Lowered my 1.2

[alex-avfc]

After been wanting to do this for ages I finally managed to get some springs and lower her.

Opted for some -50mm Cobra springs which were on offer at europerformance.co.uk, which Jungle_Jim on here reccomended having ran then on his for a while.

Did have a kind offer of Pepsi on here to fit them for me at a good price but my mate insisted on having a go himself, managed it in about 2 and a half hours.

I'm really impressed with these springs they appear to give a very good height, the cars handling is now much more assured and the ride doesnt seem to be affected too much....still as smooth as standard yet obviously potholes draincovers can be felt alot more, although I think this will improve once the tracking has been done.

Before:

During:

After :

 

[Jungle_Jim]

looks good buddy, glad your are finding them ok as it was difficult for me to tell how hard they are on standard wheels as im running 17's on low profile tyres

 

[BIFCAIDS]

looks lovely that mate tbh i wouldnt do anything else to it

 

[Aluco]

Nice

 

[alex-avfc]

looks good buddy, glad your are finding them ok as it was difficult for me to tell how hard they are on standard wheels as im running 17's on low profile tyres

Cheers Jim. The ride is no different to before, just bumps are obviously felt, as I say that should improve once the tracking is done, did you get it done on yours after

looks lovely that mate tbh i wouldnt do anything else to it

Thanks mate, once I've got some Toyo Proxes on there its job done :approve:

 

[Charlie.]

Looks good mate, perfect height

 

[T26TGT]

looks good. i did my bros today

 

[guysy]

Looks much better mate.

 

[StevenMc29]

Looks lovely. Quite a nice height

 

[jesus]

Great improvement

 

[s.jones18]

Looking very tidy

 

[spartan]

looks much better!

 

[Jordi17]

looks good

 

[alex-avfc]

Cheers everyone

 

[alex-avfc]

Looking very tidy

Thanks

RB 182...Clayhanger...I'm sure I've seen you around a few times..

 

[Timmay]

looks much better

 

[nick.]

looks a lot better m8 and pretty subtle too

 

[Plummer]

How do you find the handling and ride comfort now?

 

[jdh91]

nice, good stance.

 

[alex-avfc]

How do you find the handling and ride comfort now?

As said, the ride doesnt feel any firmer at all. It just seems to crash/wallow a bit when you hit potholes, speedbumps, draincovers etc but nothing too harsh. Also I haven't had the tracking done yet so when I have this should improve anyway. The handling is great though, very little body roll, corners roundabouts can be taken much quicker than I would have dared before!

 

[Brett]

Big improvement mate. Very nice.

 

[alex-avfc]

Thought I'd ***** it a bit with some more pics now it's clean

^^ The mandatory "look, it's low" shot

 

[Nickharding]

Looks much better mate, Good work

 

[RussZS]

Nice one Alex - looks awesome

 

[Tigger]

Neat job mate nice stance

 

[Moz168]

V.nice, makes a massive difference

 

[Curtis!]

Very tidy car!

 

[alex-avfc]

Cheers all

 

[Android]

looks much better champ

 

[Curley]

Perfect.. well... 172 wheels

 

[alex-avfc]

^^ Should have saved me yours of the 1.2

 

[Mish]

Belting!

 

[JCC]

Nice! But I am biased

 

[BenMc]

looks sweet!u got ur car near enough same as mine.. n im liking how 50 looks!

 

[CraigGillies1]

Your car looks awesome mate. I'm well doing that to mine!

 

[Scrooge]

Looks very nice that,I need to finish colour coding mine!

 

[Tez.]

What did you paint your calipers with?

 

[Brett]

Looks superb.

 

[Rocky_24]

looks good, just the right height

 

[S23]

Looks really nice mate, a good healthy drop there. And it looks much better for it. Car's looking swish