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Offline gover87

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« Reply #10 on: 20 January 2011, 17:20 »
Dont mean to but in but what are helper springs?
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Offline tweed

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Re: How to make my front lower??
« Reply #11 on: 20 January 2011, 18:08 »
Look at a picture of coilovers and there will be two springs on one shock. the smaller one is a helper spring. It's softer and when that is fully compressed the larger spring will take the load.
removing them will give you a much harder ride. cir
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Offline MiiTCH-GOLF

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Re: How to make my front lower??
« Reply #12 on: 20 January 2011, 20:54 »
Quote from: tweed on 20 January 2011, 17:02
Cut the top of your strut's off. Go to scrappy and cut some from a car about 20mm lower than where you cut your's. weld them on your car and there you are. 20mm more lower.

Lets start with how low do your coilovers go? may only be 80mm max?

Apparently 120mm well my down pipe is about an inch max from the floor :) if that helps I'm running 15s
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Re: How to make my front lower??
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Offline jonnypolish

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Re: How to make my front lower??
« Reply #14 on: 20 January 2011, 21:18 »
Car looks Tidy!!!!
But from them photo's, you are officially running DickH3ad Low Pretty much like me :)
The car looks on an even keel though? If you lower the front anymore you will have more than a burst sump!

I think the front wheels need to be spaced 3-5mm to make them fill the arches better, but thats just me :)
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Re: How to make my front lower??
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Re: How to make my front lower??
« Reply #16 on: 20 January 2011, 21:40 »
Any lower and you'll end up destroying your sump and ripping your exhaust off....is it really worth it? :huh:

***EDIT: If you want serious lows then you need to look into air
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Offline Gash

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Re: How to make my front lower??
« Reply #17 on: 20 January 2011, 22:38 »
iv got the helpers out and its not worth it! ride is alot more bouncy (could be because of my tyres though too)
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Offline Beenie

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Re: How to make my front lower??
« Reply #18 on: 20 January 2011, 23:04 »
if you haven't removed your helpers do so, it'll give you another 20-30mm to play with.

if you have already, you may want to look at cutting your bump stops down, if this doesn't help you will need to look towards more drastic options, air ride should get you there if not raise the turretts or look into custom coillies.
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Re: How to make my front lower??
« Reply #19 on: 20 January 2011, 23:41 »
Quote from: dom069 on 20 January 2011, 21:40
Any lower and you'll end up destroying your sump and ripping your exhaust off....is it really worth it? :huh:

***EDIT: If you want serious lows then you need to look into air

^^^Dom is bang on, that is low enough  :cool:
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