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gunny
11-03-10, 11:16 AM
How much do I need to lower them to clear the F28? Will inch square box section steel drop them enough?
Paul
11-03-10, 11:28 AM
thatll be fine
gunny
11-03-10, 11:32 AM
Cheers dude, my lower arms have plates welded to them so if I use a bit of steel tube inside them as supports and bolt the tie bar to the bottom that end should be fine too, right?
Paul
11-03-10, 11:39 AM
yep, i run mine like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/lashednova/DSC04527.jpg
gunny
11-03-10, 11:46 AM
Cool. What's that you've used there lol looks like polystyrene on my phone
Adam
11-03-10, 11:58 AM
Are there any advantages to doing this even if you dont run a F28???
Paul
11-03-10, 12:35 PM
it is polysterne, to just get idea of how it would all fit together lol.

I have ally block spacers now, and the proper bottom ball joints, not the £3 motorfactor specials.

Yeh Ad do a search, it helps it stop diving under hard braking and entering corners IIRC
gunny
11-03-10, 12:42 PM
Ahh lol fair enough, just ordered some box section thank for the advice mate.

I heard that somewhere too, about helping to stop diving, bonus :p
Lee H
11-03-10, 11:40 PM
Are there any advantages to doing this even if you dont run a F28???

Only advantage is if you lower them at the front, the rear is just needed to clear the F28 but cancels out the improvement made by lowering the fronts.

Lowering the fronts is one of the best things i've done to any of my Nova's, really improved traction off the line.