How low should i go

[jamesoholic]

My clio is lowered 35mm at the front and im gettin the back done this week, i was thinking of lowering it 60mm at the back, what do you think?

 

[Ben H]

Im assuming youve got a Mk1 Clio with two torsion bars at the rear - and not one with a load-sensitive rear brake valve (on models with rear discs - i.e. 1.8 Bacarra, RSi, 16v and Williams) or wide arches (16v and Willy). In this case, you can go pretty much as low as you like. Youll need to mind what offset your wheels have however: if you choose 15s or 16s with a standard offset and normal sidewall tyres, you will probably get some scraping and some fouling of the bottom of the rear arch.

I hear that if your car has rear discs (and a load-sensitive rear distributing valve) then you need to have that adjusted to take into account the different forces that a fair bit of rear end lowering create.

 

[R3OBC]

Yeah thats a good point! The load-sensitive brake force distributing thingy, i have a new clio dynamique, with drums on the back......and ABS. Does this have such a device??? If it does i guess i will have to get it adjusted when it gets lowered, but, im not sure if it will have. I know of many Saxos that have been trashed due to -60mm lowering and not having this adjusted!! (rear end locks first), cheers, Rob

 

[Ben H]

I dont think its much of a problem if you go -30/40mm, as is usual on a car with struts at the back (e.g. Clio 2), but with torsion bar cars like Clio 1 and the Saxo people often go a lot lower - hence the need to adjust the load-sensitive thingy.

 

[Matbrown]

James,

Just make sure you can still open your doors when you park next to a kerb!



Mat.

 

[jamesoholic]

Hi guys,

My car is at the garage and im picking it up tomorrow, told they guy to lower it 60mm :d If it looks good ill post some pics tomorrow on thursday

James

 

[sammy]

I have lowered my clio 40mm all round... !

The back looks mint... But the front still seems to be riding high !

(That is on 15" oz F1 cups)

Fair play James what with 60mm ! Better post some pics

 

[DAVE77]

SLAM it my child.

Ive dropped mine 60mm @ the front, and 70mm @ the rear, running on 17" rims.

 

[marcus cliogtt]

Deck it, its the only way to go, might slam mine a bit more.............

 

[jamesoholic]

maybe i should have gone 70mm Wish ud have said mate, need to keep up What offset are the 17"s ur using? thanks

James

 

[noel-pilot]

just slammed mine 60mm, on standard 15s looks wicked!!

Hope you happy with it

 

[jamesoholic]

Yea im running 15"s at the minute, need some new alloys! Id stay with 15"s if anyone has any for sale

 

[SoLow]

someone is selling 17" superLs in general. they look wicked, thats why I bought a set

 

[jamesoholic]

Can u link me plz