stenger

Dude, in Cincinnati, our highways develop speed bumps, and I haven't been in my driveway since I installed these... But if you drive carefully (instead of plowing through everything like you weren't lowered) you can drive anywhere.

If I can drive like this across the country, and not damage anything, including roads that are made of clay, or gravel/dirt... LA would be a breeze. (minus traffic) As far as the drop goes, I'm guessing at least 3 inches. I have about 2.75-3 inches of ground clearance from the frame rail nearest the driver side front wheel. But the exhaust hangs lower than that in spots.

hmc2261CT

No you don't need any new shocks, unless yours are bad and need to be replaced. If they are fine, all you need are the springs, which Is what the kit comes with

HeyyJose

Can i ask you for a favor stenger?
Take a side picture of your car please haha

And so i dont need struts right?

hmc2261CT

I hope this picture is good enough I have more (coils not fully settled here, its about a half inch lower now).

And correct, if you are just getting lowering springs, the kit comes with just springs, and you reuse everything stock on your car. You can replace the shocks and struts, but like I said before, if everything is fine with your suspension, you do not need to replace anything.

hmc2261CT

This is the kit I would go with HeyyJose,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/EIBACH-SPORT...-/190619386225
this is everything you get, its about a 1.7 in drop, it could be a little more or a little less, it depends on how they settle. if you want a little lower I would look into Tanabe DF210 's , ive never used them but I dont think i have heard anything negative about tanabe
if you want even lower, you need coilovers

HeyyJose

211? Thats not bad
But yea i think i would want to go about 2 inches haha

Well thank you so much

Do you recommend putting on the springs by myself? No huh? Lol

stenger

The only thing you need to transfer over are a few nuts and bolts, and the OEM strut mounts.







Not sure why dude posted up his xA. Not even comparable.


But yeah, I drive like this year long, no rubs with factory wheel/tire combo, can clear most things, and have no issues getting around for the most part. There are parking lots and such I have to enter at a almost 90 degree angle, but if you pay attention to your surroundings, its not hard to drive slammed.

Of course, put me in a monster truck, and I'd still drive it like it was 1/4" off the ground. Once you drive a real low car, you start to drive every car like that.

Roller_Toaster

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For the price, racelands are COMPLETELY worth it.

Your oem struts life will be cut WAY shorter with 2" lowering springs on them, and the cost to replace them alone would make a brand new $400 set of racelands worth it.

Plus, you can set the rideheight of them to as low as you want. 1,2,2.5,2.75 or 3" drop.

I was about to pick up racelands for my toaster, but came across a screaming deal on ksports.

HeyyJose

Aye that xA is a badass car haha
But dammmm! Stenger thats such a bad ___ drop! I love it
The ONLY thing i dont like ; is the car color. Im not a grey car guy haha

And racelands? Ehhh ive read a lot of bad reviews for them
So idk if to trust them

HeyyJose

Wait stenger? Your on racelands to huh?!

Give me a review on them?

How are they?

How long have you had them?

hmc2261CT

Yeah the tc looks hot man, that car is dropped on its *****, it's sitting right
And I put up my pics because I mis read the post, oh well...

The lowering kit job is easy, and don't believe everything you hear about race lands, some people have had good luck others have not, I have racelands and I like them, I have had them for about half a year and have not had any issues, fantastic customer service and they will send you new parts almost no questions asked

HeyyJose

Ahhhh! Now your making me want to get them racelands haha
How much are they? Around 400 right?

And how much did they charge you to install them?

Roller_Toaster

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If you can change your oil/do basic maintenance, you can install coilovers.

stenger

Been on Racelands for about a year now, and have logged about 10K miles on them. Like I said before, these have seen all types of road surfaces. Missouri clay, "bumps" that are more like jumps in St. Louis, Kansas dirt, Oklahoma Gravel/Clay mix, Oklahoma gravel, Indiana back roads, Historic RT66 and Historic US25/Dixie Highway, Cincinnati highway speed bumps, on and on.

What I've noticed is, they ride great. Better than you'd expect from a $400 coilover system. Pretty smooth, not harsh at all. However they aren't worthy of autocross/road racing with. You could probably get away with doing that, but I wouldn't suggest it.

Essentially, they are designed for one reason. To go low with a good ride at a reasonable cost. And they do that perfect. Sure I wish the spring rates were about 100Lbs stiffer, and that the shocks were a little more firm, BUT not complaining for the cost.

If all you want to do, is cruise low, get the racelands. Yes they aren't as awesome as Tein, Ksport, D2, HKS, Tanabe, ect, but they are awesome for what they are.

I know C4NNON on here (who lives about 45 minutes from me) has been on Racelands for about 2-3 years now, and he too, hasn't had one single issue from them. The roads in his area of Ky are a little nicer than mine, BUT we go a lot of the same places together show wise, and he's never complained about the ride, nore have I.

I have maxed the drop out on these, with exception to modding them. I have yet to remove collars or anything to get that extra 1/2"-3/4" of drop, but I like my height at maxed drop with out mods.

Again, there are places I have to pay attention too, and have to use boards to get into my driveway. But I typically park on the street even when working on the car, so it doesn't bother me. I scrape here and there, on my s-pipe and sometimes I'll get the rear tow hook or something in that area on pavement leaving a steeply inclined parking lot entrance/exit. But rarely does that happen. Exit/enter slopes at angles, and not head on, and you'll rarely beat your car up.

stenger

BTW. It is a nice xA... I do like them, and almost replaced my xb1 with an xa.. Ended up with 88 rx7 instead. No car payment was nice for a while. lol

Roller_Toaster

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I actually know deadcannon, not a single problem out of his racelands.

hmc2261CT

I agree with everything you said about the racelands
I had an issue with my rear springs not settling the same, so I called the, up and they sent me everything I needed to swap out the rear.
And again you can install everything yourself, it's very simple, it took me 5 hours so its not too bad

stenger

Yes, we've played Forza4 and BattleField together... All 3 of us. Plus a Kenta!

stenger

Most of that 5 hours is getting the stabilizer bar end links loosened and the rear seat in and out. lol

hmc2261CT

This is true but in my case it was because my girlfriend was helping... I could have probably gotten it done in 4 or less

Either way heyyjose, if you have socket wrenches, you can do it, the biggest problem I had was trying to get the top hats on the raceland front struts. There is a special tool that you can buy that holds the top of the piston so it does not spin when trying to tighten down the nut. It would have helped me out a lot to have that so I recommend you buy/rent one if you go with racelands