Lowering 1M on Aus roads

[JSAN]

Hi


I am looking at getting either H&R or Eibach lowering springs. Which would have the better ride quality on Aus roads? Recommendations please.

Also like the look of 10mm front 12mm spacers in conjuction with lowering springs from pics on the forum. Does anyone have spacers on their 1M in Aus? Feedback.

Cheers

[Zuzu]

Originally Posted by JSAN

Hi


I am looking at getting either H&R or Eibach lowering springs. Which would have the better ride quality on Aus roads? Recommendations please.

Also like the look of 10mm front 12mm spacers in conjuction with lowering springs from pics on the forum. Does anyone have spacers on their 1M in Aus? Feedback.

Cheers

Hi JSAN, and welcome to the forum mate.

I lowered the M with H&R sport springs.. 1.4 inch front and 0.6 inch rear.

The lowered ride IMO is far better than OEM. Steering seems more precise and handling vastly improved. I run 240KP front and 220KP rear on the OEM tyres.

Spacers are illegal in most states in Oz for street use, but OK for track.

Dont think I would put spacers on the front, as I felt once or twice, a bit of tyre rub, on full lock right hand down, doing a U turn, with a slight gradient in the road.

[flinchy]

Originally Posted by Zuzu

Spacers are illegal in most states in Oz for street use, but OK for track.

Dont think I would put spacers on the front, as I felt once or twice, a bit of tyre rub, on full lock right hand down, doing a U turn, with a slight gradient in the road.

which is very silly, considering you put forces on your car, on the track, many times in excess of the road.. if spacers were a safety concern, it'd be a significantly worse one on the track -_-

[Mechz]

Originally Posted by flinchy

which is very silly, considering you put forces on your car, on the track, many times in excess of the road.. if spacers were a safety concern, it'd be a significantly worse one on the track -_-

Yeah but how many boy racers of maccas carparks spend money to go to the track, I think it's a lowest common denominator thing.

[flinchy]

Originally Posted by Mechz

Yeah but how many boy racers of maccas carparks spend money to go to the track, I think it's a lowest common denominator thing.

i mean... that it's illegal on the street for no good reason, if it's engineered safe for the track.

[Zuzu]

Originally Posted by flinchy

which is very silly, considering you put forces on your car, on the track, many times in excess of the road.. if spacers were a safety concern, it'd be a significantly worse one on the track -_-

Scroll down to point 9 on "Additional requirements for replacement wheels".

Answers all your questions an more..

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registrati...vsi09_rev4.pdf

[flinchy]

Originally Posted by Zuzu

Scroll down to point 9 on "Additional requirements for replacement wheels".

Answers all your questions an more..

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registrati...vsi09_rev4.pdf

i know.. there's all sorts of really lame laws down tehre about max width over stock, up here it's 'fits within guards and rolling diameter is within 15mm' so much easier.

i mean.. +25mm track increase max pretty much makes any performance modified car illegal down there.. luckily up here i don't believe there's such laws.

[Zuzu]

Originally Posted by flinchy

i know.. there's all sorts of really lame laws down tehre about max width over stock, up here it's 'fits within guards and rolling diameter is within 15mm' so much easier.

i mean.. +25mm track increase max pretty much makes any performance modified car illegal down there.. luckily up here i don't believe there's such laws.

Hate to disappoint you..

Read up on your State's road laws..

From page 19:-

The fitting of spacers or adaptors between wheels and
hubs, additional to those provided by the vehicle
manufacturer, is not permitted.


http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/c7..._vehicles2.pdf

[VGR00]

+1 .... QLD has had the same law for over 10 years that I know off at least. Maybe the Macca's crowd been feeding Flinchy mis-information.

[flinchy]

Originally Posted by Zuzu

Hate to disappoint you..

Read up on your State's road laws..

From page 19:-

The fitting of spacers or adaptors between wheels and
hubs, additional to those provided by the vehicle
manufacturer, is not permitted.


http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/c7..._vehicles2.pdf

sorry, i more meant that wheel sizes and such are sliiightly (not much really lol) more freely modifiable, not that spacers are legal.

[Stuart@BMRAutowerkes]

I wonder how you can get spacers 'engineered'?

Porsche sells them as a factory option on one of their special models of 911. Then again they also sell 911s with rollcages :/

[flinchy]

Originally Posted by bmroxm5

I wonder how you can get spacers 'engineered'?

Porsche sells them as a factory option on one of their special models of 911. Then again they also sell 911s with rollcages :/

i believe here in aus it'd be the same deal as engineering any mod... take it to an engineer and get a mod plate

[MrBlonde]

Originally Posted by bmroxm5

I wonder how you can get spacers 'engineered'?

Porsche sells them as a factory option on one of their special models of 911. Then again they also sell 911s with rollcages :/

Half cages in coupes with all portions of the cage behind the back of the driver's seat.

[Alpine*]

Yeh, spacers on P cars are a factory ticked option, on all of their sports cars AFAIK.

[bmw1mc]

Wish I could lower mine! Damn driveway

[Tit]

Does that need to be engineered in NSW?

Originally Posted by MrBlonde

Half cages in coupes with all portions of the cage behind the back of the driver's seat.