taylorboosh
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i propbably am used to it now so dont notice the bad ride, my car is low though
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3CorsaMeal
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i agree with Daimo, once you start lowering to the point where your wishbones are inverted, it can ruin the ride quality and imo is stupid
yes you have a low centre of gravity, but thats only good on a dead flat surface
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Pip308
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Registered: 25th Oct 07
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the best thing on SW is their sig 
great looking cars too
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mwg
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you mean sTaNcE
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tinysq
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the scooby is from round my way, thought the bumper was hangin off the first time i saw it!
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Nick-S
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Agreed. Lowered cars as good as they look are fucking awful to drive. You feel like a right turd when a passenger gets in and is bouncing all over telling you your ride is harsh.
That is probably the main reason i raised my car 12 turns on my coilovers 
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Nic Barnes
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i agree with vxr. Low equals slow. Why make a good car like an impreza into a piece of shit. Suppose some people prefer to park on long grass than drive their cars. Im really glad im not a scene puppet.
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Griffiths1991
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
i agree with vxr. Low equals slow. Why make a good car like an impreza into a piece of shit. Suppose some people prefer to park on long grass than drive their cars. Im really glad im not a scene puppet.
same here.
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jr
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Impreza was one of the lads from F6, think vegas phil may know him
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Graham88
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Disagree about low cars handling bad tbh, my Fiesta was wound all the way down on coilies.
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Nick-S
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Disagree about low cars handling bad tbh, my Fiesta was wound all the way down on coilies.
Ditto, mine wasnt that bad at all when it was wound down, but the ride was pritty bad rideing round on the bumpstops, which made it abit embarrassing when i had others in the car. 
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Graham88
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See that I can agree with which is why I'm done with having a proper low car, my Mazda sits nice on the Aero suspension and doesn't rub on full lock or with more than 3 people in the car. I never minded it on my Fiesta when I was buy myself but when you take a girl in the car whos got no interest in cars it's highly embarassing.
Unless she has massive tits.
[Edited on 04-03-2010 by Graham88]
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adiohead
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my front splitter rubs on everything as it is and I have standard suspension 
in fact, i need to pop one of the connectors back in after it came out from driving into a multistory
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Nick-S
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
I never minded it on my Fiesta when I was buy myself but when you take a girl in the car whos got no interest in cars it's highly embarassing.
thats the rason i raised it. she keept asking what the scrubing noise was  :
Am in the same boat as you, my next car will hopefully be a megane r26 with a set of H&R springs and that ull be me happy 
ps, you 3 is awesome 
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Graham88
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Yep thats about right and try explaining that you've got it lowered to the point your tyres are getting scrubbed on the arches
Simple lowering spring drops are the way forwards now, like the Thorney handling setup, springs, ARB's, sorted
Cheers matey, I gotta get more pics up but nothing has changed since I first put pics up so feel its a bit pointless
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Originally posted by 1_Litre_Porsche_Beater
Rota Grid Drifts 18×9.5
I love those!! Hmmm
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3CorsaMeal
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had the corrado lowered and found it too low, tried different suspension and still too low.
thats why i ended up with coilovers as i could raise the car up with raise, almost as high as they go
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
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Thats a sure sign of getting old mate.
When ever I see a slammed car I just want to tell them they look silly now
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3CorsaMeal
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i know even most non-standard alloys are starting to annoy me
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Fad
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I think my ex bird summed it up with "they just look like they are on broken suspension"
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Disagree about low cars handling bad tbh, my Fiesta was wound all the way down on coilies.
depends about pre load on springs etc. hence it makes it bouncy which makes it handle a lot worse. if (and 99% of people that slam their car wont have) you have the correct springs to suit the application, it will be ok being lowered. but still, it needs to be done properly. slammed to fuck on coilovers is for looks only in most cases. infact people buy coilovers for looks. nothing else.
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Graham88
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I bought coilovers for both, but I found it handled extremely well and anybody who went in the car or saw it at the Performance Ford Trackday will confirm that Im sure, I must have got lucky
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Nic Barnes
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oh right.
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3CorsaMeal
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stance!
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
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Impreza  want
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
stance!
wrong. the arches aren't covering the tyres.
mk4_boy will kill you for that shit.
i personally hate this ''stance'' crap.
standard suspension
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