Lowered Car=bumpy Ride?

[shau]

hi i new to this forum and my car knowledge is quite limited.I have bought a starlet that was lowered and the ride is bumpy probably because the car is lowered.I want it to be like a normal ride like most other cars, is there a solution to this?Can i have a lowered car and still a smooth ride?

thx,any help will be apreciated

wai

[riko666]

get uprated dampers, i.e. dampers with a shorter damper body, so that the reduced suspension travel is compensated for by the shorter damping stroke.

[shau]

thx for the nice advice.Do u know by any chance where to get these dampers from?Starlet is a rare car.....

thx

[toyotasera.co.uk]

Really only way to have a low ride height with soft and complient suspension is coilover

[ozi]

Hey used to have the same trouble with my old starlet GT, sorted it out with a Weitec Suspension package much smoother

[scutch0]

or fit some tte springs... theyre apparently alot smoother, and lower 20(?)mm i think.

or get some adjustable dampers, koni do a set. not sure on how much it would help tho...

Rich.

[riko666]

koni's are very good but very very expensive...

[Moffmo]

koni's are very good but very very expensive...

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I have some on my yaris (sorry!) But they are are well worth the money!

[shau]

thx for the advice everyone!yeah i checked out koni's their cool but yes quite expensive, anyone know the cheapest option with a site maybe?and roughly how much?Damn only if the previous owner sorted out the car when he lowered it...sigh.Actually if i change the springs to another lowered spring but with "softer" qualities ie like more coils,softer material and have my normal shock absorbers/dampers will that be ok?For example if i change my springs to these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pi-Springs-85-100-To...1QQcmdZViewItem will it be ok?

thing is...is it definately just the shock absorbers fault?and not anything else?

also ill post a pic of my car sometime and maybe one of u's can tell me how much it is lowered by if u can tell as i have no idea

thx