lowering damages drive shafts?

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lowering damages drive shafts?

Postby unknown_user on Tue Mar 11, 2003 11:20 am

I heard that if you lower your car more than stay 30 or 40mm it wears your drive shafts out? :-? true? if so how much extra wear is it?
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Postby chumkila on Tue Mar 11, 2003 11:35 am

i've never had a problem with any of the cars and to be honest i've never heard of anyone else having this problem. relax.
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Postby unknown_user on Tue Mar 11, 2003 11:38 am

ok... now i need to go lower then... 60mm should do it..
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Postby Mike on Tue Mar 11, 2003 1:22 pm

I have been sitting about 60mm lower for about 3 years and my drive shaft is fine. (shame about the rest of it though)
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Postby JamieFRST on Tue Mar 11, 2003 3:13 pm

As most people know my car is lower than average, its been like it for 3 years now and ive never had a problem with drive shafts only a cv boot split.
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Postby elm_us on Tue Mar 11, 2003 9:31 pm

mixon :As most people know my car is lower than average, its been like it for 3 years now and ive never had a problem with drive shafts


ditto :wink:
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Postby DaveZetec on Wed Mar 12, 2003 1:24 am

i think it only really makes much diff when you go silly bigger low, like 90mm on my mates r5, the shafts werent exactly mint before but after a year like that they were nailed! aswell as his wheel bearings :lol:
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Postby Project on Wed Mar 12, 2003 1:48 am

Mike :I have been sitting about 60mm lower for about 3 years and my drive shaft is fine. (shame about the rest of it though)


I can see a problem with yours Mike - you only have one driveshaft...
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Postby unknown_user on Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:56 am

lol... so if u was me and u had to change shocks (mine are making a dodgy nocking noise) would u got 60mm?
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Postby chumkila on Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:53 am

Yes.
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Postby JamieFRST on Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:19 pm

Yea go for it :wink:
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Postby unknown_user on Wed Mar 12, 2003 6:20 pm

[ERRR] will be a issue though? will i be able to take people in the back of my car?
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