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[MarkRS2K]

Whats peoples experiences on the best ride height for a frst? both for comfortablility and handling points of view.


cheeRS

[Oranoco]

25-30mm drop without any shadow of a doubt . Can't wait to change my springs as it's horrible dropped 55mm at the moment

[MarkRS2K]

yeah mines 60mm, and its slowly making me crippled, the only thing is 15's dont look right with only a 25mm drop- what size are you rims dude?

[Oranoco]

15's mate on ET35. Car is dropped 55mm and it's horrible. I have a great pic of my old 2i lowered 30mm but it's not digital

[MarkRS2K]

o bummer, never mind. You got 16's on the frst?


O heres another problem of mine for you to help me with/ solve http://www.fiestaturbo.com/forums/viewt ... highlight=


cheeRS
Mark

[heeman10]

Mark - As you know, I bolted my coilovers on a couple of days before FITP. I haven't had a chance to set them up properly yet, but at the moment they're set at about 10mm lower than it sat on the Gmax -35mm kit I had. It's a touch too low at the front to get my trolley jack under, so from a practical point of view, I'll raise it the minimum amount necessary to slip the jack under. From then on, I'll raise the back a touch more, and eventually aim to get it on the corner scales and tweak the back end from then on. Not quite sure what weight distribution to aim for at the moment though.

So I suppose my answer is about a 40mm drop really. It won't scrub, won't bottom out on everything, and I'll still be able to use a conventional jack. It makes it a pretty low car with 195/45/15, but a very practical height. With the drop I have at the moment (around 45-50mm) I got a light grazing of the exhaust on one speed bump when leaving FITP (didn't touch at all on the way in - I blame briggsy's sandwiches! ). I have camber adjustable lower arms so can run any sort of drop I want really, and the stiffer springs of the coilovers mean I don't run the risk of bottoming out or scrubbing, but I think 40mm is a good height

[MarkRS2K]

ok mate cheers for that.

Just spoke to Fiesta-Centre, they make their own springs for a frst at a 35mm drop for £75 delivered which i think it a good price, so probably gonna go with them

[Jur]

IMHO .. -35mm on 15"s or 16"s is just about right..

Why ?? just because:
- You don't have any technical problems to solve then, like rubbing on full lock or rubbing on the inner arch of any kind..
- It just looks right .. The distance from the tyre to the arch is almost the same all around the tyre/arch (depends on the load you put in the boot though)
- Using the correct ET value .. the wheels also are nice in line with the arch (seen from the front .. or the back of the car)

That's just the looks
For handerling .. and every day driving
With all the speed bumps of today .. lower then -35mm is just horror.
My fiesta hardly catches any speedbumps when driving over it..
Sure you have to slow down for them, but that's why they invented them.. (not to ruin your car)

For driveability .. well.. i use Koni sport dampers (yellow top adjustable) and Apex springs.. and it gives me a sporty ride.. nothing compared to the standard shocks and springs ..
The handling is improved quite a bit though..
In combination with the Deflex lower arm bushes i say it's on the outer limit of comfortable ... so lowering it even more will be the drop to overflow the bucket..

[Max M4X WW]

Mine scrubs ~50mm

[Xr_Dub]

Mine scrubs ~50mm

so?

[Max M4X WW]

Its annoying and makes white marks on my tyres!!

[heeman10]

And it's unsafe and means you don't have the travel the car needs.

[Max M4X WW]

My suspensions just too soft, will be buying spax psx kit i think. Or whatever the £400 one is.

Thats what a guy i spoke to with cossies had and said it was fine with no arch work 215/35/16's as well

[Jonezy]

mines a corner slayer at -60mm in 15s, bumps make it a bit unpredictable tho, there so hard when you go down a bump at bout 70 it throws you out and nearly into a hedge. still fun tho watch ma m8s ibiza spin after he tried to follow my speed through that corner the other day. was only funny cos it didnt damage nothin tho.

[Xr_Dub]

My suspensions just too soft, will be buying spax psx kit i think. Or whatever the £400 one is.

Thats what a guy i spoke to with cossies had and said it was fine with no arch work 215/35/16's as well

for that money u can get a coilover kit a fk one dude

[heeman10]

And FK only gives a 45mm minimum drop, which is why I didn't buy any of their coilovers!

[dannyboy]

I swapped the H&R coilovers onto the daily driver today, id forgotton how good they are

Max ill have some spax psx with 50mm springs for sale soon.

[Max M4X WW]

Tempting danny, How much? Thing is i might buy some new ones for once!

[dannyboy]

Id not really given it much thought Max, ill probably stick them on e-bay and see what they fetch.

Getting off topic now sorry Mark