Lanos performance suspension parts available? Small listhere

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:29 am

daewoomofo wrote:the center of my front bumper is only a little over 5 inches off of the ground. i have the eibach 1.2 sport springs. yeah 1.2 my ass, its more like 3-4.

+1. When I got my lanos with the eibach springs I couldn't beleive how low it was. It's around the same as my lacetti and the lacettis coil-overs are slammed but it is on 235 tires. It looks great though...the lanos is a great looking car to slam.

greenbluewoo wrote:I bought vogtland springs for my car I just havent put them in yet they lower the car 1.6 and I only paid $250 shipped

Can you measure how far the front bumper is off the ground so I can compare it to the eibach springs that are supposed to only be 1.2"? Thanks

greenbluewoo · Post by **greenbluewoo** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:52 am

right now the car doesnt have a bumper or a engine in it and I still havent put the springs in yet but Im going to start the build wed. because I took a week off from work but I will keep you guys posted on the stuff I put in oh yeah I wont have the stock bumper on it when its done but I can put it on to see for you

xiaogary · Post by **xiaogary** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:28 am

i bought a custom made coilover set for my aveo. will be posting pics soon. my aveo sports lowering spring will be up for sale. they lowered the ride more than a vogland or eibach h n r. and r the stiffest among them. if it fit lanos i will let go at 150.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:01 am

greenbluewoo wrote:right now the car doesnt have a bumper or a engine in it and I still havent put the springs in yet but Im going to start the build wed. because I took a week off from work but I will keep you guys posted on the stuff I put in oh yeah I wont have the stock bumper on it when its done but I can put it on to see for you

Nah it's not that important. What bumper are you going with?

greenbluewoo · Post by **greenbluewoo** » Mon May 19, 2008 9:08 am

it was designed by g-force customizing from canada they sold the molds to this guy that sells them on ebay

heres it on a lanos

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Mon May 19, 2008 9:20 am

well can some one measure their stock lanos with stock bumper in this spot

hell if you can get a pic. thanks

xiaogary · Post by **xiaogary** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:52 pm

Front . Yellow sprinf is Apex lowering spring with stock shock absorber.

Rear

Anti-sway bar link
Old one compare to new one adjustable.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:37 am

Can someone explain to me what these lowering caps are?

http://www.racelook.de/html_english/index.html
---> lowering technology ----> lowering caps (near the bottom)

So is anyone intrested in the Apex sport suspension kit? I'm probably going to go with that, no sooner than 2 months, and it's special-special order so I might do a group buy since it's a pain to get them.

gse_turbo · Post by **gse_turbo** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:59 pm

xiaogary, what chassis are these pics from? looks more like a VW especilally the rears.

Kinky, those or the upper spring perches, those ones set the spring up hight than the OE plate which is about even.

I think you will be best of with the springs that came in the car. there are a lot more chassis eliments that need to be sorted out before you can drop the car as much as you want. if you want, give me a call and I will go over some ideas, techineques and solutions. one this go consider is that even with the run of the mill sport spring, you get about 1.5" of strut clearence before the front suspension bottoms out. I also want to talk to you about the class you plan to run, and other stuff.

Garrett

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sat May 24, 2008 9:32 pm

gse_turbo wrote:I think you will be best of with the springs that came in the car. there are a lot more chassis eliments that need to be sorted out before you can drop the car as much as you want. if you want, give me a call and I will go over some ideas, techineques and solutions. one this go consider is that even with the run of the mill sport spring, you get about 1.5" of strut clearence before the front suspension bottoms out. I also want to talk to you about the class you plan to run, and other stuff.

Garrett

This maybe something I won't be doing for 6 months.

Also, I don't plan to run in any class yet. I'll probably just do time attack and race in whatever class I fall into just by modding the car how I'd like.

gse_turbo · Post by **gse_turbo** » Sat May 24, 2008 10:21 pm

sounds good, I think you should build a car to a class instead of falling into one, this way you can be more competitive.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:24 pm

gse_turbo wrote:sounds good, I think you should build a car to a class instead of falling into one, this way you can be more competitive.

Yeah but are there any classes an engine swap falls into that I could be competitive without spending a ton of money?

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Sun May 25, 2008 3:26 pm

if there is no other option on getting the rear of my car lower and depending on how expencive the Apex (and if its adjustable low enough) i might be interested in a set.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sun May 25, 2008 7:31 pm

daewoomofo wrote:if there is no other option on getting the rear of my car lower and depending on how expencive the Apex (and if its adjustable low enough) i might be interested in a set.

I doubt it's adjustable at all but if we can find out how much the eibach springs really lower the car then we could find out if it would do what you want.

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:00 pm

well ive been asking for like 6 months for some one to measure their stock lanos to see how low it is. if some one would do that (measure the front and rear with pics so we can see where you measred from) that would be awesome.