Lowering Springs For Better Car Response And Handling

Posted by autogeek in Sunday, June 7th 2009

Topics: Uncategorized

By: Louie Liu

When you use your car, ideally you should have the same control over it as you have over parts of your body. It is said for a great tennis player the racquet is an extension of the player?s hand. The player can manipulate the racquet with the same speed and dexterity with which the player can control the hand.

Similarly if you want to have a confident and easy control of your car it should handle better and respond faster. Unlike our body parts which start to move as soon as we command them to do so the car parts take some time. This is because our command travels through the mechanics of the car till it reaches the concerned part which will then start to obey it.

For example if you, using the steering wheel, command the front wheels to turn left they do turn left but there is a small delay. This is not very perceptible in normal driving conditions but in car racing it is a very important consideration.

Lowering springs lower the suspension of your car. This reduces the height of its center of gravity and the car hugs the road better. It is easy to understand that the higher the center of gravity the less stable the car is. The center of gravity of a pile of books is high and they can be made to topple easily. But if just two books are lying one over the other, the center of gravity is low and the book on top want fall off easily. Similarly by lowering the center of gravity of your car you get a more stable ride. The response time also reduces since the upper and lower parts of the car come closer together. For example during cornering the car will not roll as much.

Lowering springs also give your car a great low slung look. This gives it a sporty race car like appeal. You would have seen the very low road hugging cars on TV racing car shows. You car will get a similar look with lowering springs. Combined with other look enhancing products such as racing body kits your car can get a stunning new look.

You can know more about lowering springs and other car aftermarket products at http://www.ilovebodykits.com.

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