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Lowered my car on Coilovers

Started by chrisdicko, August 02, 2006, 12:42:29 PM

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chrisdicko

Recently got some Weitec Coilovers on my ST.  The handling was already great, but now it is superb! It is very low, but have not had one problem over speed bumps or pot holes etc (my road is pot hole city)!

Sorry about the dirty car!











Binary Shadow

wots goin on with that plate? whys it white in the middle? lol

Mardoni

Do you find that youve restricted your turning circle now ?

chrisdicko

No everything is still the same, except tons better handling.

For the plate, I was trying to get the stripes to run through the plate if you get me, but doesnt really work too well.

snellgrove

[sarcasm]Im not jealous at all! :P[/sarcasm]

Hopefully Envy performance will email me back today about my lowering & strut-braces :)

chrisdicko

Are you getting coilovers? Or just springs?

I thought of getting a strut brace.....but would you really notice the difference?

snellgrove

Just springs - ill add aftermarket dampers if I need to

but everyone whos experimented with this sort of thing has said that theres not much point on ~Ã,£500 worth of coilovers, you wont notice much difference over the springs.

I am getting fron and rear strut-bracing just to stiffen the car up and make things a little tighter. Wont make a massive difference, but they arent expensive... so I might as well :)

after that I may have a looksie at stiffer ARBs.. depends how well it corners really.

no reply yet :( have nearly bought some new mats though, with big TSport badges on them, they look very cool :D



impulsive of me, but they were reduced down to Ã,£25 from Ã,£50 :)

chrisdicko

Look good! I paid Ã,£60 for my mats......and dont look as good as that  :lol:

Some people on the ST forum have gone from standrard springs --> Eibach Springs (for example) --> then coilvers and said they do make a big difference from uprated springs to coilovers. Could just be our car though, other cars will take things differently. So I just thought Id take the big leap to coilovers.

chrisdicko

Cheers Ni :)

No one will be able to tell without before and afters.....but I dont have close up befores, but ive had all the grills and fog light surrounds painted black as well instead of the grey which originally comes with it....and that looks tons better as well.

Pete

That is such a nice car, looks bad  :ptu:
I know sh*ts bad right now with all that starving bullsh*t and the dust storms and we are running out of french fries and burrito coverings.

Binary Shadow

Quote from: snellgroveno reply yet :( have nearly bought some new mats though, with big TSport badges on them, they look very cool :D

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impulsive of me, but they were reduced down to Ã,£25 from Ã,£50 :)
They have to be worth at least +25bhp! ;) lol

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lol

joke btw, nice looking car

snellgrove

Quote from: Binary ShadowThey have to be worth at least +25bhp! ;) lol

No, but they are a bit of a limited edition

so I just had to ;)  no doubt can be flogged in a few years time for more than I paid for them ;)

Binary Shadow

good god youve gone all impulsive buyer whats goin on?! lol