Hello all!

I am considering dropping the car a bit. However, I think I will go the cheaper route (not confirmed yet) and just lower the car, and not bother with the coilovers. I'm not really a track person, so...

Where is a good place to get this done?
I called a place called Noyz Boyz (where I got my exhaust done), and they quoted about $650 or so. Is that a fair and average price, or are there other places in Toronto I can go?

This would be good for other people who are wondering the same thing.

 

why lower your car during the winter season?!

 

I baught my Lowering springs for $300 Eibach Sportline and installed them one day with infamous so $650 seems a little crazy too me

 

I'm not going to lower it yet... in the future.
But even if, once I lower it, it will have to be driven in the winter eventually... >.>

 

OK, so $650 not good.
LoL, Where should I go then? Just buy a set online, then who should I get to install them?

 

Call these guys. They did most of upgrades for my friend's skyline. He said they's pretty good with prices: www.purauto.com

 

best place imho is 360 auto; shop owner's name is CHI and he backs up his work. i had a small issue with my eibach prokit and he walked through it with me and got it fixed without any hassle.

did i mention he is the cheapest in toronto? $120 cash for 100% satisfactory installation.

 

now i know where to get my upgrade done at.

hell of a price

 

wow im going to get my car lowered there as SOON as winters over

 

i can do it for like 20 $$ , you just gotta drive to my house

i did mine and have had no issues , we did nosmatix and no issues , i was gonna do hydrolikz too but mitsu stole his camber kit and replaced it with some lil bolts and i couldnt get em off , your gonna need a camber kit tho , and i just happen to have one , well its nosmatix kit but hes sellin it and i have it lol

 

Guys I think the $120 was for install only not including the springs.
also keep in mind when going with any lowering springs your stock shocks are guaranteed to blow. Driving around on blown shocks is a big fail and sucks big time.
If you budget $300 for lowering springs and another $120 for install thats $420 with no adjustability and a free ride to blown shocks in a very short time.

Makes more sense to spend a extra $300 and go with coils. not get blown shocks and have the ability to raise your car in the winter time... no one likes to have their car be a snow plow.
going with coils is not just about performance or tracking your car..

just my 2c

cheers

 

camber kit will help with that tho not make em last forever , tho from mitsu themselves the car can handle around a 1.2 drop , i still think they will blow eventually no matter what , the lower you go the more you risk , but also depends how you drive your car , i have had no issues with mine yet

some people just dont have a g to drop on coils , myself included or id have em by now

got my kit from tirerack for 320

install was free

camber kit was 60 , and alignment was 80

so in total was 460

if the install for 120 includes the instal of the camber kit and alignment then thats a good deal

 

kyb engineer said ur better off with the es, gts just cant handle a meaningful drop. putting both into perspective, it sucks that they designed the ride height so high for our cars

 

just from my experience:

bought my teins on ebay for 200 us, had them installed for 100us. been driving on them using stock shocks since june and car runs fine, however shocks do feel as if they are wearing slightly

you will need alignment asap...you will need new shocks eventually...camber kit i would recommend to prevent severe tire wear but for me i dont have one.

 

So, the general conclusion for this topic:
One should get coilovers for a 2008+ Lancer, and it's not worth it in the long run to just drop the car?