Anyone lowered? A91-CF

[Vroomin350]

Sitting at 1.2” lower all around for a year now. Not a single scrape. Wait, there was that one time I gave it to my wife….

other than that. Very RARELY do I come across an entrance/road where I have to worry about my angle of the vehicle.

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[MoTeC_R]

Sorry for the late response, here it is. Just under 4.5 inches

Yeah this is what worries me as this is the A91-CF on stock ride height. ~4.5” - ~0.8” drop = ~3.75” clearance and I have been angling my cars my entire life. At some point angling no longer applies and carbon fiber doesn’t bounce back like plastic bumper covers etc will.

 

[MoTeC_R]

Sitting at 1.2” lower all around for a year now. Not a single scrape. Wait, there was that one time I gave it to my wife….

other than that. Very RARELY do I come across an entrance/road where I have to worry about my angle of the vehicle.

So what is the clearance your driving on after a 1.2” drop? I am asking for comparisons with experiences for a direct comparison of what to expect.

 

[Vroomin350]

So what is the clearance your driving on after a 1.2” drop? I am asking for comparisons with experiences for a direct comparison of what to expect.

Haven’t gone out and measured the exact clearance but we have the same car, I can only assume it’s the same as yours except 1.2” lower than stock.
I’ll try to get exact measurements tomorrow.

 

[MoTeC_R]

Haven’t gone out and measured the exact clearance but we have the same car, I can only assume it’s the same as yours except 1.2” lower than stock.
I’ll try to get exact measurements tomorrow.

Right, that’s why I’m curious, seems like you’d be banging off everything if you dropped from ~4.5” to approx 3.3” clearance? Appreciate you getting the measurements when you have the time for sure.

 

[FLtrackdays]

I’m only on US Eibach springs. But am on 275/35-18 tires and stay away from concrete parking stops. Also angle my entry and exit out of driveways onto the street with gutters. You get used to it imo…

So walking into the gym, driving the wife’s car. Quick glance back at here stock ride height Looks like a SUV!

 

[MoTeC_R]

I’m only on US Eibach springs. But am on 275/35-18 tires and stay away from concrete parking stops. Also angle my entry and exit out of driveways onto the street with gutters. You get used to it imo…

So walking into the gym, driving the wife’s car. Quick glance back at here stock ride height Looks like a SUV!

Wow looks very low to the ground. When you get a chance can you do some measurements to the ground for comparison for me? Would be greatly appreciated. So you’re not rubbing at all when angling coming out of Parking lots with larger angles?

 

[FLtrackdays]

Wow looks very low to the ground. When you get a chance can you do some measurements to the ground for comparison for me? Would be greatly appreciated. So you’re not rubbing at all when angling coming out of Parking lots with larger angles?

Here’s the lowest points I could find:

With these tires and wheels, looks like about 3 & ½ inches and about an inch higher in the back and front.

 

[MoTeC_R]

In for the pics from @Vroomin350’s measurements so I can see what I’m in for.

 

[A91CF]

Finally got the Eibach (us spec) installed. Looks fantastic, rides like stock just a hair stiffer. Front is 4.5" clearance, lowest point on sideskirt (rear portion that hangs down) is about 3.25". Not worried about hitting anything. My gtr had less clearance than this in the front and I never hit anything. Will try to post pics tomorrow. If your on the fence, do it you wont regret it.

 

[Andrew4Supra]

So walking into the gym, driving the wife’s car. Quick glance back at here stock ride height Looks like a SUV!

 

[renzhe]

I have the heritage front lip and it juts out further with clearance of barely 5" I already got the 0.8" euro spec eibachs sitting here and I am fretting whether or not I should install them. I already am careful and trying to angle as is but I am considering going wider and sticking with 35 tires to maybe counter the drop and hope that will help but that's the only thing I can think of doing if I want to drop without being terribly worried about breaking the CF lip.

 

[FLtrackdays]

I have the heritage front lip and it juts out further with clearance of barely 5" I already got the 0.8" euro spec eibachs sitting here and I am fretting whether or not I should install them. I already am careful and trying to angle as is but I am considering going wider and sticking with 35 tires to maybe counter the drop and hope that will help but that's the only thing I can think of doing if I want to drop without being terribly worried about breaking the CF lip.

The Eibach springs were too low for me on track with a square 275/35-18 setup. But perhaps on the stock wheels or in town only driving, they’d be okay.

 

[razorlab]

Unless you guys are running the exact same tire diameter and tire pressures, you should be measuring from wheel center point to fender to get accurate comparisons.

 

[renzhe]

The Eibach springs were too low for me on track with a square 275/35-18 setup. But perhaps on the stock wheels or in town only driving, they’d be okay.

I'm going TE37SL 19" Supra spec. I will mostly be in town but do want to hit the track once in awhile.. Wow I am surprised the 0.8" would cause problems do you think it's mostly because of the square setup or.. ?

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