Lowering springs

excaliborg · 4 Jul 2008 at 18:08

out of interest tupac do you know what causes the whiney sound your shape corsas make when driving?

Logsi · 4 Jul 2008 at 18:10

excaliborg said:
out of interest tupac do you know what causes the whiney sound your shape corsas make when driving?

Gearbox?

Hxc · 4 Jul 2008 at 18:10

Those wheels

Logsi · 4 Jul 2008 at 18:14

In all honesty i can see what you mean by it not looking any different from the stock springs!

Hopefully it'll settle. It's quite low to begin with. Certainly not as bad as stock Ford cars.

Begbie · 4 Jul 2008 at 18:22

The lights are standard on some corsas, just the way the pitcure has been taken.

Looks a decent ride height. £177 is steep though. Can get a set of Ebiach springs for the Astra for £140.

DannyW · 4 Jul 2008 at 18:25

177 including fitting he means i think

Jonners · 4 Jul 2008 at 19:20

DannyW said:
177 including fitting he means i think

Yes.

agw_01 · 4 Jul 2008 at 19:29

5bjoshua said:
It's quite low to begin with. Certainly not as bad as stock Ford cars.

Should see Rover 200/400s with stock suspension!!

:eek:

is all I can say.

A lot of 40mm lowering springs actually lower them about 40", lol.

I've got G-Max on my car, took a couple of days to settle properly. Quite an even ride height all round actually.

I'll be changing to either Koni Adjustables or Gaz coilovers in the future though.

Logsi · 4 Jul 2008 at 19:31

agw_01 said:
I'll be changing to either Koni Adjustables or Gaz coilovers in the future though.

Before i decided on just springs i was looking at getting coilies. Really want some Weitec's or KW's. More for the ride and stiffness, i would so try them at their lowest first!

Dreadi · 4 Jul 2008 at 19:31

my car is crying out to be lowered but i fear with just springs i will kill the shocks as it needs to go at least 50mm and i cant afford new shocks/dampers/coilovers

Logsi · 4 Jul 2008 at 19:32

Dreadi said:
my car is crying out to be lowered but i fear with just springs i will kill the shocks as it needs to go at least 50mm and i cant afford new shocks/dampers/coilovers

30-40mm is more than you think when it's been done. Be careful though because on old shocks they will get knackered.

Jonners · 4 Jul 2008 at 19:38

If I ever change my shocks to GMAX or whatever else(thats uprated, not the standard VX ones) at a later date will the car sit even lower?

Logsi · 4 Jul 2008 at 19:38

Tupac said:
If I ever change my shocks to GMAX or whatever else(thats uprated, not the standard VX ones) at a later date will the car sit even lower?

If they are adjustable then yes. If not, you'll have to see what their rated at.

DannyW · 4 Jul 2008 at 19:53

my shocks have done 137k and im on lowering springs, go over bumpy crappy roads everyday :eek:

they likely to last much longer?

Logsi · 4 Jul 2008 at 21:00

DannyW said:
my shocks have done 137k and im on lowering springs, go over bumpy crappy roads everyday they likely to last much longer?

May do, another cousin of mine had a mk4 golf with lowering springs and his rear shocks were shot. That hadn't done very many miles.

Depends were you live though, down in cornwall the roads are horrendous in some places.

Begbie · 4 Jul 2008 at 21:14

DannyW said:
my shocks have done 137k and im on lowering springs, go over bumpy crappy roads everyday they likely to last much longer?

Possibly but it will be bouncy as hell!

The shocks on my old astra had done 130k with lowered springs. It was fun going round corners felt like the car was going to roll sometimes.

Lopéz · 4 Jul 2008 at 22:03

DannyW said:
in an hour, wow lol

took me and my mate 6 hours on my mondeo, but we had no air tools to compress the springs, and mondys are very hard to work on compared to other cars..

You don't need air tools to compress springs, and Mondeos are not hard to work on :confused:

DannyW · 4 Jul 2008 at 22:12

no mk3 mondeos are hard to work on

the shockers and mouted to the wheel hub or whatever its called in a gay way, they take ages to get out,

we didn't have a ball joint splitter either so they were hard to take out

without using a air impatch gun you gotta compress the springs with a ratchet that takes ages

Lopéz · 4 Jul 2008 at 22:41

DannyW said:
no mk3 mondeos are hard to work on

the shockers and mouted to the wheel hub or whatever its called in a gay way, they take ages to get out,

we didn't have a ball joint splitter either so they were hard to take out

without using a air impatch gun you gotta compress the springs with a ratchet that takes ages

Are the dampers on the Mk3 mounted where the damper leg slides down into the hub and then you do up a pinch bolt? If so then yes, they are much harder than on Golfs for example where you just offer up the hub to the damper and bolt it in place. You often have to sledgehammer the hub down to get it free of the damper.

As for the spring compressors, don't be soft

Eat some spinach and get those arms pumping (use a ratchet spanner - much less cumbersome than a ratchet)

DannyW · 4 Jul 2008 at 23:11

didn't have any ratchet spanners lol