Lowered 60mm and looks same still, HELP ME?!

[Aston Hamer]

Lowered my car 60mm on shocks with gmax extra low 60mm set of lowering springs, the back is crazy low and the front has barely moved it looks like a plane ready for departure lol, why may this be? I'll get some pics tomorrow and post them , but will they lower down after theyre worn in a little more or is that how It is? Please help thanks

 

[Aston Hamer]

Could it be sitting on the bumpstops? I did cut them 22mm as the box said to cut them down 22mm minimum when lowering

 

[Jekyll]

Cut what? Pics?

 

[Bobby.]

Sounds very strange, couldn't have to cut anything.

 

[msremmert]

My springs took about a thousand miles to bed in properly if that helps you? It dropped another cm or two after that to a point where I struggle to get the jack under it lol but it most certainly didn't look like a plane taking off once I was done.

 

[Bobby.]

Sounds very strange, couldn't have to cut anything.

Shouldn't*

 

[MWright]

I'd make sure the front springs are correctly seated, as they only fit 1 way.

If they are, get some heffa to bed them in by bouncing on the front end.

 

[Kyle 86]

Are the fronts sitting in the cup properly? This can effect ride height

 

[MartinR]

Have you put 60mm springs on standard shocks?

 

[Aston Hamer]

Yes till my updated shocks come and they're fit properly yes, it wa the bumpstops I cut

 

[belly118]

Have you made sure you've brought the right springs? Like if you brought some for a 172/182 it would sit higher because of less engine weight

 

[Bluebeard]

You've cut stuff??

This sounds like it's gone horribly wrong.

 

[Aston Hamer]

How has it gone horribly wrong? Your meant to cut the bumper a minimum of 22mm as said in the box guys, it's only a rubber thing that' stops car from bottomin out so when lowered needs to be shorter and yes they're 1.2 springs

 

[Jekyll]

Why would you buy springs that tell you to cut a bumper?!

Ive never heard of lowering springs needing to do that!

 

[AlexW]

Where abouts are you?

 

[dalealtham1]

Lowered my car 60mm on shocks with gmax extra low 60mm set of lowering springs, the back is crazy low and the front has barely moved it looks like a plane ready for departure lol, why may this be? I'll get some pics tomorrow and post them , but will they lower down after theyre worn in a little more or is that how It is? Please help thanks

had the same with mine lowering 40mm. hopefully they bed in soon and lower abit

 

[McGherkin]

Why would you buy springs that tell you to cut a bumper?!

Ive never heard of lowering springs needing to do that!

Bump stops. Autocorrect.

 

[Aston Hamer]

Yes thnaks that's what I meant to putn basically I fitted a full 60mm lowering spring set to my mk2 ph1 1.2 and they are sat propperly and fitted correctly however the front is higher than the back by about 4/5 cm,
The box had a leaflet from larkspped saying "warning original bump stops must be reduces by 22mm minimum" and so I cut the bumpStops 22mm (a bumpstop is a rubber thing in the middle of your shock absorber between the springs to stop the shocks from bottoming out , hence why when the cars lowered they need cuttimg so it don't bottom out every bump it hits) I just wondered why its higher at the front and my theory was maybe I have not cut the bump stops enough and it is sitting on the bumpstops rather than the spring possibly , I exadurated with saying it looks like a plane taking off it is simply half way down tyre at back and the front the arch is a good 5cm above tyre , thanks again ( sorry for spelling I'm on my gf's blackberry :/

 

[ben lee]

if they are fitted correctly then its possible the springs may have been boxed up wrong.

does the front sit lower than original?
any photos?

 

[Aston Hamer]

I'll have to get pics tomorrow and looks lower yes but not close to as low as the back

 

[Aston Hamer]

Do note the car is faCing up hill a little so it lower.a a tiny bit mone on flat and the bacl bumper is off to spray the bumper strip

 

[George182]

That is 100% not right...

 

[The Russian.]

Nice exhaust.

 

[belly118]

In my thinking, at the moment the car shouldnt even be touching the bump stops so shouldn't make any difference

 

[DanEdser]

That is 100% not right. Not even sure 60mm should be that low on the back?

What springs did you buy and where from?

 

[ripp]

the back is 25-30 mm lower at the most, that's not 60 mm lower! That being said why would you want it 60 mm lower? it's hugely low and it will ride and handle like crap!
Mine for example is about 25-30mm lower in the front (measured not assumed) and even by this small amount I get occasional rubbing under cornering
Unless you want it strictly as a show car I don't see the point really for going that low.

 

[DanEdser]

^ this guy doesn't know. 60mm isn't 'show car only' height. My old car was lowered 40mm and was still considered fairly high. People have lowered their clios by 90/100mm on coilovers etc, and they are still drive able.

On topic: your springs are fucked. Get a refund/contact GMax or whoever. Get a set of TA Technixx coilovers or some apex 40mm springs designed for your specific car.

 

[AlexW]

the back is 25-30 mm lower at the most, that's not 60 mm lower! That being said why would you want it 60 mm lower? it's hugely low and it will ride and handle like crap!
Mine for example is about 25-30mm lower in the front (measured not assumed) and even by this small amount I get occasional rubbing under cornering
Unless you want it strictly as a show car I don't see the point really for going that low.

Non-sports sit a lot higher than a sport.

 

[MrDave]

Dem brakes

 

[ripp]

Non-sports sit a lot higher than a sport.

even for a non sport 60 mm is huge imo

 

[Rob]

even for a non sport 60 mm is huge imo

Are you mental? 60mm is 2 inches. Most non sports have about 3.5+ of arch gap. 60mm isn't going to kill anyone.

The back is FAR too low, you've done something massive wrong, either ordered the wrong springs or god knows what.

I'll dig out some pics of my old old car on 60mm...

 

[Spinksy]

even for a non sport 60 mm is huge imo

Not even kidding before I took my 1.2 off the road it was perfectly driveable and the front was about 120mm down and rear was at least 90mm.....

Still had about 2cm left to go on the front coilovers (if that)

This pic was about 100mm front 90mm back

 

[Rob]

Right:

Standard for a mk2 ph1:

60mm down:

Or a more direct:

Before

After

Excuse the quality, this was way back when.

 

[Loz H]

even for a non sport 60 mm is huge imo

Yeah as said above, 60mm is shaweeeet!

 

[Goodj]

front springs on the back & vice versa?

 

[McGherkin]

front springs on the back & vice versa?

I did think this initially, but it'd be tilted the other way i.e. nose down. Not that it would even be possible.

 

[Loz H]

front springs on the back & vice versa?

im not sure you could physically get front spring in the holder on the back would be a strange sight though haha

I reckon OP has got standard size spring on the front

 

[Goodj]

I duuno, I don't even drive one of those shopping trolleys anymore lol.

is there a fat bird in the boot?

 

[ripp]

I was mostly referring to what happens to the angle of the lower arms and the driveshafts if lowered that much. things like the roll center will be all over the place but maybe this stuff is not that important if not hammering it about in the corners or doin' track days
Been searching a little and the average non sport has a 120 mm ground clearance. If you lower it 100 mm you will nearly end up scraping the floor so I don't see how that's possible. Judging by this only a 60 mm drop seems quite a lot in my point of view

 

[ripp]

Right:

Standard for a mk2 ph1:

60mm down:

Or a more direct:

Before

After

Excuse the quality, this was way back when.

have you measured beneath the subframe before and after? that doesn't look like a 60 mm drop on the front tbh.
GAZ said that their coilover kit which I have could go 60 or more mm lower but in real life if I tried to go 60 mm lower the car would be standing on the bump stops on the front leaving no shock travel at all. Maybe some of you guys are measuring the drop in other ways, I'm always taking measures under the subframe