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Offline mark_gti

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any chance i can put standerd springs on coilies
« on: 12 March 2011, 20:33 »
as above iv fitted coilies and the nut is all the way down and still the car looks like its lowerd about 100mm so if i fit standerds and then ajust them to suit
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Offline richw911

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Re: any chance i can put standerd springs on coilies
« Reply #1 on: 12 March 2011, 20:35 »
 :huh:
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Re: any chance i can put standerd springs on coilies
« Reply #2 on: 12 March 2011, 20:40 »
em,  :grin:, wind them up? :evil:
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Offline tech1889

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Re: any chance i can put standerd springs on coilies
« Reply #3 on: 12 March 2011, 20:42 »
yer what did you expect from putting the nut at the bottom  :lipsrsealed:
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Offline mark_gti

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Re: any chance i can put standerd springs on coilies
« Reply #4 on: 12 March 2011, 20:42 »
wont that make the car lower lol
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Offline GunnerCP

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Re: any chance i can put standerd springs on coilies
« Reply #5 on: 12 March 2011, 20:44 »
lol no.... wind them down to lower the car, wind the collars up to raise the car.....

so if you have them wound as far down as poss then the car is as low as it would go on your coilover set up.

time to get the c-spanners out.
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Offline mark_gti

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Re: any chance i can put standerd springs on coilies
« Reply #6 on: 12 March 2011, 20:45 »
ah no wonder thanx for the for sum reason the nut was at the bottom that xplanes it now
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Offline mark_gti

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Re: any chance i can put standerd springs on coilies
« Reply #7 on: 12 March 2011, 20:49 »
ok there jom coilies il try winding it right up but when the nut was firther up the drive shaft wasnt rubbing and now that iv put nut all the way down its rubbing
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Offline tech1889

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Re: any chance i can put standerd springs on coilies
« Reply #8 on: 12 March 2011, 20:54 »
sorry mate but thats an epic fail  :laugh:
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Re: any chance i can put standerd springs on coilies
« Reply #9 on: 12 March 2011, 21:05 »
 :laugh:
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