How Low Can I GO

CVH and Zetec tuning, suspension and braking mods.

How Low Can I GO

Postby dave_mk3 on Mon Feb 24, 2003 2:45 am

i am thinkin about gettin a -100mm lowerin kit, for my 1600s, i have 195/45/15 alloys, how bad are the problems gonna be?, because they are springs and 2i std shocks
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Postby Sauna on Mon Feb 24, 2003 2:48 am

gonna need archwork and probably new shorter shocks fairly soon after if you're going down 100mm
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Postby packers on Mon Feb 24, 2003 12:38 pm

dont think you can get 100mm springs ca you??.
thought the biggest ones were 60mm.
unless your gonna start cutting coils off, not recomended though.

if u want more than 60mm drop, i think your gonna have to buy coilovers. so prepared to spend atleast £500.
or opt for a gmax -60mm kit like me, lowest drop u will prop find, for £200.

u will need arch work for anything over 60mm, my 60mm kit runs on bumps in the road.
arch lips will need cutting off or tucking under, an a load more other bits aswell, check out the suspension guide on the main site page.
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Postby chumkila on Mon Feb 24, 2003 12:58 pm

U can purchase -90mm springs direct from the manufacturers. Maybe u could get more? Ring around.
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Postby JamieFRST on Mon Feb 24, 2003 2:58 pm

As most people know my car is very low, it has -60mm springs with two coils removed, i didnt intend it to be that low, I set out for -60mm but the front lowered perfect and the back only went down about 10mm :rolleyes: so out come the grinder, but after removing one coil it didnt really move so off came another and it went down a lot. It doesnt rub at the back, ive got standard shocks with poly bushes and haven't had any problems for the 2 years its been like it :)


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Postby fiesta_fras on Mon Feb 24, 2003 4:25 pm

u got a full poly bush set? what difference it make in handlign and ride? plz
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Postby JamieFRST on Mon Feb 24, 2003 9:05 pm

Yea it stiffens things up, less body roll etc... I wanna get a strut brace sometime as well hear they make an improvement :)
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Postby dave_mk3 on Tue Feb 25, 2003 4:17 am

thanx guys, i know there is confusion about availabilty of these springs, its a fella sellin them off here i think, he said that his mate works in some kinda suspention place, and hes apparently stiffened and uprated some springs, and they have been chopped, with 2i shocks. is this possible, hes guaranteed they're ok though.

so it'll deffo need to do archwork then?, and what are poly bushes?, and what kinda price are they?

thanx again, dave
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