V-Man
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why my -40mm spax springs, sit the rear of the car lower than my new set of -60mm jamex. i put the 60 kit on on thursday, driven a good 100 miles, and the rear sat higher than the 40mm set... so ive put the 40mm back on the rear today and you can see it sits lower straight away.
is it just the springs are stiffer than the spax ones? does the 60mm spring need to compress itself with use over a long period of time (than the 4 days it was on) or anything?
cheers for any help!
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mattk
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Can you be SURE that the lower kit is a 40 kit
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V-Man
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sorry, do you mean... am i sure that the -40mm spax set IS a 40mm drop?
im pretty sure it is, the front -60mm jamex is definitly lower than the old -40mm set...just the rear doesnt act the same way
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mattk
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Yeah I bought some -35mm springs off a lad for next to nothing
He bought them thinking it was a 60 kit, it can be very dificult to tell sometimes
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DAZ1985
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They will need time to settle, are they firmer?
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V-Man
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they are alot firmer yea, which makes me think they might be too firm to lower it 60mm?
edit: its had 4 days to settle? is that enough for the springs?
[Edited on 19-08-2007 by V-Man]
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V-Man
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
Yeah I bought some -35mm springs off a lad for next to nothing
He bought them thinking it was a 60 kit, it can be very dificult to tell sometimes
yea theres nothing on the spring to say what it should lower it by. only a date, which i assume is when it was forged or coated or something lol
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marklawton
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4 days is long enough, usually a trip round the block will settle them, so they settle quite quick
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V-Man
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quote:
Originally posted by marklawton
4 days is long enough, usually a trip round the block will settle them, so they settle quite quick
cheers man, so basically they werent gonna go lower lol
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DAZ1985
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Your 40 springs could have been fooked to start off with
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V-Man
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quote:
Originally posted by DAZ1985
Your 40 springs could have been fooked to start off with
true you never know.
(fooked or not they do sit lower i spose lol)
could it be because the 40 are spax and the new ones are jamex? different lowering properites? they are both cold drawn n that though.
i spose ill just get onto where i got them from lol
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