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Siberia |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 21:08 |
right so we will be leaving that spring in then:lol: | |
Fear |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 20:40 |
quote: The spring will move when there is cerfincient travel in the shock and trust me we tried it and it doesnt take much:! | |
LukeGSi |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 20:26 |
quote: Cant see why not :boggle: | |
Siberia |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 20:25 |
the spring w2ll only move when the car is jacked up yes? | |
Fear |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 20:20 |
quote: Thanks for filling in the gaps Ian:thumbs: It is true that i have solved all the problems i originally had, if you have wide wheels 7inch or wider then the wheel will be very close to the shock shaft and add to that the extra 10mm width of the platform thats surriounds that means you can only lower to top of the wheel! The FK comes with a big spring and a smaller spring(dont know why) if you want it lower then you can remove the smaler spring and will make it low, but when the shock will travel up and down then the spring will be loose and could be dangerous! My problem was solved by having a replacement smaller spring that fully compressed when the car was down so same effect as having the smaller spring out but when the shock travelled it was there to apply pressure and keep the bigger spring in place:thumbs: Hope that makes sense:o Oh and they are fooking fantastic:thumbs: | |
Ian |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 19:46 |
The helper spring can be removed completely if you're going very low. It might mean that the spring is loose when the car is jacked up though, same problem as with lowering springs and standard dampers. | |
Siberia |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 19:39 |
ah found it | |
Siberia |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 19:36 |
ah cwap i have the exact same wheels as him and i wanted to get the same fk suspension as him | |
Ian |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 19:26 |
Adjustable top mounts won't help as the distance between wheel and damper shaft wouldn't differ by adjusting this. | |
AdiSRI |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 18:53 |
ET42 and what width?? 7" or 7.5" | |
luca2020 |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 18:52 |
put it this way, i have FK Highsport Coilovers on 18s (215/35/18) ET42, its lowered about 55mm, and i have no problems at all! | |
deanmcreynolds26 |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 18:35 |
i was gona get a set of these! but it would mean that i'd have to get spacers! i bought ET49 for a reason! | |
AdiSRI |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 18:27 |
hmm i dont want crap offset or spacers, as 7.5 18's will be nearing the limit anyhow... | |
Ian |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 18:19 |
7.5" wide wheels would be OK with coilovers, but you wouldn't get the full adjustment out of them as you can't move the spring seat down lower than the height of the wheel. | |
AdiSRI |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 17:58 |
i was wondering about this, are different struts different sizes etc.. as i know somw people have 7 x 17's etc that dont touch the coilover strut, but some do? | |
Ian |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 17:25 |
The problems that Sam experienced were because his wheels are wide at 7", so the coilovers could not be wound right down as the inside edge of the tyre was very close the damper body. | |
Nobber |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 14:46 |
I need to buy new as I'm abusing a new credit card with them. | |
FlamingCorsa |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 14:08 |
i am selling some vertually new( 0 miles)avo coilovers which think most people wud say are good ones cos u can ajust front and rear height and dampening 2 how u want it! | |
Nobber |
posted on 29th Mar 04 at 13:01 |
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