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L30 SCT

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Registered: 27th Nov 05
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31st Mar 06 at 15:47

how low as evryone went with theres?

can you go the 100mm at the back and front

Siberia

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31st Mar 06 at 15:58

sigh..... sorry to laugh at your misfortune... i guess another fk coilovers victim...

honestly i dont know how anyone actually got these this to fit properly so you can actually lower the car

et49 wheels on the front just aint gonna work anyways...

[Edited on 31-03-2006 by Siberia]

L30 SCT

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31st Mar 06 at 16:02

quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
sigh..... sorry to laugh at your misfortune... i guess another fk coilovers victim...

honestly i dont know how anyone actually got these this to fit properly so you can actually lower the car

sorry to laugh

but can you not form a sentence

[Edited on 31-03-2006 by L30 SCT]

Siberia

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31st Mar 06 at 16:05

quote:
Originally posted by L30 SCT

quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
sigh..... sorry to laugh at your misfortune... i guess another fk coilovers victim...

honestly i dont know how anyone actually got these this to fit properly so you can actually lower the car

sorry to laugh but can can you not form a sentence

did i miss something?

the_legend_of_yrag

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31st Mar 06 at 16:18

I agree it is a joke. But i've got them now, so am looking for as much advice as possible and thanks for what you've all given me, one way or another it will be sorted i guess.

Adam_B

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31st Mar 06 at 16:28

its not a bad setup at all when its done properly, just a fucking shit design

Siberia

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31st Mar 06 at 16:30

well for a start get the spacers... as i said the et 49's aint gonn work right...

i eventually gave up on the highsports... the only way i could get them to work was with 14" steel wheels...

like you can camber out the wheels to make them miss the spring platform but you have to respect the specifications in the haynes at the same time...

CoastalCorsa

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31st Mar 06 at 16:32

ok what are these spacers and where do i / we get em from

L30 SCT

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31st Mar 06 at 16:34

will this suspension work on a corsa gsi with speedlines without the spacers?

Rileysport

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31st Mar 06 at 16:38

quote:
Originally posted by SRi-Co
i knew there was a reason i stuck with shocks and springs

like i said

Ant

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31st Mar 06 at 16:45

best solution to the clearence problem is the small helper springs can wind them down really low then and still have the camber set right

oh and mine didnt stay shiney for long!!

[Edited on 31-03-2006 by aritchie]

MikeE

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31st Mar 06 at 16:52

sound like they are a shit design and a b@stard to get set up correctly. even tho they maybe good in other ways, im not impressed reading this post with fk now. hope u get it all sorted mate, i know alot of people on CS run them so im sure they will help as much as poss. good luck tho

Siberia

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31st Mar 06 at 16:54

artchie... them yellow springs must be for decoration only... they are of so small poundage that they dont do the job a helper spring is supossed do...

what worrys me about them is that the little blue thing that is inbetween the yellow and blue spring comes in contact with spring platform....

i did try it this way also..

Ant

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31st Mar 06 at 21:11

i had the double adapter milled down a bit so it didnt touch the spring platform, helper spings are only there to stop the springs comming out of the platform when the wheels are of the ground anyway

the_legend_of_yrag

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1st Apr 06 at 07:53

so will 3mm or 5mm spacers be ok? And whats the downside in using them?

Now ive set the camber differently the wheels are away from the coilovers, but obviously need too se what they will be like with camber done properly!

chr15barn3s

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1st Apr 06 at 08:09

IVe got et49 wheels with mine, there close though and the cambers not the best

Siberia

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1st Apr 06 at 09:33

i'm only recomending you use spacers cos you have et49 wheels

the way you have it cambered your wheels are probably like this \------/ not good..

i didnt like spacers when i was using them although timrud uses 10mm spacers and he said his car handles fine... so i dunno what the feck...

the_legend_of_yrag

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1st Apr 06 at 12:24

after it's cambered it's like that above?

Siberia

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1st Apr 06 at 20:10

nah it should have negitive camber when you get it set up...

like that that--> /-------\ but you probably wont be able to see it with your eyes... on on the machine...

CoastalCorsa

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1st Apr 06 at 20:39

which camber is correct siberia /---\ or \---/

i thought the idea was to achieve I---I not /---\ or \---/

[Edited on 01-04-2006 by CoastalCorsa]

JoeyB

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1st Apr 06 at 22:23

I bought Spax RSX kit...no probs.

Do it!

Siberia

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1st Apr 06 at 22:36

quote:
Originally posted by CoastalCorsa
which camber is correct siberia /---\ or \---/

i thought the idea was to achieve I---I not /---\ or \---/

[Edited on 01-04-2006 by CoastalCorsa]

/---------\ but you will barely be able to see it with the human eye

MoNkEy MaGiC

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2nd Apr 06 at 11:33

i fitted this same suspension kit to my mates corsa with standard 14inch et49 wheels, and the top of the suspension was close to the tyre!!!

with larger wheels e.g 17' ,i would recomend only using et40 or max et45 with this suspension setup, and MAX 7inch width wheels!! to clear the suspension, however they might stick out slightly with those offsets but u can do the old arch modding procedure to sort it out which is a minor job in comparison! and saves u having to use spacers!

your only real options mate are 1)change ur wheels!! 2)get spacers, or 3)use smaller helper spring

langey

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2nd Apr 06 at 13:13

i got these coilovers, only probs i had was when i slammed it on its ring, and the tyres were rubbing on the arch's, ripped them to bits lol. never noticed anything about the wheel touching the suspension leg, and never bought any spacers either

bubble

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Registered: 24th Jan 04
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2nd Apr 06 at 15:06

fitted mine yesterday, camber is all over the place.drives like shoot.

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