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Corsa Sport » Message Board » Help Zone, Modification and ICE Advice » downsides of 50/60mm on standard shocks? » Post Reply
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Icy |
posted on 31st Aug 03 at 00:14 |
front shocks were leakin thats y i changed. | |
euro_boy |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 21:01 |
i've had -60mm springs in my car for over a year and apart from the slightly dodgy handling i've had no probs and the shocks still work fine. passed MOT twice with them in. as for the handling.. whats the point in ragging a 1.2, you arent going to get anywhere fast anyway! speed kills! drop her on the deck and be safe! | |
jam |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 20:55 |
Well It does seem strange . Could just be crappy fk shox . Wish i had spent a bit more ££ and just got eibach spring and shox like i was going to do . | |
Kris TD |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 20:46 |
mine doesnt even hit that, probs cos i have my shocks set up fairly hard on the front, but then even in the wet when i have the shocks on soft they still dont touch, wierd, must be my car, lol | |
jam |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 20:43 |
kris mine doesnt rub on the arch more on the platic linning ( the bit that protects the enginbay from crap ) and it does it more on the offside than the driver side. | |
Kris TD |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 20:22 |
i dont know how people manage to get the front wheels rubbing, mine is down 65mm at the front on 17's with standard bumpstops from the old vaux shocks and they NEVER rub | |
moddedcorsa |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 20:18 |
yip that was me jam. i put my old p1 -40 mm springs on, it was lower than wen the p1 springs were on std shocks, but it doesnt rubb, so im fairly happy. | |
jam |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 19:44 |
Icy i got the fk full sus kit with 40mm drop all around . And my car droped about 55-60mm at the front , when its ment to be 40mm . So your car could hav done the same and this would explain the rubbing maybe ?? I know the same thing has happend to some eles , do a search as it was only i few weeks ago i put up the topic :) | |
the_legend_of_yrag |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 12:57 |
Ive got some -60mm gmax springs for my corsa, you then reccomend i get new shocks? And which ones? | |
Icy |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 12:38 |
think i mite change springs first to see | |
TOMAS |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 12:30 |
Maybe? But just trim them down. You got to find the ballance between the springs taking up the cars weight and the bumpstops. It aint easy. | |
Icy |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 12:24 |
nah not coilovers dont wana spend that much. | |
TOMAS |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 12:19 |
Ripspeed do powerflex, good solid bumpstops but they wear your shocks quick. Personally you cant beat original GM bumpstops for ride, if you still scrub with these then add two sets of GM's. You just have to test by trial and error, cut some, mix some, just play around until you get it right OR go for coilovers which I seriously recomend... | |
Makarus |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 12:16 |
www.larkspeed.co.uk do Spax bumpstops and Powerflex too. | |
Icy |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 12:16 |
front r scrubbin. | |
TOMAS |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 11:58 |
You say you are now getting scrubbs with your 40mm springs & new dampers but you didnt with your old 50mm springs and standard dampers. Its dead easy this one - youve changed bumpstops! You must have to now get scrubbing with the new shocks? Put slightly larger bumpstops in and it will stop the scrub! Scrubbing where? Front or back? | |
Icy |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 11:47 |
yeh iv noticed the bouncin b4 :( | |
TOMAS |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 11:38 |
They mean that the springs will unseat when jacked up (usually). Not much of a prob on the front but on the back if the spring unseats it can fall out onto the road! To be honest under normal driving the damper will never reach its limit and allow the spring to unseat but from an MOT point of view its not good. The BIG downside of being lowered on standard dampers is that the car is quite unstable, the dampers dont run slow enough for the hard springs/bumpstops so it tends to 'launch' into the air over a bump and then crash back down and then bounce back up again. Dont try and take your car to its limits on a setup like this! Also you will find you will skid under braking MUCH more with a setup like this which can be lethal! :thumbs: | |
Icy |
posted on 30th Aug 03 at 11:21 |
apart from warin out faster |