps.

[Wrxblue]

Hi Yea Scooby is a good handling car not because it has the best suspension setup but because it designed to work well with the 4WD system.

 

as for aftermarket suspension system there are a few choices.

 

1. lowering springs and upgraded shock absorbers set

 

2. height adjustable coilovers

 

3. height adjustable coilovers with damping adjustments

 

Normally for street driving, choice no. 1 is good enough.

and its provide the best budget and normally a well matched set would not compromise ride comfort too much, in general they are normally about 10-30% stiffer than the originals. Brands that you can consider are Tein, STi upgrade, price ranges from 800-1200

 

As for choice 2,generally more than 50% stiffer for japanese sets, there are some relative budget systems from varies countries, but mainly the ones from Japan is the more popular choice for the Scooby, you can find sets from Tein, KW etc prices from 1200-1500

 

As for choice 3, there are some good systems from Japan with brands like Tein, HKS etc prices from 2000 - onwards

 

as for hydraulic suspension, note: all shock absorbers have hydraulic fluid inside, it is the control of the flow of this fluid that decides on the damping characteristics of a shock absorber, this is done by adjusting the size of the orifice in the shock absorber hence determine how much fluid flow through it and hence changes the rate.

 

In recent years, the industry had introduce hydraulic shock absorbers with gas normally nitrogen) this provides better stability to the movement of the piston in the shock absorbers and also provide a faster response for the shock absorber hence control can be more accurate. Another purpose of the gas is to reduce the chance of hydraulic shock absorbers from 'foaming' during piston actions (imagine you pumping it up and down at a fast rate, you will generate foam but with gas inside this possiblity is reduced.

 

Hope this can give you some insight on shock absorbers.

 

or maybe wat you mean by hydraulic suspension, do you mean pneumatic suspension?

then its totally difference concept. It has a external bellow that stores gas(nitrogen) and this allows the flow of fluid to the external part of the shock absorbers hence you get the special characterisitcs of seeing this kind of cars able to be lowered very low when you park the car.as this kind of suspension requires a pump to create the flow of the fluid and when car is 'shut-down' the pumps stop working and hence the car drops.

 

Please note: a car with conventional suspension setup ie: spring and struts setup cannot be changed to this pnuematic suspension setup and vice versa.

 

another usual type of rear suspension you can find in the market is torsion bar with shock absorbers and in this kind of suspension the torsion bar is used to replace the springs ie:no springs behind but the operating characteristics is similar.

 

hope this explain alittle of suspension system

you can find more info in

http://autozine.kyul.net/technical_school/....htm#Suspension

[French_porn]

Great write-up

Sorry to trouble u..

now i got a bit more knowledge about suspension liao..

thanks bro

[Redliner_sg]

Very informative,

Thanks, me also looking at change of shocks,

can feel the front getting abit soft.

Prob check with you during the meetups

[Redliner_sg]

btw, who's with Sach?

Hear that's a good manufacturer.

[Saaber]

interested to change your shocks?....but sachs performance set don't have any for sunny leh

[Redliner_sg]

ai yah, then what can i look at?

Mebbe catchup with you on this at next meetup

Thanks in advance

[Saaber]

ok...see you at next meetup...

[Zen]

Sachs has retuned their settings

nowadays it is generally firmer than last time

but then again of course it will never be as 'hard' as those coilovers.

 

why is it that coilover is harder than sachs?

Edited July 10, 2003 by Caractereman

[Silver_z]

I will change driver. Joking!

 

I will do both and put bodykit.

[Bryanho]

HI there, I think adding a larger rim would be a better choice. By lowering your ride height, you disable the car's ability to go to alot fo Multi story car parks, humps and soon you might find this very frustrating even though your ride looks nice.. soon you serve the car and the car you... just my 2 cents..

[Vtim]

there's 2 type of ride height lowering, some those at 20mm to 25mm and others at much lower 30mm to 40mm. It depends on which height you choose I choose the 20mm to 25mm drop that still allows me to clear MSCP & humps

[Kaki99]

Hi Bro,

 

What is the price range for Sachs? Ohh.. most importantly does it fit lancer 05?

 

Thanks..

[Kanr]

any good advisor at the Sachs,tks???

[Wrxblue]

Hiya,...

 

sadly...Sachs doesnt have a set for the Lancer...