Lower A Paseo On 17's

[dorsetpaseo]

Hello all, I am a newbie paseo owner

I have a 96 st bought it about 4 mths ago, glad to see im not alone and found this forum. seein your motors has made me want to improve mine .

I am buying some alloys, the fitment i found for paseo is, pcd 4stud X100, offset 35...38mm and C/bore of 54mm. on this fitment guide http://www.alloyboy.com/default.htm?page=601 it says that civics, crx's rover 200's,25's etc have exactly same fitment except centerbore of 56mm would these fit on?

I'm gonna get some 17/40/205 rims off eBay or out of the paper in two weeks , how much could i drop I seen some dropped 40mm with no problems, would 60mm be possible without too much messin around.

after buyin the wheels I'm gonna be skint, has anyone cut down/paid a garage to cut the springs or do any others fit (starlet yaris corolla?) soI can get some second hand jobbies,

any advice appriciated

cheers

[toyotasera.co.uk]

Don't cut springs down!

[silvasurfa]

Don't cut springs down!

[mellow_yellow]

tbh, 40mil drop looks just fine on 17s... im pretty sure you'll have to roll the arches if you want to drop it any lower...

as above, dont cut the springs.... you can get a set of spax or pi springs for circa £100...

[DazH]

Yeah welcome to the site, but never, ever cut down springs

[dorsetpaseo]

hello all,

cheers for your replys. I didnt think cuttin my springs is too clever- skip that one,

£100 would be alright I take it using the existing dampners. dont spose any one could giv us a link/ pic of a paseo on a 40mm drop plz,

ps were did you get your springs from

ta

[matt_hillyard]

ive got 17s on a 96 paseo si (205/40/17R) with spax ssx springs (40mm drop) on original front dampers and kyb excel g rear (as the stock ones blew)!!!

Will find a decint pic of the car and post it for you.

p.s. DONT DONT DONT CUT SPRINGS

[matt_hillyard]

here are some pics these are the best i can find at the min, this shows the 17s and the drop on it. for any more pics dont forget to view the garage as there are a few paseos in there!!

[sera_beetle]

looking sweet matt

[matt_hillyard]

cheers tim,

I took those just after the kroozin live event.

How did the gasket fitting go??

Wat has the gasket for again?

[DazH]

hello all,

cheers for your replys. I didnt think cuttin my springs is too clever- skip that one,

£100 would be alright I take it using the existing dampners. dont spose any one could giv us a link/ pic of a paseo on a 40mm drop plz,

ps were did you get your springs from

ta

Mines had a 40mm drop but stuck with 15"s for the handling, if you wanna look at the link for my garage

[dorsetpaseo]

hey matt yes that does look sweet, 17s it is, 40 mm drop, I spose like daz says you lose a good bit of speed with 17;s ps daz them buckets look **** hot I think I m gonna have to copy y'all