Lowering

Rudeboy1

Rudeboy1

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Hi guys,

Just a quick question, what is the ideal height for lowering a car? I obviously still want to be able to go over speed bumps but I also want to be able to notice that its been lowered.

Thanks
 
GD response: OP name is somewhat befitting.

Actual response: I'm by no means an expert but it will depend massively on the car surely? Are you going for aesthetics only here? Bare in mind, ride comfort will be impacted, amongst other things.
 
might help if we know what car?????? so we can give advice on how low it can go, and if you will get any scrubbing or anything like that
 
30-40mm is a fairly standard drop in ride height when lowering, on most cars this will give an aesthetic appearance change where it looks visibly lower without looking like the suspension has collapsed, but without compromising usability or messing up the suspension geometry too much. Most lowering springs are around a 30mm drop.
 
Entirely depends on the car, but 30-40mm is the average drop.

My Astra is dropped 50mm front and 55mm rear, it's pretty damn low, I catch the exhaust a lot!
 
20-30mm on average. Get nice progressive springs like eibach for a decent ride. Going lower might screw with angles roll centres require shorter custom drop links or whatever.
 
i had my Megane coupe 2000 plate, dropped 70mm and i had to drive diagonally across speed humps with my exhaust scraping, and could not go in mulit story car parks :D
 
If it's the Mk2/2.5 Focus the most common choice by far is the Eibach springs, they're actually listed as a Ford accessory and available through Ford dealers. But maybe cheaper elsewhere. Typical drop is 25mm or so though I think their kits have varied this slightly over the years.

Speaking only for my ST but these improve the stance of the car quite well without adversely affecting the ride quality at all.
 
Does mean you can occasionally catch the underside of the front bumper on kerbs/speed bumps but in truth this can happen on the standard ST anyhow and just scuffs the paint underneath where you can't even see it.
 
I lowered my Saab 40mm (so it actually sat at the same height the original 30 yr old springs had sagged to!) and it grounded on speed bumps :( Intend to return it to standard height.
 
I'm only after it for aesthetics, what size springs would you recommend? I want it to be as close to the wheels as I could get but obviously still be able to go over speed bumps etc
 
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