LOWERING MY MIGHTY BOY...advice/help please

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mightyboy
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ok serioulsy mate, fair dinkim questions are what should be asked here. did you even take a second consider what you where askin then. i dont mean to sound rude, but those questions are, with a bit of common sense, self explanatry.

but, here you are. im not a expert, but i hope it will do.
1) i would say that doubling up blokes would not be a good idea, as there is the possiblity that they could seperate.
2)to find out what the lowest lowering block, i would talk to a suspension company.
3)anything other than approved block would be illegal.
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shavenyak
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ceej wrote: Mate, have a look at that link I provided. It has cost of parts and as well as all the info required to do the job. It also has pictures of the ute afterwards sitting on 13" wheels with 175/50 tyres which are slightly smaller than the stock 12" wheel/tyre combo.
that thread's pretty old now, and I can't find a later post by you on how the car feels now that you've lowered it. So.. how does it feel / handle now?


and in that thread:
Brayden wrote:The front struts on ceej's ute are a hybrid of standard carriers, cut down and mixed with some Holden and Hyundai parts.

The previous owner went down that path because he neglected to ask me about alternatives when he found out that new MB struts were no longer available. :P
so ceej's struts are cut down, as in shortened - how does this affect the final height etc? also, if the previous owner had asked about alternatives, what would you have told him?


cheers guys, I know you must hate repeating yourselves - and you get a lot of dumb questions, but your help really is appreciated by everyone.


I've had my hatch off the road for a few months now, and won't be driving it for another 3 months or so, (license revoked after having a seizure... :( ) so I'm planning to spend a bit of cash on the car as a treat for when I'm back behind the wheel. one of the things to invest in might be suspension work, so I'm gonna work out a plan for what I need soon.
Also going to get some custom headers made up, and a nice new exhaust.
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lance
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judgeing from all ya posts you sound like a typical p plater, nothing wrong with that. a mightyboy is a great way to start out mate, a very easy car to work with.

I dont see why you cant put 2 lowering blocks on each other it all depends on the room in the leaves as to how low you want to go. ive seen them made out of bricks before on a mightboy you just have to make sure that they are the exact same size. as for the front just get a set of king springs it should lower you MB's front by about 3 inches.


If you still want to go lower get AIRBAGS
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Jermaine
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lance wrote: king springs it should lower you MB's front by about 3 inches
king springs to suite a mb are only 2"
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mightyboy
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are you for real? made of bricks? that cant be legal.
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mightyboy wrote:are you for real? made of bricks? that cant be legal.
ya think? haha, that is just stupid lol
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mightyboy wrote:are you for real? made of bricks? that cant be legal.
a bit of offcut 2x4 would be safer..
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mightyboy
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thats what mine has under it, but its not on the road. a 13cm drop. but cant be legal. wood is to soft and can split and warp. and bricks are to brittle. i would imagine only approved blocks could be used... legally
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mightyboy wrote: i would imagine only approved blocks could be used... legally
im pretty sure they just have to have a locating hole and pic for the leaf, and axle.. and be made from metal substance :P
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