Help: Anyone Has Lowered Their Rolla E12? Change The Spring Or Entire

[kintung01]

also if i just get a lowered shock which lower 40mm... will it affect suspension... do i need to change anything?? can i intall it by myself??

any recommendation?? my budget is around 100 pounds...

Finally will it affect my insurance??

thx for ur help guys!!

[dwtg]

also if i just get a lowered shock which lower 40mm... will it affect suspension... do i need to change anything?? can i intall it by myself??

any recommendation?? my budget is around 100 pounds...

Finally will it affect my insurance??

thx for ur help guys!!

Dont just lower it on springs. It will ruin your shocks and then they will need replacing eventually.

I haveny lowered my E12 yet but I have been informed that tein basic suspension kit does a nice job of lowering the car without adversly affecting the ride comfort. Living in Ireland so Iv no idea of the UK cost but I doubt itl cost under £100. save a little more and get the full kit.

As for insurance it varies with different companies, your better off ringing 'em some time if your worried bout it.

[kintung01]

also if i just get a lowered shock which lower 40mm... will it affect suspension... do i need to change anything?? can i intall it by myself??

any recommendation?? my budget is around 100 pounds...

Finally will it affect my insurance??

thx for ur help guys!!

Dont just lower it on springs. It will ruin your shocks and then they will need replacing eventually.

I haveny lowered my E12 yet but I have been informed that tein basic suspension kit does a nice job of lowering the car without adversly affecting the ride comfort. Living in Ireland so Iv no idea of the UK cost but I doubt itl cost under £100. save a little more and get the full kit.

As for insurance it varies with different companies, your better off ringing 'em some time if your worried bout it.

cost under 100 pounds.... really?? because the spring will cost me 100 pounds... is it for corolla E12- 1.6 vvti??

[MarcTS]

he said he doubted it'll cost less than £100 and he'd be right. Basic springs are roughly £130 although you can get some g-max ones from eBay for considerably less. If you keep the springs at a 35mm or lower drop then you can use the existing shocks without too many problems in the near future, so it's probably what you'll have to do as you're on a limited budget. I actually had to give up 8 months of my no claims bonus when I declared my springs and moved to another insurer because the company I was with flat out refused to insure me (even at a higher premium). So if you are going to do it, call your insurance company beforehand and see what their policy is.

[kintung01]

also if i just get a lowered shock which lower 40mm... will it affect suspension... do i need to change anything?? can i intall it by myself??

any recommendation?? my budget is around 100 pounds...

Finally will it affect my insurance??

thx for ur help guys!!

Dont just lower it on springs. It will ruin your shocks and then they will need replacing eventually.

I haveny lowered my E12 yet but I have been informed that tein basic suspension kit does a nice job of lowering the car without adversly affecting the ride comfort. Living in Ireland so Iv no idea of the UK cost but I doubt itl cost under £100. save a little more and get the full kit.

As for insurance it varies with different companies, your better off ringing 'em some time if your worried bout it.

cost under 100 pounds.... really?? because the spring will cost me 100 pounds... is it for corolla E12- 1.6 vvti??

for the spring it cost 150 pounds... whereas the suspension kit 500 pounds +

he said he boubted it'll cost less than £100 and he'd be right. Basic springs are roughly £130 although you can get some g-max ones from ebay for considerably less. If you keep the springs at a 35mm or lower drop then you can use the existing shocks without too many problems in the near future, so it's probably what you'll have to do as you're on a limited budget. I actually had to give up 8 months of my no claims bonus when I declared my springs and moved to another insurer because the company I was with flat out refused to insure me (even at a higher premium). So if you are going to do it, call your insurance company beforehand and see what their policy is.

can i just not tell the insurance company... as even i have changed lowering spring... still the rolla will look very high

[MarcTS]

Sure. If you don't want to tell them that's fine. But if you have a crash, you can pretty much kiss goodbye to them covering you. So a) you'll probably lose the car in a serious crash and have to finance a new one yourself and B) if you hit someone who requires medical treatment, then your parents will probably have to remortgage their house to try and cover the medical costs.

So your choice really but I wouldn't - and haven't - risked it.

[kintung01]

so it is better to get a tsport... got more component available to modify the car... i found a manifold which can + 7 horsepower to the tsport.. + there is HKS and 5zeign exhaust aviable for tsport... where as T3... nothing at all

[Ckman85]

so it is better to get a tsport... got more component available to modify the car... i found a manifold which can + 7 horsepower to the tsport.. + there is HKS and 5zeign exhaust aviable for tsport... where as T3... nothing at all

hi m8, where hav u seen the HKS exhaust? i wudnt mind upgrading my exhaust to a HKS exhaust wen i get my TS

[kintung01]

so it is better to get a tsport... got more component available to modify the car... i found a manifold which can + 7 horsepower to the tsport.. + there is HKS and 5zeign exhaust aviable for tsport... where as T3... nothing at all

hi m8, where hav u seen the HKS exhaust? i wudnt mind upgrading my exhaust to a HKS exhaust wen i get my TS

i have see it before... unfortunately i forgot to save the picture... but definely there is a HKS exhaust for tsport... try to go to the HKS website and search for it... the corolla Tsport is call Runx in japan...

5zeign is also good... look awesome

i have a post in Tsport forum which have a lot of components for tsport ... go there and have a look

[MarcTS]

so it is better to get a tsport...

Not really from a suspension point of view. The CTS suspension is pretty bad considering the sort of power the engine pushes out. Whichever E12 corolla you get, the suspension is lacking. Admittedly the facelift has been lowered by 15mm over the pre-facelift (from memory) and the compressor was then lowered a further 10mm making the best of a bad situation.

[kintung01]

so it is better to get a tsport... got more component available to modify the car... i found a manifold which can + 7 horsepower to the tsport.. + there is HKS and 5zeign exhaust aviable for tsport... where as T3... nothing at all

hi m8, where hav u seen the HKS exhaust? i wudnt mind upgrading my exhaust to a HKS exhaust wen i get my TS

i have see it before... unfortunately i forgot to save the picture... but definely there is a HKS exhaust for tsport... try to go to the HKS website and search for it... the corolla Tsport is call Runx in japan...

5zeign is also good... look awesome

i have a post in Tsport forum which have a lot of components for tsport ... go there and have a look

find it hks exhaust photo http://hk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/autos/usedca...tml?carid=86790

click the 1 2 3 4 5 on the left to view the photo