Lowering springs - the good and the bad

Slacey · March 30, 2004, 19:54

First, the good! It handles EVEN better than before, and it looks (TM Kris) the absolute nuts!

(Sorry for the poor pics)

And the bad... my driveway is shaped like a giant speedbump at the entrance (see pic, although it doesn't show it too well), which the car scrapes it's underside on no matter which way I pull on to it bar one - and that involves driving across at a massively wide angle towards the neighbours house two doors down, then reversing into my own drive s:(

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The things we put up with for our cars!

Anonymous · March 30, 2004, 19:59

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Liz · March 30, 2004, 20:00

Yours looked lower than mine on Saturday anyway!! Looks good, I think I am going to have to wait for my new shocks to settle down before they look the same as yours again. Glad that you made the mod!!

Anonymous · March 30, 2004, 20:05

i cant see any difference from when you had your normals on(sorry)
i think it might be the angle of your drive throwing the geometry out on the shocks.
gonna have to have a viewing without the aid of a camera.
car still looks mint as always. s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

Anonymous · March 30, 2004, 20:23

Looks bloody low in the first pic.
Cant wait to get mine on now if looks and drives anything like yours...Good work Buddy

Slacey · March 30, 2004, 20:28

Trust me it's really low!

I should also say a big thanks to Markiii who did vitually all the work, who at the end of it (and he's fitted a few) said "christ, that's low!" s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

Anonymous · March 30, 2004, 20:34

must be my eyesight. old age and all that s:shock: :shock: s:shock:
bigger pics of coleys wheels needed as well please. s:D

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does it really make that much of a difference handling wise being as you have it braced to heaven already?

markiii · March 30, 2004, 20:39

s:oops: :oops: s:oops:

makes huge difference.

Anonymous · March 30, 2004, 23:12

that does look a lot lower than standard, how much did you lower by?. i know what you mean about the scraping, have had cars the have been lowered in the past. Worst thing was when i had people in the back (was a puma) and going over speed bumps - SCRAAAAAAAAAAAPE! ouch.

Why did you take your 17's off? as good as the stock wheels look now, i think they would've looked much better with the new springs. Also like the black/red thing you've got goin on, the calipers really set it off!

Has anyone painted their calipers on a silver 2? cos mines silver and not sure which colour to go for

markiii · March 30, 2004, 23:37

30mm

Slacey · March 31, 2004, 06:56

Quote from: "Tomr2"Why did you take your 17's off? as good as the stock wheels look now, i think they would've looked much better with the new springs. Also like the black/red thing you've got goin on, the calipers really set it off!

Hopefully the 17's (which are much better looking IMO) will be back on soon, they are unfotunately slightly off with the offset, and rubbed the arch liner wihtout it being lowered, so chances are that left as they were they would eat the car now!
I'm in the process of trying to get them lathed back slightly to bring them nearer to the spec required, but obviously this all depends on whether there will still be enough strength in the wheel for this to be viable.
Pics soon...

heathstimpson · March 31, 2004, 09:12

Roll on the TTE spring group buy. If your in the area Sean anytime in the future please let me know so that you can test the ramp to my drive as I think I will have the same issue s:? :? s:?

GSB · March 31, 2004, 09:31

Hmm, The ramp up into my workshop is pretty steep, and I have to drive the '2 up it at an angle as it is to prevent it from grounding, I wonder if I'm going to be left with a beached car once I fit a set of lowering springs....

Anonymous · March 31, 2004, 10:46

looks good like the look with the lowering springs now all you need is me and you sitting in it and you wouldnt even be able to get out of the drive s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

Slacey · March 31, 2004, 11:11

Quote from: "Buster"looks good like the look with the lowering springs now all you need is me and you sitting in it and you wouldnt even be able to get out of the drive s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

LOL! The car did actually scrape as it was before being lowered if there was a passenger in the car, my drive is a nightmare s:? :? s:?

Heath, if I can make the Turbo meet in MK, I will follow you home and try the drive for you s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

Anonymous · March 31, 2004, 12:09

Just be sure to keep patching up the underseal on the longitudinal beams (as they're the lowest point), as you don't want exposed steel hanging around for long. Not that I ever had the same problem... s:oops: :oops: s:oops:

Comer · March 31, 2004, 12:27

I've seen two TTE equipped cars Phils and now Sean's and I'm convinced that the TTE springs settle quicker than Eibachs. I remember Phils looking as low as that straight after they were installed and now it's the same with Seans. Mine took a while and only now is my car beginning to look as low as that. s:shock: :shock: s:shock:

Slacey · March 31, 2004, 15:00

You could be right, it was really low straight after we fitted them, and within a couple of hours were at their lowest point!

And thanks Phil for the tip - I had noticed that it was taking the underseal off s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

Anonymous · March 31, 2004, 17:50

any chance of a ground clearance measurement

the car looks spot on by the way

Slacey · March 31, 2004, 19:57

Quote from: "adz648"any chance of a ground clearance measurement

the car looks spot on by the way

No problem (and thanks!) - it has just started tipping it down, but if I remember I shall do it in the morning.

Anonymous · March 31, 2004, 20:45

Seeing your car again, i'm not sure, i think you were ripped off with them springs. I think you would be better off trying to cut em or get some of them Barry boy spring clamps....(for show use only).

2 can play your game Mr Lacey s:wink: :wink: s:wink: s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

heathstimpson · April 1, 2004, 12:17

Quote from: "Slacey"
Quote from: "Buster"looks good like the look with the lowering springs now all you need is me and you sitting in it and you wouldnt even be able to get out of the drive s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
LOL! The car did actually scrape as it was before being lowered if there was a passenger in the car, my drive is a nightmare s:? :? s:?

Heath, if I can make the Turbo meet in MK, I will follow you home and try the drive for you s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

Will do mate s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

Anonymous · April 1, 2004, 22:42

Quote from: "pmdye"Just be sure to keep patching up the underseal on the longitudinal beams (as they're the lowest point), as you don't want exposed steel hanging around for long. Not that I ever had the same problem... s:oops: :oops: s:oops:

I have the same problem, so I have ordered two big nylon pieces, 2cm high, and around 120 cm long, to put over the longitudinal beams.

If everything works as planned, I'm going to enter my driveway skidding on nylon s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

Slacey · April 2, 2004, 08:09

Quote from: "pp"I have the same problem, so I have ordered two big nylon pieces, 2cm high, and around 120 cm long, to put over the longitudinal beams.

If everything works as planned, I'm going to enter my driveway skidding on nylon s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

Hmmm, that's not a bad idea (providing you can't see it) - how do you propose to fix it to the beam?

Anonymous · April 2, 2004, 10:17

TomR2 you will find a Silver here, gold calipers

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