There are alot of cars that are ridiculously low but you never seem to see alot of toranas like this. I have seen a few, none are forumers though..........
Whats legal heights? (SA)
Does anyone have a REALLY low torana????
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Posted 06 November 2008 - 07:00 PM
In NSW I was told it was 600mm to centre of headlight for legal limit.
Mine was alot lower than that, handled great but forget speed humps.
One day I pulled upto a standard torana at the lights with two old guys in it, I could see them out the corner of my eye looking hard at mine so i looked over at them and I was looking at their door handle lol.
Mine was alot lower than that, handled great but forget speed humps.
One day I pulled upto a standard torana at the lights with two old guys in it, I could see them out the corner of my eye looking hard at mine so i looked over at them and I was looking at their door handle lol.
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Posted 06 November 2008 - 07:02 PM
haha thats sweet as!
does anyone know which springs are the lower ones, camira or IRS commy?
does anyone know which springs are the lower ones, camira or IRS commy?
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Posted 06 November 2008 - 07:10 PM
100mm is the lowest any part of your car can be. That includes exhaust etc... So if you can get a really well tucked up exhaust etc, you can technically basically have sills 100mm off the ground (LOWEST POINT OF THE CAR TO BE 100MM OFF THE GROUND!)
I have IRS commo ones in the rear of mine, Makka has Camira in the rear of his. We both have some form of superlows in the front. Makkas sits low as! He can get away with more because he has no front spoiler or drop tank!
Maddys WILDUC runs 2" Lowered King Springs all around.
Hope that helps!
I have IRS commo ones in the rear of mine, Makka has Camira in the rear of his. We both have some form of superlows in the front. Makkas sits low as! He can get away with more because he has no front spoiler or drop tank!
Maddys WILDUC runs 2" Lowered King Springs all around.
Hope that helps!
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Posted 06 November 2008 - 07:11 PM
What wheels and tyres do you run? That will make a big difference as well!
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Posted 06 November 2008 - 07:16 PM
Yeh thakns MRSSLX!
Plan to run VY HSV 18s.
What does makka run in the front? Looks to be pretty slammed
Plan to run VY HSV 18s.
What does makka run in the front? Looks to be pretty slammed
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Posted 06 November 2008 - 07:20 PM
If you are running 18's the car will sit higher (Which will mean to can lower it more) But It will be a shocking ride! LOL.
I think makka said he picked up the springs at a swap meet, put them in and loved the height. I'm sure he will be on later to comment.
Makka has a pic of his car with 17's on, not sure if it was when he had the camira springs in or not though. Rhy's from Wodonga (Cant think of his username atm), also had a pic of 17's on his car with camira springs...
I think makka said he picked up the springs at a swap meet, put them in and loved the height. I'm sure he will be on later to comment.
Makka has a pic of his car with 17's on, not sure if it was when he had the camira springs in or not though. Rhy's from Wodonga (Cant think of his username atm), also had a pic of 17's on his car with camira springs...
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Posted 06 November 2008 - 07:51 PM
Yeh thakns MRSSLX!
Plan to run VY HSV 18s.
What does makka run in the front? Looks to be pretty slammed
18's would be wild! but as MRSSLX said would be a bumpy ride... in the latest zoom magazine there is a LC or LJ cant remember but it has 20's WOW looks so good! and thats lowered heaps...
i plan to run 17's and lower the back down as much as i can but u do run into problems like exhaust hitting on the diff and also bottoming out on everything..
you could go to the extreme and fit cabin controlled airbags and pump it up when needed and slam it down when u want that look..
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Posted 06 November 2008 - 07:53 PM
defenitly wouldnt mind some bags haha.
not until i have some coin though
not until i have some coin though
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Posted 06 November 2008 - 10:54 PM
this is mine, has king springs, super lows in the front and adjustable coil overs in the rear
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 01:06 PM
sure, all those cars have been lowered but there arent many toranas that are ridiculously low like there are commodores. i want to see a SUPER SUPER low torry 
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 01:12 PM
The reason that nobody has a super super low Torana is because it is just f*ckin' silly!
If you want low, take your springs and shocks out and be done with it...
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If you want low, take your springs and shocks out and be done with it...
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 01:18 PM
Yeh, Too low is just silly! The Torana body is not made to be "dumped" like a commodore... The commodores will have body kits and stuff that make the car look lower... Think how much extra the sideskirts and front/rear bars actually make the cars look!
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 01:28 PM
If that 100mm thing is correct then i think you could get a pretty nice looking torana at that height. You would need to get the right size rims and tyres to get it to not look silly tho i would think
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 01:37 PM
Remember, that's the lowest part of the car! Exhausts hang low, so you crossmembers, diffs etc etc...
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 01:38 PM
^ and I'm pretty sure the 100mm rule is with all four tyres deflated.
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 01:40 PM
Where are you pulling these from Terry?
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 01:43 PM
NSW RTA/Engineers when I inquired bout my Torana.
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 01:45 PM
So in saying that, a lh/lx should be 600mm to centre of headlight at ride height and no point be lower that 100mm from the road with all tyres deflated.
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 01:49 PM
Actually, I think Terry is right, i remember hearing about the tyres deflated thing as well...
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 02:05 PM
when the engineer measured mine he didnt let the tyres down (and it was still too low, about 90mm, at the exhaust)
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 03:31 PM
i tend to agree with the previous comments about toran's not really beign made for extreme lowering. as always witht hese things there are exceptions but on the whole i think "dumping" a torana is gonna result in some odd looking cars.
i intend to drop mine a fair bit at the front and leave it stockish height at the rear and see how that looks to start with and go from there.
i intend to drop mine a fair bit at the front and leave it stockish height at the rear and see how that looks to start with and go from there.
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Posted 07 November 2008 - 03:33 PM
It was on ebay a while back for a stupidly low price!
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