Anyone here had their 3rd generation Magna lowered for more that 12 or 18 months? Just wondering if anyone has experienced any problems with CV's, transmission or other drivetrain / suspension problems?

I have had my TF loward for almost 2 years now, and have had no problems at all. I have Pedders springs :D

Excessive tyre wear...
It caused my shocks to deteriate more quickly.
Haydn

**edit** I then got the shocks to suit the lowering and now they have been good for a year with no sign of problems.

my shocks were good and when i put my lowered springs in they lasted about 1-3 months and now they are jelly as hell

How much lowering are you guys talking about?

I origionally put in Pedder's Superlow ... and then about a month later I put on a set of Spring compressors.. so it lowerd my car 3" front and rear!
It looked SWEET!!!! :D
But then I got my dam kit and I had to raise it back up :(
Haydn

Oh, only 76 mm :)
Pimpin Fooya, what about you?

Actually at one point I was 89mm lower than stock.

But this was with the new shockies and the coil overs.

Haydn

Someone was saying that with Magna's, even lowering an inch will put excess strain on the CV's etc and will eventually cause problems. So, I thought I'd ask around to see if anyone had seen such issues.

Having the steering wheel turned with full throttle is a lot worse BTW.

hay mate i just got my car lowered and i have a 2001 tj model and im having a vibration in the front end after lowering it when i accelerate doesnt matter what speed it is it just vibrates pritty bad i havent found a fix for it yet but if any one can help me im open for your help thanks mate good luck with your lowering

i only have 1 problem with my lowering. The front right of my kit likes to scrape.. Hehe u cant see it though so i dun care.

TF has been lowered for 5 years and 2 months.. nearing 3 months now, Only problem we had was we didn't change the shocks at first to suit the springs so it was rough as a M/F.. then we changed to a Monroe setup.. then the old man didnt like it, so it has stockies in there now, they were the old ones so they've had a good 4.5yrs use. No problems so far!

SuFz :evil:

Guess it's not the time but the kms what are relevant. Sorry Redav - had to put a slice of smartass there..... ;)
Pedders Sports Ryder 50 mm (if I remember correct) what I have are pretty much the lowest ones can do without having camber probs - and mine are fine!
CV probs with lowering? Hmmmm - dunno and don't quite understand why would it affect it. It only might change the angle of the drive shafts, but they are meant to function ok in any angle anyway.
Correct me if I'm wrong. But keep them flamethrowers down - my nephew is in firebrigade.... 8)


Anyone here had their 3rd generation Magna lowered for more that 12 or 18 months? Just wondering if anyone has experienced any problems with CV's, transmission or other drivetrain / suspension problems?

Sorry Redav - had to put a slice of smartass there..... ;) 8)

I was saying in another post that I have seen CV's after lowering sufer not because of strain but because of previous wear.
on one car here in Melbourne I did 2 shafts withing 4 weeks, another a shaft that when removed and cleanded looked like it had been dragged behind the car.
mine is another example of this.
I am not saying this was THE problem in the other post but was saying it COULD be a part of it.

So, get them inspected before the work is carried out?

So, get them inspected before the work is carried out?

The place where my brother does his apprenticeship's had a stock ride height car kill a few CV joints within a very short period of time. It's not the ride height that kills them.

If km's have part to do with it.. then..

Springs in the TF - 98726km
Shockies have done about 4000km's less, due to the old man swapping standard to monroe and back to standard for some weird reason.. :?
Not sure why he changed but yeah.. the TF CVs are fine and all that, only problem with it is this like rattle in the boot that nobody knows WTF it is..
Anyways, thats the 2c on the TF

SuFz :evil:

K-mac do good suspension set-ups as well...alot of mates get work done there...

but *** lowering ya car...do a FOOYA and dump the living crap out of it...looks a million times better...and is pimp!

but *** lowering ya car...do a FOOYA and dump the living crap out of it...looks a million times better...and is pimp!

ahahahha

and hope you have some kind jelly seat to soak up all the vibrations!!! holy hell!! there is NO movement between the car and the road!! he might of welded the bloody axel to the body cos it pretty much does that !!

alll the road bumps isnt felt by the shocks, its felt by the driver and passengers! :lol: :lol:

having siad that. id do it too. P I M P :D

COS IM A MUTHA F*KIN P.I.M.P!

i wanna kit my car so dumping it likem fooya will never happen :cry:

i wanna kit my car so dumping it likem fooya will never happen :cry:

yes you can. just dont drive it :lol:

or be hella careful. i mean hell careful!

You can achieve the same effect by putting onthe flares... the flare kit lowers the arches by about 1" and therefore make you car look lower...
At the same time you can put on a body kit and have it at the respectable level of 100mm off the ground ... but due to the flare kit it would look the same as if it was only 75mm off the ground... you understand?

Haydn

flares...like the vrx kit? or more a torana style flare

it would giv the same effect...but we would know the truth :badgrin:

yes like the VRX/EVO/Ralliart.... No not like my GFs Torana (SLR 5000 look a like)
Haydn

those flares look fugly, no thnx :roll:

those flares look fugly, no thnx :roll:
Well I reckon the flares look great.... and they will help with your problem...
Casue I tell you now... you lower your car PIMP style and tehn "try" and put a kit on it...... and you will not get over a slug without scrapping the front out of your kit!.
Haydn

those flares look fugly, no thnx :roll:

!!! those flares look kewl man

only you cant put them on any colour other than black because of the rubber inserts WHY O WHY mitsu didnt even make coloured inserts i dont know.

only you cant put them on any colour other than black because of the rubber inserts WHY O WHY mitsu didnt even make coloured inserts i dont know.

Just paint the inserts....
I painted the spaces around my door handels... an dthe one around the rear bootlid garnish.
Haydn