Lowering a Willy

[sledge racer]

If i had my willy slightly lowered on sport springs, by say 50mm, would this improove the handling or would it make it worse?

What is a good lowering distance? if any......



Anyone got a willy with a modded engine, whats good to do to get the BHP and torque rising?

 

[BenR]

50mm isnt a slightly....its fuggin LOW!

ona willy, i woudnt go too far, keep it balanced, 35mm would be nice.....and new dampers all round really do help. New STD ones..........

 

[DanG]

If I were you I wouldnt mess about with the suspension, for 2 reasons.

1) The car is already one of the best handling front wheel drive cars of all time, you dont want to c**k it up.

2) Messing with their appearance means they are worth less when you come to sell it.

If you are heel bent on lowering what is already a low sports based suspension set up then Id say no more that 30mm..

 

[Eddd]

Ill be keeping my ride height right where it is. And I spend a lot of time on the track. The benefits of dropping the car a bit are outweighed by the real world of speed bumps, curbs, bumps etc. The car handles very well indeed on the stock suspension.

 

[iboswell]

I lowered mine by 35mm and noticed very little if any difference to the handling side of things - to be honest I think it looks stacks better lowered, just generally more aggressive - but thats all down to personal opinion.

If you get it lowered, which is a good thing - stop at 35mm - Anymore than that and your standard rims(?) will scrape to buggery.

THE BOZ

 

[funkimic]

LOL. all this talk about lowering yer willy. in any other forum other than clios everyone would think we were ready for the funny farm

 

[sledge racer]

Cheers, will keep th ewilly sitting where it is - oh err!

Might go for new standard shocks the as got a bit of a knock from th edrivers side one - wheres the bast place to get them - is it an easy do it yourself?

 

[Eddd]

That knock may just be the strut top bearing.