HELP WITH LOWERING

[Mike_1200]

I have currently got the 3 spoke 14" GSI alloys on my mk 1 nova and i am planning to lower it 60mm all round, would the arches need to be rubbed/grinded or would they be fine as they are? :?

Cheers

Mike

[Anton]

No work at all. No rubbing or arch cutting. The only thing is the exhaust may scrape on speed bumps. A pic of mine lowered 60 on 14s is below.

http://www.novaload.net/images/car_images/324big6.jpg

[berto8uk]

That even with a full car mate?

[Anton]

Yeah I've had 3 mates in the back, 2 rather large birds - lol, and my mate who is 6ft4 and no rubbage. It does rub with my new wheels though (15's) :(

[berto8uk]

Nice one. Bad luck with the 15's!

[Breeny]

As anton said no rubbing, but your camber on the front will be drastically affected. Your tyres will wear a lot quicker on the inside but you'll have more traction mid corner. (Because you have effectively given your car negative camber)

[Anton]

aghhhh, is that why my tracking is out? I recently got the tracking sorted, it was miles out, but it still pulls when braking? ne ideas breeny?

[Breeny]

Sounds like a siezing caliper to me... Are you running the standard nova brakes? Its quite common for the standard calipers to sieze up.

[Anton]

Yeah they are standard, when i brake it also jumps a bit? It also pulls to the left without braking, i thought this was probably just the road? what do you think? Its only happened since i put my 15's on and i have just had them balanced etc

[Breeny]

Bigger and wider wheels will mean more tramlining (where your car follows the lines of the road) Most roads are cambered to the left so that the rain water flows into drains and stuff. Brakes jump a bit? If there vibrating through the steering wheel, thats warped disks.

[Anton]

Cheers Breeny, I'll have a look...

[Mike_1200]

so it will arse up my traction if i lower it? not really a problem though isit? Would i just hjave to get it re-set?
:?

[Breeny]

No quite the opposite, increasing the camber will give you more grip mid corner but your tyres will wear much quicker when travelling in a straight line.

There are various ways of changing the camber, adjustable top mounts, redrilling the shock holes etc etc

[Mike_1200]

i want to lower it but i am beginning to think, is it worth all the hassle? im not a wizz with cars and i dun wanna fork out loads of money. It shouldnt be too costly though :? , should it?

[Breeny]

Costs vary from ?60 ish just for springs to ?800ish for coilovers.

Most people don't worry about the camber affect, you just go through tyres a bit quicker.

If your on a budget i'd fork out just a little bit more for a set of uprated and shorted shocks with the springs, you can get these for about ?200. Gmax, Apex racing etc etc

[Mike_1200]

cheers for the advice guys, i ordered Gmax springs today, should look sweet. :lol: