few questions relating to my imment lowering of the car, i purchased some lowered and stiffer bilstiens from a club memeber which i will be fitting.

 

firstly with a lwb and a 20mm rear drop and around 30mm on the front whats likly to hit speedbumps? exhaust midsection looks to be the lowest part.

obviously the underside of the engine should be pretty safe.

 

secondly. there are some metal plates that sit on top the struts do these sit ontop the strut or ontop the arch? furthermore to this point if i decided the front was a touch too low could a thicker one be used to space it out a little.

 

thirdly.is there a way to switch the shocks without compltly resetting the alignment? obviously camber etc will be affected to an extent but i dont wanna take it all apart and it be so far out its undriveable before i get it all set up correctly again.

 

last question, the rac will not tow cars that have been lowered, as this is quite a subtle drop im thinking they may not even notice if worst came to worst. but they are bright yellow, do i paint them black and claim there new but standard, or leave them yellow and dirty and plead ignorance?

the plates sit on top of the shock between shock and arch . i dropped mine a while back but tomorrow im going to be lifting it up about 7mm on the front with 2 extra plates on both sides . these had to be modified because they will not sit one on top of the other due to their shape . ive also got longer studs for my shocks to allow for this .

did you buy or fabricate these yourself? i suppose its no different to what 4x4 guys do to jack up the body lol

i got extra spacers and had the centres bored out about 10mm extra and used cat exhaust gasket to place between the spacers to give a good solid plate

where did you get them from? anyone else got anything to add to help?

here you go mate . pic showing shock plate and spacers made from cat exhaust gasket . the gasket is available from most decent car spares shops . i got a piece measuring about 18 inches x 12 inches for about a fiver . easily big enough to make 6 spacers . used tin snips and a cup cutter . beware of the edges as its like razor blades when you cut it

ah cheers for that man, only need to deal with the clearance issues etc now....

make sure you go sideways over humps lol, i make sure the sat nav never takes me through them.

make sure you go sideways over humps lol, i make sure the sat nav never takes me through them.

 

bournemouth is one big speed bump, you can get out of some roads without going over a set of them!!

so any advice on the geometry? or am i just gonna have to suck it and see and get it all changed on a 4 wheel aligment jig.

so any advice on the geometry? or am i just gonna have to suck it and see and get it all changed on a 4 wheel aligment jig.

 

it should only really effect the camber, any suspension mods should be set up correctly anyway to get the best out of them, for £60 its worth getting it laser aligned, but its harder without adjustable upper links, tension rods etc.

 

mine is running neg 2 deg at the rear as i have no adjustable components at the back where as i have powertrix upper links and tension rods at the front and they set it up to oem specs within a couple of minutes!

ah tahst not too bad then, who set it up for you?im taking the car off the road this week to deal with that pesky powersteering leak of mine. dependant of how much taht ends up costing to fix and how long it takes i may well drop it this week aswel.

ah tahst not too bad then, who set it up for you?im taking the car off the road this week to deal with that pesky powersteering leak of mine. dependant of how much taht ends up costing to fix and how long it takes i may well drop it this week aswel.

 

i got christchurch tyres to do it, but the last time i went there for some wheel balancing they were up to there ears and couldn't fit me in even tho they said for me to go over!! wasn't impressed with there customer service... shame as there alignment service "was" superb!

i used pro tyre last time just waltsed in. but they charge 30 per adjustment. did you find your book?

i used pro tyre last time just waltsed in. but they charge 30 per adjustment. did you find your book?

 

no :( cant find it anywhere, dont know if i lent it to someone or not !! im well ****ed off with it!

gash, was the comapnion or the service manual? ive got the service manual here on adisc in pdf format that your mor ethan welcome to take a copy of.

gash, was the comapnion or the service manual? ive got the service manual here on adisc in pdf format that your mor ethan welcome to take a copy of.

 

i have the paper version of the manual, its my enthusiasts companion book i have lost!! :( thanks for the offer tho bud

no worries did you get hold of phil the other day? i messaged him on djcc but got nothing back. havent seen huis zed around either and i normally see him on his way to work.

no worries did you get hold of phil the other day? i messaged him on djcc but got nothing back. havent seen huis zed around either and i normally see him on his way to work.

i did

no worries did you get hold of phil the other day? i messaged him on djcc but got nothing back. havent seen huis zed around either and i normally see him on his way to work.

 

i am alive dont worry lol i havent been around for awhile as i have been in romania and trying to find a new job the car is currently sat outside my house waiting patiently for an mot which should be getting done at some point this week. plus i dont think you will reconise it any more it may of changed colour since last time you saw it lol

that i must see lol.