| Sure enough any custom tuner would want to | | | | that you have to buy different aftermarket |
| lower their car for the heck of it. Some even | | | | parts which are expected to be a bit pricey. |
| push their suspension units to its limit or | | | | Your next probable question would be on "what |
| rather insanely lower it than it should be. | | | | and which brand to buy?" Go with the OEM |
| The basic suspension system is composed of | | | | aftermarket parts. These people know the |
| the progressive spring, the shock absorbers, | | | | car's design and have built them in |
| leaves and torsion bars. Leaves are generally | | | | accordance to the car's specifications, so a |
| used for vehicles that carry huge loads, so | | | | perfect fit would not be that hard. |
| let us focus more on the conventional car | | | | |
| suspension system. | | | | A reminder though when choosing which kit to |
| | | | buy is to buy the kits that are specifically |
| Basically, springs are designed to recoil | | | | for street use if you will be using the car |
| when you hit a pothole or a bump. This helps | | | | on the street since this should be a bit |
| the tires keep its traction on the road for | | | | higher and softer than the racing kit. Racing |
| better handling. Lowering the spring in a | | | | suspension kits are intended to be very low |
| cheap and dangerous way may involve clipping | | | | in order to get the car's center of gravity |
| or cutting the stock spring. This will result | | | | low to make it more stable. Since race tracks |
| into initial savings since there is no need | | | | normally have even surfaces it would be |
| to purchase a lowering spring, shock, and | | | | perfect to use a very low suspension system. |
| camber kit or a long steering arm. But the | | | | |
| trade off would come in a few weeks time | | | | A couple of things should be remembered |
| since the shock would initially be | | | | before you splurge on that aftermarket |
| compressed. So when you hit bumps and | | | | lowering kits. Try to take a ride on a |
| potholes, it would compress even more and | | | | lowered car and feel the handling as well as |
| would burst. Also, a misaligned camber or arm | | | | the suspension. Keep in mind that altering |
| would result into an uneven wear on the tire. | | | | the suspension system will cost you an |
| The wear would be more evident on the inner | | | | uncomfortable ride since the dampening system |
| side of the tire since it would look like an | | | | will be set to hard so that the tires will |
| inverted V if you look up front. | | | | not come into contact with the car chassis or |
| | | | the fenders. |
| Lowering your tire the right way would mean | | | | |