30MM Drop Finally Installed

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30MM Drop Finally Installed

Post by Cerberus » Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:56 pm

Oh my word.. I was SO not prepared for how low it would go!

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I think I may be glad i didn't go for the 40mm!

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Post by esta » Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:41 pm

Ah yes, the springs I should have had!! :rofl:

Looks awesome Cerby!! :eek:
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Post by glasgowjim » Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:36 pm

yes but the handling is so much better but harsher. Just raised mine again and enjoying normality.
One thing for sure you will never look at speed bumps the same way again :lol:

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Post by benwalllker » Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:04 pm

looking nice, have u got website you bought um from and link? there next on my shopping list. anyone got springs for sale pm me!!

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Post by eEm » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:30 pm

Handling is sweet with the stiffer springs but you can kiss goodbye to your infocentre, mine was working fine (after resoldering and packing with foam) until I lowered the car. And the front shocks have died after 2,000miles, the front of the car now bounces like a low-rider when off the throttle.
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Post by esta » Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:50 pm

you can springs from bypartsbuy.com-do a search, loadsa stuff on lowering etc.

Cerbs got his from a fellow forum member :P

Didnt you Cerb?

Yeh U did...

Beat me too it didnt you....

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Post by Cerberus » Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:55 pm

*whistles innocently*

Might have done... ;)

I'll let you have the next set tho... Promise :hopping:

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Post by Cerberus » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:28 am

benwalllker wrote:looking nice, have u got website you bought um from and link? there next on my shopping list. anyone got springs for sale pm me!!
I got my springs from Pol... he got fed up of the lowered lifestyle ;)

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Post by glasgowjim » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:41 pm

son did oodles of miles on lowered springs and the front shocks are ok and if you have a non bodged info centre ;) it will do it no harm.

You just get fed up having to renavigate to avoid speed bumps :lol:

the sat nav isnt programmed for hat one :lol:

oh and you get fed up of 4X4 headlamps even on dipped catching your eye.

or maybe its just me I'd nuke every 4X4 in the city.

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Post by aibast » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:44 pm

that's the hight of speed bumps in there?. In here it must be @ least 2 m long and max height of 10 cm.
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Post by Cerberus » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:44 pm

I really need to find a big, flat, empty, car park and go have a proper play.

The handling is radically different now. Feels like a different car altogether.

My info centre is ok.. its the PC in the boot that worries me! :rofl:

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Post by piper1st » Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:47 pm

I loved the look when I lowered my 480 on to Lesjofors ... but it is a 'shocking' difference ...

(top being before and bottom being after)

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Post by Cerberus » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:40 pm

I agree wholeheartedly.. the drop is way more than I expected..

I actually am struggling to get into the car at the moment.. I mean, I
can still get in and out ok.. but.. it seems really 'alien' nothing is where
is used to be. If you see what I mean?

Is that a 30mm or a 40mm drop Piper? Mines' on 30mm springs and
I can't see the top of my rear tyres!

Corners like a wasp tho :D

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Post by glasgowjim » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:08 pm

yes the lowered 480 owns the twisting roads toasted a big BMW a couple of months back He couldnt shake me off but man he did try :lol:

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Post by JohnTurbo » Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:48 am

I hope you cut down the rear bumpstops, or they WILL bite you in the ass.

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Post by Cerberus » Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:34 pm

There is a wierd thing about that. Pol sent me a pair of 'adjusted' bump stops. But they were a different type to the ones I had on the car already. Couldn't figure out how they were supposed to fit on the beam.

They were also the same height 'adjusted' as the standard ones I took off...

So I just put the standard ones back on!

What height should they be before and after 'adjustment' ?

*breadknife at the ready!* ;)

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Post by Dan the 480 Man » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:48 pm

Don't the bumpstops have three sections? Well, mine did-i cut the lowest one off... 40mm is a very low drop, (more-so when they've 'bedded in') especially with a boot-full of stereo! Handling was second to none though-lowered 480's do handle very well. I could live with mine as East Anglia is very flat! :lol: I'd have no hesitation in going 40mm again...

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Post by Cerberus » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:36 pm

Well Pol put some miles on them so the springs should have been through
their cycle before I got them. Haven't noticed much change to indicate them
bedding tbh.

It's best described as 'harsh' :rofl:

My big problem is that the last connection on the zorst system has been
put together wrong so that last part of the zorst hangs way way too low.

Typically, it is rusted together now so is going to be an utter pain to correct.

:(

Do I need to need to chop me bump stops while I'm under there?
I'll get some pics of the stops when the sun comes back up!

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Post by Dan the 480 Man » Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:54 pm

Get a picture up (use a proper camera :lol: ;)) and we'll advise you from there. I'd do it if you're going to be down that way...
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Post by pol » Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:26 pm

Yes, the standard bump stops should have 3 'bumps' / steps. I cut one of these off so the ones I sent you should only have 2 steps. Unless I sent you the ones I meant to keep?!

Maybe someone has, ahem, touched your rear end before?!

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