scouse_corsa
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Registered: 6th Jun 04
Location: Huyton, Merseyside
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I wanna lower my car, but am on a really tight budget. So, is it ok to just put spings on the original shox or would use advise replacin them to? no bothered about ride quality btw.
And also wot be best to drop by?? was thinkin 35/40mm on 15's. Dont wanna have do any arch work as i dont intend on havin the car much longer
thanx
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justrials2
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Registered: 12th Jul 05
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shud be ok but wudnt go any lower than 40 mm shudnt have 2 do any arch work i had 60mm drop on my stanard 3spoke cors wheals ive now got a 60 mm drop with a 2.0 in an 16inch wheals an doesnt rub at all realy
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Iain M
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Registered: 18th Aug 05
Location: Wigan - Drives 272bhp corsa ZLET
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i ave two rear springs they drop 35mm i think. they are gmax springs. £30 quid and they are yours
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dna23
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Registered: 1st Nov 04
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Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire
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Dont lower on standard shocks. They aren't suited to stiffer springs and like my rear ones start pissing out oil after a while 
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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halfords, hack saw, £3.73
job done.
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Rus
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
Location: SE London, Kent
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if your 15's have an offset of no more than 45 perferably, a 60mm drop wont rub even with 3 people in the back. i had the same problem as you. i got 60mm springs first, they do go on the standard dampers but rely on the car's weight to stay in place. highly not recommended. i ran for about 200 miles before i bought gmax dampers for £60. later bought the shocks for £50. rimstyle are good people. go to there site.
if you run the springs on the standard dampers/shocks, they will eventaully break within 1000 miles. remember, if your doing 80mph on the motorway and your dampers crack in half due to persure, your car is going straight into that wall!
from experiance, i highly recommend you get FK suspension setup. will cost you £250 from rimstyle but you have a decent setup which gives piece of mind. you'll end up spending over that much buying little things at a time.
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j0hn
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Registered: 12th Apr 04
Location: Amersham, Buckinghamshire/Kingston-upon-Thames
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springs r great on newer corsas not the B tho as they are all leaking anyway from standard!
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dna23
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Registered: 1st Nov 04
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quote:
Originally posted by j0hn
springs r great on newer corsas not the B tho as they are all leaking anyway from standard!
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j0hn
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Registered: 12th Apr 04
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quote:
Originally posted by dna23
quote:
Originally posted by j0hn
springs r great on newer corsas not the B tho as they are all leaking anyway from standard!
tis true!!! 
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Rus
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
Location: SE London, Kent
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quote:
Originally posted by j0hn
quote:
Originally posted by dna23
quote:
Originally posted by j0hn
springs r great on newer corsas not the B tho as they are all leaking anyway from standard!
tis true!!!
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