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i wanna drop my mk3 nice n low, not 40 or 60 im talkin 80-90+ wud i have to raise the engine up at all so the drive shaft isnt at an odd angle. my m8 was guna drop his rover 85mm and he needed to lift the engine up...
imho that wouldnt look nice
why so low?
id imagine the sump would take a battering everytime u werent on the motorway, dont know what else would take a hit in the engine, but exhasut would surely take a thump or two aswell, casuing a lot of damage to the underside of ur car, and lot of strain on suspension system aswell?
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I dropped my coupe a fair bit on my coilovers and found it was catching all the time, i've had to raise the front end up slightly now. Best not to go too far mate.
Why do you want to do that? Will make the car a complete pig to drive.
my astras goin Euro Styleee. i dnt think ne1 has tried to do 1 like that. i know a whole new suspension setup wud be needed...
or wud i be wise droping it 60 and gettin sum splitters to make it look bit lower?
That would be probably be wiser considering ride quality etc.Originally Posted by Bubba
60 it is thenjus need money to buy it all now
...ah well, now time to bimble off and mod my front bumper....yes thats rite...at 11pm....
Last edited by Colonel K; 25-07-2005 at 23:17.
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Total Carlton (Carlton Forum)
ace, im loving that carlton, pimp my ride eat your heart out!! slight lack of springs i reckon!
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**** me! How low?! Any front shots?
Theres a lad on our Carlton Forum with a Carlton estate with Airbags.....
Think its the same car but with rims.
LURF - The proper pronunciation for "love". Especially emphasized during karaoke sessions.
"Oh, my lurf, my laling, I hunger for your tush, a long and lonely time..."
Total Carlton (Carlton Forum)
im errr lovin it
airbags.nice.least you can jig it up when you want.
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Yeah thats the good thing bout airbags - slam it on the deck when your parked up and then adjust accordingly when needed i.e. speed bumps etc
Whats the ride quality/handling like with airbags compared to your usual shocks and springs set up does anyone know
Never understood the fascination with those.
Anyone got any gen on this 'airbag' setup? Companies that have kits etc?
would like to look into it. how it works etc.
lol, My Calibra is lowered over 80mm on 19's and is fine... My mates Cav is lowered 110mm on 18's, my old Nova was 100mm front and 120mm Rear on Avo Coilovers and was fine and finally another mates 2.0 Corsa has just been lowered 90mm and is fine. All the springs (apart from my Nova Coilovers) were from www.coilsprings.co.uk who will make them as low as you want. Its total b*ll*cks when people say a car won't handle lower than 30 40 or even 60mm. I've done many track days and the Nurburgring twice (and so have the other cars i've mentioned) and I drive the car daily. Yes its bumpy on country roads as you'd imagine, but it doesn't mean I have to slow down. As long as you have decent shocks it'll be fine.
And no you won't need to raise your engine up. My Nova was running a 1.6 Turbo (181bhp) on standard driveshafts with a large front end drop and I never had a shaft pop out.
A lot of new cars come with airbags as standard.Yeah thats the good thing bout airbags - slam it on the deck when your parked up and then adjust accordingly when needed i.e. speed bumps etc
Whats the ride quality/handling like with airbags compared to your usual shocks and springs set up does anyone know
New Range Rover does Im prett sure, and a lot of the big luxury saloons.
Think its fine for ride, but the handling prob isnt the most sporty. You keep normal dampers IIRC, only replace the springs with the airbags
LURF - The proper pronunciation for "love". Especially emphasized during karaoke sessions.
"Oh, my lurf, my laling, I hunger for your tush, a long and lonely time..."
Total Carlton (Carlton Forum)
yeh they do....i was in maccy and i saw the front end of 1 drop bout 20mm bit strage i thought....New Range Rover does Im prett sure, and a lot of the big luxury saloons.
You sure that weren't some fat bloke getting in it
i work for mercedes and the s class has air suspension and it is brilliant but this is a manufacturers kit so would be better than after market kit
dont drive it like you stole it just drive it hard and kill all non griffin!!!!
In theorey the lower a car is, the lower the CoG (centre of gravity) and therefore the lower the effect of the inertia when cornering.
In practice it will skip over bumps in the dry and be sh1t scary in the wet! lmao
Sorry to hijack the thread, but does anyone know much about airbags and where you can get them from?
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i didnt notice but u could be quite right there
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