How low can you go?

[samjessop29]

How low can you go at the front on non sports before you get steering diffculties?

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

As low as you want pretty much as long as you have the wheels to allow the lows.

 

[stephen chadwick]

^^ what are you on about. depending on how you driver the car will determin if you have problems. and what suspension you are using. mine rubs when cornering hard at the front. if you drive like a grog then youl be fine going low if not and you fancy a blast youll have problems.

 

[ripp]

not that low I'm afraid. After fitting my GAZ coilovers I have discovered that even if lowering say 30 mm you'll be left with very little suspension trevel (about 20 mm max travel).
if you want to go lower than that you'll have to shorten the bump stops, at least that's how I did it and I'm not that low either (about 35mm lower than standard)
Any way being 50 mm lower in a clio at least is massive (my opinion) -you will get the wheels to scrub on the arches while cornering and put stress on the driveshafts

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

^^ what are you on about. depending on how you driver the car will determin if you have problems. and what suspension you are using. mine rubs when cornering hard at the front. if you drive like a grog then youl be fine going low if not and you fancy a blast youll have problems.

My car was VERY low, Rear adjusters were taken out and the front was round almost all the way down, You couldnt get a 50p under the front splitter, I had absolutely no issues with the steering, Obviously it scraped everywhere and wasnt very comfortable, I had wheels that allowed the lows, The had a decent offset and stretched tyres so i wouldnt get any rubbing, Standard wheels will scrub if you lower much more than 50mm, i would say i was 90-100mm lower on the front at least. Would i recommend it? NO as it isnt practical.

 

[samjessop29]

ahh i see, im hoping of going about 70-80mm on the front with my 15s think it'll scrape like a b**ch?

 

[ripp]

you will stress the driveshafts, I wouldn't recommend it for a car that will be driven

 

[Stephie_]

Think 60 is perfect at the front tbh. I've had no rubbing round hard cornering tbh.
I've caught my splitter a few times on stupid speed bumps but it's fine apart from that