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[jamesworth747]

im using xr2 pepperpot alloys which are only 13inc so how much can i comfortably lower by and not have any problems still needs to be practicle cheers

[Oranoco]

You don't say what car? As a rule of thumb not more than 35mm to retain the handling. There is of course a level of flexability though

[jamesworth747]

cheers man ur on all my posts 2 night how far do you think i need to go for it to look ok?

[Oranoco]

What's the car?

[jamesworth747]

MK3.5 FEZ and as i said it will have xr2 pepperpots thats why im not sure on how much to lower it cause the wheels are small

[Oranoco]

I would keep it at 35mm ish but it won't look quite right as you say because the wheels are a bit dinky. You can always change the wheels later.

Mine is dropped 55mm and although it looks good (I think so anyway) it does nothing to help the handling but I had the springs in my spares box

[javablu]

Got to be slammed IMO.. depending on what suspension you get 60mm and on 15's with good tyres will be go-kart like.

[jamesworth747]

god i hate messin round with the suspension anything with springs in it is annoyin i find

[jamesworth747]

i think they will be ok as the tyres are quite sort of large like these but mine are gona be black

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAPRI-2-8-PEPPERPOT-ALLOYS-AND-GOODYEAR-TYRES-VGC_W0QQitemZ8033241528QQcategoryZ27377QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Raymondo]

just slam it lol

TBH i dont think it really matters how low you go as long as you have the camber, tracking etc. adjusted accordingly and have shocks that can handle it being that low. In theory the lower you have it the better because of centre of gravity and al that.
Mine is very low on coilovers, the camber is about -1 degrees and the tracking sorted and the handling is pretty amazing IMO

[Oranoco]

It's far more involved than just slamming it as low as you can get it mate. That's how you will end up with a Fiesta sized hole in a hedge

[jamesworth747]

and some of these hedges have fences in the middle of them thats how i lost a wing mirror

[Oranoco]

lol. Don't worry mate I put my first car through a fence, a hedge and a post box I was young and thought I was invincible like all young lads It finished with a huge set of skid marks, a mashed car and a severly damaged ego

[jamesworth747]

haha i was just doing some fast reversing thought it was just a hedge so wouldnt matter if the wing mirror hit against it how wrong i was and the girlfriend was watching lol

[Oranoco]

Trick is to learn from our 'conquering device' ups

[jamesworth747]

[Oranoco]

Cor the old swear filter is a bit strict innit

[Raymondo]

It's far more involved than just slamming it as low as you can get it mate. That's how you will end up with a Fiesta sized hole in a hedge

lol. Well obviously theres a bit more to it than that but what im saying is if the geometry is set up for the the car to be that low then there shouldnt be any problems. People tend to say if you lower a car too much then it'll ruin the handling, and their explanation is usually 'because it will.'

Ive had my car on Konis which lowered it by about 30-35mm. the handling was good, but when i had it on coilovers and lowered much more the difference is unbeleivable. I have never lost control of my car, ever. And i do take corners hard and play with lift of oversteer etc. When im pushing it to far then it will just start to slide controllably with not much back end movement so its easy to take care of whereas before it would have been all over the place.

Well thats my 2p's worth