what i did to lower

[Zumtizzle]

I'm not making this shit up - it's happened, HUNDREDS of times, and yes, we've had a mom take away her son's Supra.

My dad took away my supra for my first year of driving. :cry:


I'm glad he did. :icon_bigg

 

[supraman7mgte]

as long as it works for you,and its temporarry,i won't flame ya.

 

[HommerSimpson]

I cut mine to...and ofcourse oneday ill get some lowering springs...but seeing as i got a ton of other things to spend money on aka engine.. springs can wait.. its not like its hurting the car... Mine rides and handles nice..

 

[upgradedsupra]

When a problem happens, broke ass shit owner posts "My Supra don't run and leaks green stuff, wut does I do?" Owner that can afford the car he bought says "Ran into some problems. Just got Supra back from some upgrades."

Hmmmm..... interesting, upgrades! :biglaugh:

 

[foreverpsycotic]

yes, because even N/A's came with LSD's, you can go to any junkyard and have your pick...

Must be nice to have junkyards with supras near you.

Cleatus mods are bad, and I have learned first hand about some 1/2 assed wiring, I finally took the time to rewire what was needed properly and guess what, it works the first time every time.

 

[ArmandoP]

im oin the same boat guys. i can count the thousands of dollars that the previous owners shortcuts and halfassed repairs/mods have cost me but it just depresses me. do it right or dont do it. if you cant afford to modify a car then you probably shouldnt be modifying the damn car!!! why has nobody mentioned this?

Its the same mindset... if someone doesnt have enough cash to buy a $400 beater to drive why in the world would they consider putting a bigger turbo in their daily driver??? ive been 16 and broke and I understand the speed bug, but damn these shortcuts people take just make life hell in the long run for you AND the poor guy you end up selling your car to who actually wants to build it right.

 

[Supra-K]

haha you guyz are funny, congrats on the lowering man, I did the same along with a worker at driftmotion, on my car I took 1.5 for front and rear, the front looks damn sexy but the back could drop a bit more but I think im gonna keep it, not sure how it rides but by ushing up and down on the car it feels a little stiffer than when i first got it lol, but now to prove some of you guys saying its going to handle like shit, my buddies car, a hardtop fyi, cut his front 1.5 and turn tems to stiffest setting permantly, its funny cause he out handles me other friends targa supra and the targa has full blown adjustable coil overs, with trail arms bigger sway bars etc, so really this is probably one of my favorite cheapet mods, and the spring rate wont significantly change, cant remember what fourm I was on but theres an equation to firgure out what the difference was and the results were the same haha but whatever just my 2 cents take it or leave it, put it like this, if your poor cut your spring ive done it to almost all the cars ive owned, if you have money spend it on coil overs either way I feel id be happy considering prices, but anywho nice man keep up the freeness!

 

[Quin]

I'm 17, broke, and own one of the aforementioned half assed shortcut cars. However, I'm also one of the do it right or don't do it at all guys. So my car is sitting in my driveway looking like it's a rally car, but that's okay with me =]

Rather spend the money on repair>go fast/look nicer

 

[JASONA70]

jk !

but seriously if you know you are going to be flamed for creating this thread but you created this thread anyways, and then you titled the thread "what i did to lower" and first couple of words you wrote were "please dont flame me" that right there is a big blow of hot flaming tamales. on the second note, cut springs lead to blow shocks it completely throws of the engineering that toyota created. a used set of suspension usually doesnt cost more than 300-350. a used set of blistens and tt-r shocks are beyond cheap on ebay. you might want to look into it, i bet you already have blown shocks. dangeroussssss

 

[Supra-K]

Reason #1280 why the A70 Supra will never have the same respect as when its early years. Cheap owners doing cheap mods and being praised for it.

Cheap out on one part of your car and you're likely to cheap out on others and you end up with a car full of cheap compromises.

:greddy:

I disagree 100%, first off our cars are from the 80's era and early 90's, most of them are going to be pos considering most of them are 20 years old, meaning you can pick up a running one for about $1000 bucks so expect the worst of the worse, now what makes some of our cars stand out and not be 20 year old pos is the money time and effort we drop into them, even tears haha just like any old car, so expect respect to be lost, its happens just like every car, times change welcome to the world, no as of cheap, just because something is cheap doesnt mean your going to resort to half assing the whole car, if a part is cheap and it works perfectly fine and is excuted perfessionally then I see that as a benficial modifcation, kinda how trends and business get started. o and you just called driftmotion cheap which is a sin :sarcasm:

many people here are offending and can not even work in their own car, they offend but i bet they would do the same if they could do it or have the money to pay someone to do it for them, but most 16 years old boys dont even have the money to pay for it.
I like your car man, it`s a way to start to make it look pretty

thank you! finally someone with a brain

Today it's cut springs, next week it's "My car won't run and is leaking, what happened? My mods are AFM screw mod, exhaust, PVC IC pipes,BOV, 16psi. oh, and I have no fan shroud and never checked the head gasket to see if it's torqued correctly."


Cut springs may not be a huge deal but the same mentality leads to other cheap ass ownership decisions that causes major problems. lowering springs is one of the most inexpensive things that will come up while owning a Supra. These cars are old. If you can't afford 300-500 dollars for some springs and shocks, what are you going to do when you need to fix the HG or rebuild or do normal ROUTINE maintenence that is likely to come up with a car this old. Justifying cut springs because you're strapped for money is retarded. Anyone disagreeing is part of the cheap ass MK3 owner problem, not the solution.

just because it doesnt have a high priced label doesnt mean crap, that just mean hes found another cheaper way to lower his car, if its excuted nicely, accomplishes what he was looking for then I see absolutely no porblem with it, just because its not your way like blowing $$$ which seems to be short nowa days doesnt doesnt mean every other way is stupid and shouldnt work.......

When I had my first Supra and it was stock height and I wanted to lower it, I didn't be a cheapass and cut the springs. I left it as it was until I found a solution. I was young and couldn't afford it. I ended up getting some lowering springs from a friend because I helped him do some work. And another friend helped me install them because I hadn't done it before.

You're right. Most young guys don't even have the money to spend on mods. Which is the precisely why there are so many Supras look like shit and run like shit. They don't have the money to buy a decent example, then their shitbox example of a Supra doesn't get better because they can't afford it, it gets shittier. They can afford the low shit entry fee of a shit example of an A70 Supra but can't afford to own it.

Shit owners buying shit examples of the Supra and giving it shit mods, shit maintenence, and don't really give a shit if the car looks like shit have ruined the image of the A70 Supra.

Luckily, the number of people who actually give a shit and have or had decent cars has been growing in the last few years I've noticed. I've noticed an increasing number of Supras who don't have shit owners.

Call it what you want but the MKIV doesn't have this problem nearly as bad because a big majority of the owners don't give their cars shit mods and shit maintenence. Unfortunately for that car, shit owners have been getting their hands on them more often and shit MKIVs are not as rare anymore.

dude theres always going to be people not giving a shit about their cars thats just how the world works with any car, I dont car if its a 2008 toyota camry or a 87 turboed supra theres always going to be shit owners doing shit things to their cars, now for us its even worse considering our cars are sorta fast and can be prchased for cheap, people are dumb and will dumb stuff, just face it like i have and go on with your life, now as of mods, if its nicely excuted accomplishes what its suppose too and doesnt "hurt" the car then I dont care what price tag is on it, its perfectly fine to me and more power to who ever does it, and save a little money for the people who cant afford expensive parts, like me, so in other word I have cut springs, along with every car ive owned and Ive love them to death, these little mods are kinda like for the little guyz, well im getting off topic now so theres my 2 cents yo!

keep up the good work man i dig the painted wheels to i did the same

 

[Supra-K]

I'm 17, broke, and own one of the aforementioned half assed shortcut cars. However, I'm also one of the do it right or don't do it at all guys. So my car is sitting in my driveway looking like it's a rally car, but that's okay with me =]

Rather spend the money on repair>go fast/look nicer

+1 im right there with ya man, people ask if I get a new car like every month cause I change so much lol

 

[drift40]

the poor guy you end up selling your car to who actually wants to build it right.

It's a damn drift car for me who cares i'm not selling my car cause what i have done works. It has been proven to be at a slight disadvantage to the expensive suspension of couse, but serves it purpose non the less.:evil2:

Where do you find good suspension for this $400-$600 I can't find those prices for my 240 and these deals are here for mkIIIs I can't even get used HKS for $600 or ebay Godspeeds.:3d_frown:

Anyways not telling everyone to do so cause its the best thing ever but if someone wants to cut springs on there car cause it makes them feel better the let them do so.

Since you are into this buying cars that have been "halfassed" and complain about it, then quit buying them.:3d_frown:

 

[Supra-K]

WOOOOOT! ^^^^^your my new hero

 

[foreverpsycotic]

It's a damn drift car for me who cares i'm not selling my car cause what i have done works. It has been proven to be at a slight disadvantage to the expensive suspension of couse, but serves it purpose non the less.:evil2:

Where do you find good suspension for this $400-$600 I can't find those prices for my 240 and these deals are here for mkIIIs I can't even get used HKS for $600 or ebay Godspeeds.:3d_frown:

Anyways not telling everyone to do so cause its the best thing ever but if someone wants to cut springs on there car cause it makes them feel better the let them do so.

Since you are into this buying cars that have been "halfassed" and complain about it, then quit buying them.:3d_frown:

You brought the wrath upon yourself, we didn't just go "hey, lets fuck with this guy." You want to effectively drop your car = AND control everything, get a set of Megans, you can get them for about 1k new. If you are going to actually be drifting (not parking lot BS when the store is closed), then I am sure you have calculated the amount needed for tires, wheels, proper suspention and braking. Not to mention enough power to hold the drifts, because a stock turbo just is not enough to move that 3400+ sled sideways at a good speed, with proper angle.

 

[PROJECT N00b]

Project N00b wants his car lower and doesn't have money right now, but cutting springs is/was never an option (thankfully! ), he keeps bugging me for my eibach springs. It feels good to see a MKIII owner that cares for his car enough to not sacrifice something as big as suspension just to lower his car.

You're awesome AJ, like AJ said don't cut corners on vital things like suspension. How ever...my intake mods are allowable. Just save up to get springs -___-;;

 

[xcyanideslethalx]

well here you guys go i didnt have time to take them in a day but over all we took it for a ride and it pretty much handles exactly the same as it did before they were cut. but i do have to admit the speed bumps are bouncier but i think thats expected? but if you guys want ill get pictures in the light some time

 

[Quin]

You brought the wrath upon yourself, we didn't just go "hey, lets fuck with this guy." You want to effectively drop your car = AND control everything, get a set of Megans, you can get them for about 1k new. If you are going to actually be drifting (not parking lot BS when the store is closed), then I am sure you have calculated the amount needed for tires, wheels, proper suspention and braking. Not to mention enough power to hold the drifts, because a stock turbo just is not enough to move that 3400+ sled sideways at a good speed, with proper angle.

Boris does pretty good without the stock turbo

 

[drift40]

You brought the wrath upon yourself, we didn't just go "hey, lets fuck with this guy." You want to effectively drop your car = AND control everything, get a set of Megans, you can get them for about 1k new. If you are going to actually be drifting (not parking lot BS when the store is closed), then I am sure you have calculated the amount needed for tires, wheels, proper suspention and braking. Not to mention enough power to hold the drifts, because a stock turbo just is not enough to move that 3400+ sled sideways at a good speed, with proper angle.

i have my 240 as the drift car if you would have read anything on this thread. I guess it is just easier to critizes then smile and sigh.

Once again, megan is 1k anyways not $400-$600 and cutting is not cutting corners just springs for the moment.

By the way this thread is not about me it is about this guy here xcyanideslethalx so congrats or something. Don't talk mad shit cause this is not the way you wanted his car.

 

[foreverpsycotic]

I was talking about longer drifts, and boris also has PROPER SUSPENTION

 

[xcyanideslethalx]

like drift40 said its none of your peoples vehicles and your not gunna be the one having to ride in it if it didnt turn out good at all. id be the one having to take one for my actions.