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lowering by 100mm to 120mm
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 3:27 pm
by mintyfreshness
yeah, lol, does anyone have any ideas ? i dont want air ride, but are there any coilovers out there that could acheive this ? im on 3pc schmidt modern lines, 16x9 on front, and 9.5 on the rear ? got any ideas ? thanx guys and girls
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 4:53 pm
by david burton
I would think 120 at the front is easy for the KW V1s, but at the back is where you'll struggle to find a 120mm drop
what do you have at the moment?
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 5:47 pm
by panda
I think i can manage a drop like that on my AP Coilovers, wind the fronts down to the bottom thread and remove the spring cup on the back. If that's not low enough, remove some coils!
Re: lowering by 100mm to 120mm
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:35 pm
by TimGti
mintyfreshness wrote:yeah, lol, does anyone have any ideas ? i dont want air ride, but are there any coilovers out there that could acheive this ? im on 3pc schmidt modern lines, 16x9 on front, and 9.5 on the rear ? got any ideas ? thanx guys and girls
Fronts are never an issue on coilovers its always the backs...
I 'think' KW will make you some custom shortened springs? Im sure I have read this somewhere before if you have KW coils?
Saying that, I reckon my FK's would go low enough to look decent on 16's, simply wound all the way down, but even more so if you took the adjusters out... and even the rubber spring mount at the top if you REALLY needed to?
Get some pics up of your car, would love to see it on those rims...
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:41 pm
by TimGti
Oh yeah, and with 9.5's on the rear, your not gonna need it that low anyway as it'll rub like buggery unless you've got really low ofset rims or your arches are rolled?
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:35 am
by DanDiesel
FKs should be fine to go that low on the front, but i have my FKs wound right down at the rear and its only 60mm ish and it never came with help springs on the rear! it does on the front though which is annoying
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:17 pm
by stig247
Im running fks, helpers removed from front, spring cup removed from the back, i can take it a hell of lot lower but its just not practical, i was thinking of getting shortened springs for the back but then id have issues with the exhaust catching which would lead to problem afta problem.
heres a pic of how im currently looking (removed arch lining for the 17's)
Agree with timGti FK's would go low enough to look decent on 16's
mintyfreshness i gotta see them schmidt modern lines!!!
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 5:13 pm
by Tim_GTi
Car's sweet stig
