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Offline brown29

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Re: Anybody know the height of this 4
« Reply #50 on: 17 March 2011, 12:48 »
I recommend shocks & springs as well ..i have a Koni sport kit on mine you can adjust the ride quality. Mine look a little high in my sig pic as the suspension has to settle back down after fitting the new wheels but you see in this old pic mine sits just low enough.





yeah that looks perfect too, just right that (for me personally).

So how low is that? 40mm?
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Re: Anybody know the height of this 4
« Reply #51 on: 17 March 2011, 12:51 »


So how low is that? 40mm?

I havent got a clue sorry  :undecided:

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Re: Anybody know the height of this 4
« Reply #52 on: 17 March 2011, 13:25 »
ok, i Have taken some pics of the gaps between the tire and arch. The front suspension seems to be lower than the rear. Is that because of the weight of the engine?

Here are the pics.

Front left



Front right



Back left



Back right



What do you guys think? I think it might be worth replacing both front and rear top mounts for a start then lower it.

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Re: Anybody know the height of this 4
« Reply #53 on: 17 March 2011, 13:44 »
It is in my case with a diesel  :grin: although mine looks the same i expect the weight of my twin sub levels it out.  :cool:

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Re: Anybody know the height of this 4
« Reply #54 on: 17 March 2011, 13:53 »
loving the pics caine  haha  :grin:
  


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Re: Anybody know the height of this 4
« Reply #55 on: 17 March 2011, 13:58 »

What do you guys think? I think it might be worth replacing both front and rear top mounts for a start then lower it.


I would replace the top mounts when you fit the susp kit. :smiley:

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Re: Anybody know the height of this 4
« Reply #56 on: 17 March 2011, 14:04 »

What do you guys think? I think it might be worth replacing both front and rear top mounts for a start then lower it.


I would replace the top mounts when you fit the susp kit. :smiley:

This is a defo  :wink: got to be done

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Re: Anybody know the height of this 4
« Reply #57 on: 17 March 2011, 14:14 »
From the pics there seems to be a 15 to 20mm difference from the front to back?

If I use shocks and springs will the front still look different to the back?

I want them to look the same on each arch.
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Re: Anybody know the height of this 4
« Reply #58 on: 17 March 2011, 14:15 »
loving the pics caine  haha  :grin:

ha ha I know mate.  :smiley:
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Re: Anybody know the height of this 4
« Reply #59 on: 17 March 2011, 14:32 »
From the pics there seems to be a 15 to 20mm difference from the front to back?

If I use shocks and springs will the front still look different to the back?

I want them to look the same on each arch.

Only way is to get coil-overs to guarantee that