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hahaha you'll have to be patient like me. car will be back later this arvo or friday - they need a few days to select spring rates and to revalve if the dampening rates arent good for our roads. I also told them to put the camber kit on yesterday. In terms of height they said it had to leave the shop legal. so im probably looking at a ground clearence of 100mm (10cm). I have no idea how much of a drop that is?
damn tahts nice chris!
cant wait for pics mate!!!!
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Originally Posted by Chris_F
Problem is that if you want to lower it more than it is when you go you'll need to get another wheel alignment after you adjust the height, and if you try to get them to do it they probably won't as the height would be illegal and they shouldn't touch it?
Sounds like a wank to me. Why sell a product that can be setup for an illegal height if they are so against it and if they won't set it up as such, just sounds silly to me.
Should they outlaw angle grinders as well because you can cut factory springs down to an illegal height ?
1. This height legality may not apply in other countries and because the suspension is not tailored for our market specifically the suspension offers a larger range of adjustment over and above our legal limit.
2. Some people may choose to use the suspension on the track or on private land where the height regulations do not apply.
10cm clearance - Chris you crazy mother! :D Can't wait to see the pics as this baby is going to be loooooww.
Don't forget those two diffuser plastic pieces under the front bumper - they will be very close to the ground if the rest of the car is 10cm clearance.
yfin,
Chris got bodykit, so it's gonna be LOW!
wat the?! chris has bodykit?
OEM or euro R or mugen or what?!
hahaha why was i not informed of this information
with the kit + tein = sex + ultimate low ridahhhhh
hahah anyone have a pic?
yfin, baboo... sorry to dissapoint guys - the 10cm clearence is actually measured from the lowest point, ie the exhaust and any sticky outy bits.
The drop is not too aggressive, I'm guessing similar to yours actually yfin. About 30mm front and 35mm rear (on about half a tank + weight of stereo the car looks pretty equal in height).
I have to take the car back in 1000km anyway for them to fine tune the rear camber and make any neccessary adjustments. I might get them to take it a bit lower then if i can.
I spoke to paul at fulcrum and he was wrapped with how the car was handelling, better he says then his euro with king springs and whiteline swaybar. Imagine how little body roll i get when i finaly get a sway bar, should be good.
My impressions so far:
ride is more comfortable than stock suprisingly, bumps come and go much quicker and are taken silkily but with great precision.
car seems to tramline less - tyres also set to 40psi (the sidewalls of the f1's are very soft otherwise)
Car corners FLAT... I noticed a huge difference. Also much easier to encourage a bit of what feels like oversteer now. Roundabouts at 60? doin it in my sleep already.
Hopefully i get some pics tommorrow arvo, right now i gotta get cracking on a uni assingment.
hey stephen just saw your post man.
i got oem kit, 17" speedy light 7's in silver with a machined lip, and now superstreet coilovers. it performs aweosme now.
as for looks youll have to let me know what you think when i get around to posting pics. personally i've seen better looking cars - but im walkin the line between functionality and aesthetics, i think its a good one to be :p
chris mate that is awesome! congrats on the purchase.
u gonna get the EDFC later on or no?
i myself am going to get the FLEX coils next year after i have the finances. but not before rims. lol!!
yeah think about how little the bodyroll will be once u get the sway. how much bodyroll u reckon the euro would have with
1) cusco front strut, lower arm bar
2) whiteline sway
3) tein SS/flex coilovers..?
thanks stephen, im pretty wrapped :D
i was thinking about the edfc... i was shown what you have to do to adjust the rear shocks not easy at all.. unclip the seat undo a bolt take of a bit of a panel , a bit of stuffing aroudn there. But at the end of the day ill probably just find a setting i like for the road, then just adjust as neccessary for track work etc. ALso save a wad of cash for other mods like the sway bar.
Flex hey? NICE. I was orginally going for the basics but because of the offer i got i decided to go with the SS ,glad i did too.
With the mods you listed im sure youd have SHITE all body roll. i mean i can only slightly notice body roll on my car now and that was with dampening rates of the shocks set at 12 front and rear. 16 = softest 0 = hardest.
Whilst i'm on the topic... can anyone with tein coilovers reccomend a setting for the front verse rear? would it be a good idea, for example, to have a firmer setting for the front as it has extra weight?
hey Chris, you must be all over the moon now.. you must let us check out your new suspansions this sunday.. Give your car a quick wash n wax will increase sex appeal of the car even more..