can you go lower than 60mm on a susp. kit??

[Pep]

was contemplating coilovers for my car in the next 2/3 months, but talking to one of my firends about it he said why coilovers instead of a susp kit?

basically i want the car to handle better, but i also want it low as fook! so is there a kit i can buy to take me lower than 60mm? or am i limited to that unless i buy coilovers to make it 80mm?

i know 20mm seems nothing on a rule but makes a car look so much lower in the flesh!

 

[Ali]

I'll chop you sum springs for a fiver.

 

[Pep]

yeah i considered that, but how much lower could i take it on the 60mm shocks??

is it like saying a 35mm drop on the standard dampers is ok, but a 60mm drop is too much, therefore i could take a further 20mm off the lowering springs and lower by 80mm overall safely and causing no damage to the dampers??

 

[V1NNY]

see if fred will sell you his fk's

 

[Pep]

lol, did he lower his 110mm or am i making that up?!

 

[V1NNY]

yeah

 

[dutty_112]

lol, did he lower his 110mm or am i making that up?!

mines gona b like that soon, at the min

90mm back

80mm front - can go lower

am on fk highsports

 

[Pep]

sweet, ideally id want mine that low!

anyways, does anyone know more about how low i can go on a susp kit??

 

[Pep]

anyone??

 

[S22 JGS]

LOL and do you plan to still get home with a bumper every day?

 

[Pep]

lol, the front and back bumpers on my dynamique are not as low as the sport models, so i have more clearance anyway!

someone must know?!

 

[S22 JGS]

true, and stock suspension is higher i guess to....just give sir fred a ring....knows his stuff when it comes to lowering

 

[Pep]

spoke to him in another thread about coilies etc, but thing is they are expensive, so if i can get a susp. kit that will take me 70mm+ lower then ill go for that option!

 

[S22 JGS]

if u want the handling the coilys are worth saving for...
took my new H&R's out on track yesterday and its 750 WELL spent! over the moon with them

 

[Pep]

yeah, but its only a 1.2, so probably wont do any, possibly 1 or 2 track days

was thinking about getting an apex -60 kit, then buying some more springs and shaving a bit off of them!

 

[JD]

anyone have views on spax 60mm kits? poss buying one

jamie

 

[edde]

anyone have views on spax 60mm kits? poss buying one

Don't but it there rubish. Rear dampers fail all the time. I had 6 sets in as many month I think before I sold it.

 

[kiza1986]

Are you mad pepsi mate?? Chopping your springs.... thats worse than putting a max power body kit on mate!!

No you cant go any lower than 60mm with a suspension kit... only with a coilover kit.... Trust me its worth saving up for!!

Kiza

 

[Pep]

nothin wrong with chopped springs kiza!!

to be honest i didnt think they would cost so much in total, coilovers i mean, say £450 for the kit, and then fred@yozza said budget for £200/£250 for fitting and setup, cant really justify £700 on suspension on a 1.2!

where as about £350-£400 for an apex -60, i've heard good things about the kits, mainly off martin_89!!

and to be honest i dont think coilovers are needed that much on my car, i mean i more than likely wont track it, plus im only going to keep it for another year or maybe slightly more so its a lot of money really.

 

[Pep]

by the way, thanks for answering the question kiza!

 

[edde]

Its worth speding properly on suspension and IMO not worth speding £250 on setuping up Fk's there not expensive enough.

Normal setting up when there fitmented is good enough.