WHY LOWER YOUR CAR?

[smellurkebs]

alot of people decide to lower their car with smaller wheels but i dont understnad ...what are the benefits? espically for people like me whos area is covered in speed ramps
hope i dont sound stupid but hey...
thanks
mick

[daymoon]

never heard of anyone lowering their car with smaller wheels

but people use different springs to lower car..

it looks better, not like 4x4 and handles better.. so u dont have to slow down as much for bends there fore better economy

[Octane2097]

aside from making the car accelrate a tiny bit quicker and be alot more manoverable
there isnt really a massive benifit!
get some big ones!!

[nom811]

i lowered my corsa sport on full spax springs and shockers on 15inch rims and it handled like a dream and looked mint if it wasnt lowered it would of looked stupiid, a massive gao between the wheek and the arch.

[fightstar]

I have 15" rims on mine, dont look like i have much room to lower though?

[ian89]

I have 15" 195' s and it scrapes my arches wen i go over little bumps in the road with 2 people in the back, so dont think i will be lowering

[gart]

My Corsa B is lowered 30mm front and rear and on 15's it handles amazin, i only lowered mine by 3omm because was told it would pop my drive shafts out cuz ive got a 2.0ltr coversion in mine but i think a 40mm drop on 15's looks nice and if you have took ya back seats out 60mm on 16's

[smellurkebs]

well my car has 17's on it and when theres a full car it's fine...even over speed ramps...but if i were to lower it it would be a different story so think im just going to stick with big wheels

[CorsaTD]

lowering ur car onl makes ur car faster if u get springs and shocks which will stiffen the suspension
if u just lower it using springs ur car will look kool but handle like poo and be bouncy ect
so u want a good set up that will make the can handle and go faster
the smaller wheel idea gives greater accelleration which is a good thing !!

[LesterPiglet1]

I would feckin love it if people would spell correctly, it only makes it harder.

[Joanne1]

Never knew it made your car accelerate quicker but hey, you learn summin knew every day...

I lowered my corsa sport 60mm with g-max suspension, and to be honest, IT WAS poo.

Had to get rid of it because it was far too bumpy, had a baby on the way.

But it actually does make your car look 10 times better though! So i suppose if you want to sacrifice comfort for looks then go ahead lol

[pariAh]

instead of lowering the car tho, just get bigger wheels

[daymoon]

instead of lowering the car tho, just get bigger wheels

making it accelerate slower, using more petrol, speedo showing wrong speed, and ur car lookign like that:

[smellurkebs]

well duno bout you but wen a car drives by with big wheels it catches my eye quicker than one with standard size wheels

[Chrex]

15's and lowered...because the standard suspension is bloody awful and you will end up in a hedge if you get a corner wrong!

40-50mm is the best drop on a corsa. Low enough to look good, but any more will start to affect handling again unless your spring kit is a good one e.g. bilstein.