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Offline lewis1641

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Re: project £500 worries and more wheels p22
« Reply #310 on: 20 November 2010, 10:27 »
 :angry:

anyway, back to my car.

sh!t, isnt it.
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Re: project £500 worries and more wheels p22
« Reply #311 on: 20 November 2010, 10:32 »
Quote from: lewis1641 on 20 November 2010, 10:27
:angry:

anyway, back to my car.

sh!t, isnt it.

I blame them pair!..... sorry....

no its not!
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Re: project £500 worries and more wheels p22
« Reply #312 on: 20 November 2010, 10:35 »
Quote from: SoundillusioN on 20 November 2010, 10:32
Quote from: lewis1641 on 20 November 2010, 10:27
:angry:

anyway, back to my car.

sh!t, isnt it.

I blame them pair!..... sorry....

no its not!

only messing. i have nothing constructive to say at the minute anyway. other than...

i dont like the way my car sits as you know. i have zero cash untill february. can i chop my eibach springs or is that stupid?
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Re: project £500 worries and more wheels p22
« Reply #313 on: 20 November 2010, 12:58 »
Quote from: lewis1641 on 20 November 2010, 10:35

only messing. i have nothing constructive to say at the minute anyway. other than...

i dont like the way my car sits as you know. i have zero cash untill february. can i chop my eibach springs or is that stupid?

Well you know you can, its more of question of should you???... if you're not worried about the fact that it may impact their performance a little and in the long term you may want to change them when you have more money then do it...  Since there seems to be no explanation as to why it sits like it does, I think the only option you have one day when cash is better is a set of coilovers..
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Re: project £500 worries and more wheels p22
« Reply #314 on: 20 November 2010, 13:46 »
the only reason i have not done so far (other than it being rough of course) is that i am holding onto some vain hope that when i fit coilovers i can recoup some cash by selling the eibach ones. but is there something wrong with them? who knows?

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Re: project £500 worries and more wheels p22
« Reply #315 on: 20 November 2010, 15:29 »
He rears have sagged I rekon dave. I wouldn't cut them mate
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Re: project £500 worries and more wheels p22
« Reply #316 on: 20 November 2010, 16:06 »
thicko question here... is it just the springs that are likely to be at fault or the dampers too?

ignore scott's input though (i seriously think he is a little jealous!) - the car these came off lived a very easy life, despite being a track car but they haven't just sat in teh same position for 15 years as he would have one believe
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Re: project £500 worries and more wheels p22
« Reply #317 on: 20 November 2010, 17:49 »
Quote from: lewis1641 on 20 November 2010, 16:06
thicko question here... is it just the springs that are likely to be at fault or the dampers too?

ignore scott's input though (i seriously think he is a little jealous!) - the car these came off lived a very easy life, despite being a track car but they haven't just sat in teh same position for 15 years as he would have one believe
 
I can't see quality eibach springs sagging even if they had a bit of abuse TBO.  The suspension I took off the mk1 were Eibach springs and Boge shocks and a good few years old too, they almost still looked like new when clean and it sat fine.  Also if a spring is going to sag i would expect the front to give in due to the weight, the rear has to cope with far less...

The shocks should have no say in this at all as they do nothing to support the car or the way it sits etc unless of course the front shocks have seized which you would certainly know about if they had.
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Re: project £500 worries and more wheels p22
« Reply #318 on: 20 November 2010, 18:09 »
My rear spring sagged on my coilies but it wil just be the spring. New springs would sort it
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Re: project £500 worries and more wheels p22
« Reply #319 on: 20 November 2010, 18:18 »
Quote from: lemskigolf987 on 20 November 2010, 18:09
My rear spring sagged on my coilies but it wil just be the spring. New springs would sort it

Who are the springs made by?
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