Slowly prepare for the summer of 2011 ... and the execution of plans, Part 1 - Toyota Corolla Ceres, 1.6 liters, 1992

I'll probably start with this. Let it be the first thing I crossed off my list of ideas.
Literally today in my arsenal, the following appeared ...

SUBJECT!
Reinforced and shortened front springs with variable coil Japanese production ESPELIR. They say that these springs are approximately equivalent to TRD-shnim (stiffness and height). Used of course, but the general condition is 4! Tint and you can twist! Happy as an elephant! Finally something! As a result, the height should turn out to be what I would like to get ideally!
The springs themselves are 27cm (strat 29cm, poppy 31cm). The total ground clearance will also depend on the stiffness of the springs.
But in theory, another -1.5-2cm down!
So we are waiting for the summer)))
Reporter by car from me)))
I would like to find such people back…

Added
on 01/14/11 Finally dismantled the wheels.

The tires are out there, and the wheels need to be put in order by the summer. Namely, to roll, one disk (after a minor accident) to return to its original form, grind, putty deep scratches and repaint it ...
While the wheels were disassembled, I decided to weigh the disks (I wanted to know how much they weigh for a long time), at the same time I weighed the rubber (turned into a slick potenza 205/45 /16)

Sobsna we have a disk weight of 9.1kg

The weight of the rubber is 7.5 kg (I think without wear it would have been about 8 kg, gu or so). Heavy potenza, however))))

By the way, for comparison.
The weight of the forged 16th SLICK disc is 7.26 kg

I don't know if that's too much or too little, but I don't think it's that much of a difference. As be casting, and even the spokes themselves are more massive.

Added on 01/24/11

Made some procedure with springs. My personal "know-how", I personally have not seen this anywhere else, I decided to make an experiment. Instead of painting ... I processed the springs and made "THIS":

let's see what comes out of such a collective farm))

Added on 01/26/11
Well, I couldn't resist, I installed these springs
. Here's what happened ...
The pictures no longer fit into this entry (max. 20pcs), so in a nutshell in the photo:
A spring from a superstrat and an espelier in comparison

Photo with a suitcase before installing espeliers

A photo with a suitcase after installing the espeliers, the difference is visible, another -1.5 cm approximately

Well, the side view ... left and right

From a height of human height, the body seems to be even lower. In general, nraitsa! ! !
Satisfied at 100%
Rigidity can be quite a bit stiffer than on Strat stock springs. It's hard to judge by this weather and time of year)))