Lowering Springs
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On OcUK? Surely not.
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This thread made me giggle, especially the absolute cutoff that below £1k, suspension is useless. £999 suspension crap and will kill you, £1001 suspension turns your car into an F1 World Championship contender.
Just lol @ this place sometimes!
Just lol @ this place sometimes!
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Retarded comments when they don't know ****.
Twice.
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I have Eibach lowering springs on mine, Ford offered them as an option on the same dampers from new.......
Mind, i did replace the lot so dampers (OE) springs, top mounts etc. When i read about it the dampers can easily take 30mm drop in spring height/rate because they have a wide operating window load dependant, imagine how different a car is when fully loaded, even then the OE damper will have a bit of tolerance engineered in.
Saying lowering springs will make a car pogo of the road is utter madness, pure muppetry!
Mind, i did replace the lot so dampers (OE) springs, top mounts etc. When i read about it the dampers can easily take 30mm drop in spring height/rate because they have a wide operating window load dependant, imagine how different a car is when fully loaded, even then the OE damper will have a bit of tolerance engineered in.
Saying lowering springs will make a car pogo of the road is utter madness, pure muppetry!
Nah you're wrong mate, NathanE said so, and he drives a Lotus therefore knows everything about handling.
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What, really? He is arguing on Motors, everyone does this. Clarkey from what I can see is not being over the top compared to many others from various threads.
Completely agreed.
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Damn, I was thinking of getting some £200 Motobuild lowering springs for my 75.
I wonder if anywhere sells them for £1001, so they're not rubbish.
I wonder if anywhere sells them for £1001, so they're not rubbish.
For the same reason that 21" wheels are a bad idea, but manufacturers still sell them as an option i.e. supply and demand.
Reducing the amount of suspension travel available on our crappy potholed, speed bump ridden roads is not a great idea IMO.
I fitted a set of Tein lowering springs to my Yaris T-sport when I had it and it transformed the handling. It hugely reduced the body roll, felt a lot crisper to drive, and reduced understeer.
I certainly didn't die, the simple trade off was that the ride was not as comfortable. I think the idea that you need to spend £1000 to get improved handling is somewhat ridiculous.
I certainly didn't die, the simple trade off was that the ride was not as comfortable. I think the idea that you need to spend £1000 to get improved handling is somewhat ridiculous.