I need to replace my lowered springs and want to see what height your cars are sitting at. After I put new Monroe GT gas shocks in, my ride height went to sh1t - the result is a VL that looks like it has a lift kit! With the old shocks it sat nicely, but no longer, so out they go. They are "Sabre" brand springs. Never heard of them, can't find anything about them on the net either. All the rest of the suspension has been replaced with new stuff, and when the car finally gets on the road it will be rolling on 18 or most likely 19 inch wheels as I wanna run the fattest, stickiest rubber I can. Guards have been rolled and pan hard rod installed. Group A front bar. Car will be a daily driver. If you could post a pic that best shows your ride height and list your spring and shock combo that would be much appreciated.

can i have your old front springs

coil overs man, if you want it exactly right get the ability to tweak, camber tops aswell but not essential. have a look at alex's old pics. its the only way to go. you can pick your own spring/damper rate to what your running and how you drive.

Whats a coil over set up worth ? I've got superlows with shortened monroe 4x4 shocks,18" wheels Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I'll try get some photos of mine and add them to this post (I'm sure I had some photos, don't where they've gone though), Dobi lows, 17" wheels, but I'm not sure what shocks are in it.. Damnit Mike. That's all I'll say.

NZ VL com - the springs are staying in the car til I get new ones - gotta save up for them I need the car to roll cos it will be goin to the paint shop as soon as i get my sh1t sorted. hsvhel - yes, coilovers would be the ideal solution, its just the cost thats prohibitive. $350 or something for springs versus $1000 plus for coilovers. This is a shoestring build thats gone way over time and budget and I just wanna get it on the road. Sick of my sh1t jappa! I already have the new shocks in and Nolathane strut tops. Cheers S1KVL - thats pretty much the height I'm aiming for. So those are Kings superlows? Just out of interest Alex if you're reading...how many times did you adjust your coilovers? Keep the pics coming boys. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Yeah buddy they are King springs superlows

Havnt taken any pics but my daily is now on Dobi Super Lows and GT Gas shocks. sits quite nice.

mines got dobi super lows in the front and lovells super lows in the rear. will put a pic up tommorow. also have k mac strut tops too. heres a older pic. looks alot better now, but anyways... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

NZ GTS Since ive known alex its been more times than i can remember just as a guide!! especially the "i just adjusted my coils and i cant get out of the garage" incident before we went for a drive. just a little bit of info to wind him up. Sorry Alex Quote: Originally Posted by 12maneym mines got dobi super lows in the front and lovells super lows in the rear. will put a pic up tommorow. also have k mac strut tops too. heres a older pic. looks alot better now, but anyways... [IMG]http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/7048/9540815a6935072287lpr2.jpg [/IMG] That ride height looks really good man. nice profile and still driveable (or not??) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Custom made Koni competition adjustable platform front coilovers (adjustable height and adjustable damper). Koni competition rear shocks (adjustable damper). Modified lower shock mount. King Pro-Sport Competition 650lb front springs, King custom 450lb rear springs. Pedders front strut brace, Pedders adjustable panhard rod, Signature 30mm adjustable front anti-roll bar, stock rear anti-roll bar, Super Pro polyurethane 90 bushes throughout $4,000 Quote: Originally Posted by hsvhel NZ GTS Since ive known alex its been more times than i can remember just as a guide!! especially the "i just adjusted my coils and i cant get out of the garage" incident before we went for a drive. just a little bit of info to wind him up. Sorry Alex This is when I wound the front down too much... Quote: Originally Posted by NZ_GTS Just out of interest Alex if you're reading...how many times did you adjust your coilovers? Every time the car went somewhere for major work I wound the front up 30-40mm so they could get it on the hoist without too much mucking around. As it sits now it takes around 30mins to get it on a hoist Quote: Originally Posted by NZ_GTS I wanna run the fattest, stickiest rubber I can 255/35R19 Continental Conti Sport Contact's on the rear... I reckon you wouldn't fit much wider on a VL rear without major work I've had coilovers in my last 3 daily drivers (all japs) and I wouldn't do it any other way. I run my cars higher for the 3 months over winter so I can fit snow chains and low for the rest of the year Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Took some pics today in my lunch hour Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by hsvhel NZ GTS Since ive known alex its been more times than i can remember just as a guide!! especially the "i just adjusted my coils and i cant get out of the garage" incident before we went for a drive. just a little bit of info to wind him up. Sorry Alex That ride height looks really good man. nice profile and still driveable (or not??) yea man drives like a dream. has adjustable kmac strut tops now too. no rubbing or anything. the dude that does my wheel alignments and suspension is pretty onto it. hes got all the bells and whistles in his walky. same setup as alex's i believe Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by 12maneym yea man drives like a dream. has adjustable kmac strut tops now too. no rubbing or anything. the dude that does my wheel alignments and suspension is pretty onto it. hes got all the bells and whistles in his walky. same setup as alex's i believe Is that the guy with the gen walky down in Hastings with 355 engine that is a sick car.

Calais3L, is that your 2L?! I couldn't even think of spending money like that on mine. The wheels on DOSEIT are ****ing awesome. Final comment (I think) is 255s are massive must be no room at all with them in your guards! Oh if I post mine up, it'll be the highest one on here Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by craig Is that the guy with the gen walky down in Hastings with 355 engine that is a sick car. yea Grant Kelly, my old man built the engine in that beast its on 20inch bonspeed rims at the moment. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by 12maneym yea Grant Kelly, my old man built the engine in that beast its on 20inch bonspeed rims at the moment. Yeah that the guy I called in and saw him years ago when he just put the new motor in it and tremac gearbox I had a gen walky at the time also and couldnt believe the detail he put into the car was a good guy to talk to aswell. Never got to go for a ride but heard it at idle and it was mean, brings me back. Be cool if you could post some pics of it if you see it around. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

hey how do you put up photos?

Quote: Originally Posted by NZ VL com hey how do you put up photos? You've gotta use a website like photobucket to host your photos, and then link to them.

This is good stuff guys, cheers. Sorry Alex, but I just have to laugh at you not being able to get your car out of the garage. I bet you were spewing! I've done plenty of things like that, always seems so obvious afterwards. The $4k you quoted, was that for all the stuff you had done? Any idea on what the coilovers alone were? I had no idea people adjusted their coilovers so often. Only adjusted the missus' once in a year. Looks like i'll be going with 255s then, although not quite sure I can stretch to Contis, probably be goin with Eagle F1s at this stage. Seeing all these mean VLs is good motivation for me to get mine going!