Lowered Suspension

[Guest Enzo]

ive lost you buddy.. are you on about the damper settings or one of the components?

[glenn]

sorted now thanks

[glenn]

put trd strut brace on cant believe the difference well worth the money steering a bit heavier when going slow but feels more responsive at speed

[shanksportif]

hey i'm a bit confused about springs and shocks, everyone says that your car won't last long if you just lower it on springs, but isnt the SR just lowered on springs as standard? the shocks aren't different are they? cheers

[SiCaln]

the compression rates are adjusted to take it

[Guest Enzo]

yea plus its only a small amount by 20 - 25mil.

anything down to 40mil and your probably fine,

basicaly put if you lower your ep more with just lowering springs there is a chance that your standard dampers will burst, more so if you have heavy alloys.

because your altering the spring rate and not upgrading to a matched/adjustable damper, every time the spring compresses due to a bump the damper does not have enough force to do its job and dampen the compresion, this prolonged abuse will eventualy lead to the damper failing.

this is exagerated if you have heavy alloys,

i had my black starlet lowered 60+mil with heavy 17's...

i went through two different sets of standard dampers,(8 in total)

does that help?

[shanksportif]

right, so i have 15" alloys on my standard ep91, am i right in saying that if i lower it with springs up to 40 mm the shocks should be fine?

if the shocks do burst when you're driving, what happens? is it dangerous?

cheers

[Guest Enzo]

its not like bursting a tire, you will know when you have

its only dangerous if you drive about on it for too long and all the oil seeps out

[scutch0]

burst shocks are also caused by dirt. if you think about it, with standard ride height, the dampers are only traveling down their optimum amount, and road grime builds up around where the damper is not going on full travel. when shorter springs are fitted the car basically sits on the perviously optimum height... as soon as the damper travels past this 6 year old grime it rips the seals out of the top of the damper, and the oil gradually comes out.

this happened to my rears, apparently this only really happens on rear shocks.

Rich.

[shanksportif]

so you think its worth replacing only the rear shocks? i'm asking because i'm on a very tight budget. cheers

[Guest Enzo]

just wait till you can aford to do all four if you can bro.

[scutch0]

yeah, to be honest, im still on standard shocks... 2 an a half years after lowering it!!! i just cant afford to splash out on new shocks... i'll just wait till these go, an then think of replacing them!!

Rich.