So I have been working on this since November 09. It took a while to get parts and design everything to work. Its still not perfect, but it works.
Front:
Custom front struts with a threaded cylinder and a power ball as the upper pivot.
Rear:
Custom swing arm from 2x2 steel and bushings. Fully adjustable (can get longer or shorter)
Cylinders are mounted to a custom cross member in the trunk and go through the floor to the swing arm.
System:
2 Pump 4 Dump CCE hydraulics at 36V. Lay and play, no hopping!
On to the pictures.
There are still some issues, like some leaks and a shredded CV boot, but nothing that I didn't expect. Gotta pay to play, especially when its fully custom.
Enjoy
I got a new muffler put on today. Its not exactly where I want it, but now the car doesn't have a ear bleeding noise. I also snapped a hydraulic line. That didn't make a mess at all
Congrats on doing something different. I think the car has a great presence when slammed. No small amount of effort you've put into it!
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I commend the work, but I think the car looks weird slammed. I do however think they look amazing flush with just the right drop.
Post pics of this think laying sparks!!
Completely off topic, but is that North Bay, ON?
2010 Honda Fit LX
Okay, that is North Bay, now that I look. Also, props on a good job.
2010 Honda Fit LX
def alot of work and its awsome looking. weird that its "slammed" but the front bumper is still like 2ins off the ground lol
Yes it is North Bay. I'll be here for all of 10 more days before I go back home for summer.
I agree that it does look a bit weird slammed, but I dunno I kinda dig weird stuff.
As for the front bumper still being high. I know
. I wanted to get a lip kit or mold in part of another bumper, but I dunno. I have already put enough money in and I don't want to custom of an exterior. I want to keep going, but at the same time I am a student so I need this car for going to work and winter driving.
As for the sparks... It lays out on the tires before it lays on the subframe. If I were to tub the back end some more and get shorter front cylinders then i could get lower. Maybe one day. If I throw the winters on I can drag front sub frame. I might do that once, but its so much effort just to drag.
When this car is no longer my DD and I modify it alot (since it literally has no resale value) I am thinking about a solid axle out back on a 2 link with pan hard bar and in the front swap it out to 6" cylinders and drop the car the last 2" At that point it will look really low. I have also considered cutting out the entire floor, getting an S10 front clip and and doing a 3/4 frame plus putting in an all new floor and basicly making it a bagged S10 with a saturn body. That would be fun. But hard to do on a student budget, especially since I have 0 tools and all of an hour of non structural welding experience. But a man can dream right?
Over all... Thanks for the positive comments guys. I am surprised no one on any forum hasn't ripped me a new one.
Looks awesome Adam. I love that it's an even drop all the way across. Props for the work! Alot went into it, and it shows dude.
M62, 42's, ZZP 3", ZZP S3 H/E
214whp 190wtq
interesting, i think i may have parked the car i was driving cross country in that same relative spot when i stopped in northbay for a p-break lol, carr looks great slammed though, props on all the work
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All that crap weighing the trunk down always bugs me about cars with hydraulics lol. Congrats on putting work into it and doing a good job. Not my style at all, but wont knock the work!!
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
Some say he invented November.
JLAudioCavalier wrote:All that crap weighing the trunk down always bugs me
What Trunk?
If the car had rear struts like a cavi then I could have moved the pumps over and hidden the batteries, but because I had to run the cylinders into the trunk I lost alot of space. Oh well.
