Discussion on lowering clamps.

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Originally Posted by John

Dangerous! decent second hand lowering springs can be purchased and fitted for peanuts.

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I intend on getting a set, or getting a set of low end coil overs with yellow springs, but I'm probably gonna get better brakes first.

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Originally Posted by Andy

why bother even having springs at all? lol

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Wouldn't it be really rough just with shocks?

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Originally Posted by turbojolt

cut springs are awful lol they made my old estate ride like like a bag of bricks every little bump in the road was like being kicked in the spine

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I keep telling them that, but they never listen. They don't even have a license yet, let alone a car. They'll learn when they do it to their cars. They're mostly Honda lovers, so what do they know about cars.

i'm going to ask you a serious question. do you want it to look cool when it is parked or do you want it to handle well???

if cool when parked, chop the fcuk out of the springs, clamp them down or whatever................

if handle, then i'd say that there's probably a lot of fairly ropey roads on malta as well as some good smooth tarmac... and for spirited driving i'd say don't go below -60mm. also remember to trim the bump rubbers on the front struts.. if you can, get some shorter rear dampers, or they will bottom out..

Cut springs are awesome, I chopped the ones on my k10 micra in half and apart from them falling out when I jacked it up they where awesome :)

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Originally Posted by mowgli

i'm going to ask you a serious question. do you want it to look cool when it is parked or do you want it to handle well???

if cool when parked, chop the fcuk out of the springs, clamp them down or whatever................

if handle, then i'd say that there's probably a lot of fairly ropey roads on malta as well as some good smooth tarmac... and for spirited driving i'd say don't go below -60mm. also remember to trim the bump rubbers on the front struts.. if you can, get some shorter rear dampers, or they will bottom out..

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"Fairly ropey roads and some good smooth tarmac" in Malta? Are you high? Other than pot holes you can bury a person in, there isn't much smooth roads. The only smooth roads we have are (sadly) where "important" people drive through. Example, when the Pope came here, they re-surfaced all the roads he'd be driving over. But they forgot all about the others, but that's okay. And nah, I'd only lower it from the back. It's low at the front from the weight of the engine.

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Originally Posted by conza123

Cut springs are awesome, I chopped the ones on my k10 micra in half and apart from them falling out when I jacked it up they where awesome :)

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I just don't think it's a good idea in terms of safety and handling