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DIY: How to Lower your SAAB with lowering springs

Saab 9-3 lowering springs

Saab car is a very good youtube channel about cars created by car guys for car guys, And what’s interesting – on this channel you can see a large number of SAAB-related video content.

Usually, these are DIY instructions for repair and improvement of Saab cars. The theme of the last video is how to Lower your SAAB with lowering springs. In this video, they demonstrate how you lower your car with lowering springs, both in the front and at the rear.

The springs that we use in this video are DPT Motorsports 30/25 millimeter lowering springs. Here’s how it these guys do, step by step, and This dropped the ride in the rear by aboutThis dropped the ride in the rear by about 1.5″ and about 1″ or so in the front. and this dropped the ride in the rear by about 1.5″ and about 1″ or so in the front:

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Maybe you’re wondering, does lowering the car put strain on other parts of the car? So, plainly, Its not bad for the car if you know how to drive a lowered car. You have to be more cautious while driving, especially entering and exiting any types of driveways.

With lowering, we want immediate response, reduced body roll, increased stability and enhanced cornering ability. Lowering springs are the basis of achieving those characteristics in our street machines. By lowering the center of gravity, a vehicle will be able to turn harder while reducing body roll. A lower ride height also gives the vehicle a more aggressive look.

Goran Aničić
the authorGoran Aničić
For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

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