If you want your car’s performance to have an edge you do not need to make your car more powerful. Today most cars are able to beat the speed limits quite easily. What you need is to improve your ability to control your car at high speeds. Such as when you take a sharp turn. And you can take a sharp turn even at a pretty low speed. The turning radius will just get smaller. So it is not about how fast the car is, it is about how stable the car is. And to make a car more stable there is nothing better than a lower center of gravity.
But then how can you lower the center of gravity of your car. If it was a person you would simply ask it to squat. But a car is not a person how can you make it have a lower center of gravity? Well your car actually does at times go lower. When the car hits a pot hole you would have felt a gentle up and down motion. This is because your car’s passenger cabin is not fitted directly on to the wheels. Instead it is suspended on springs so that the shocks felt by the wheel do not get transmitted to the passengers. And if you can shorten these springs then the car will sit lower and have a lower center of gravity.
And you can thus lower the center of gravity of your car and make your ride more stable with the help of lowering springs. These springs offer the same resistance as the normal springs but are shorter in length. This makes the car sit lower in its normal loading situation. But you may ask that it sits lower by only a few centimeters, is that enough?
Well a car is a very heavy object so if its center of gravity goes down by even a few centimeters, the force required to topple it will increase a lot. This will mean that when you are taking a sharp turn the car will feel much more stable. A low slung car also looks cooler. So if you are planning to do up your car with aftermarket body kits then lowering springs will be a great addition to your plans. You can see them at www.ilovebodykits.com.
About Author :
Louie Liu has been in the car aftermarket products industry for 5 years. He specializes in body kits, headlights, cold air intakes & other aftermarket products. You can learn more about lowering springs, body kits and other car aftermarket products at his site www.ilovebodykits.com.
