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Author Anyone get fed up with a harsh ride?
davey_jack
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Registered: 28th Jan 06
Location: Horley, Surrey Drives: Clio 182
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16th Jan 07 at 17:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Love my corsa to pieces, and i often think to myself about changing the suspension when i hit harsh bumps in the road. But i love it sitting really low, and it just wouldnt be the same car if it wasnt so low!
Is it just me who feels like this? Or is it possible to have a low car thats comfortable?
Kerry
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16th Jan 07 at 17:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yes every single day i have to drive off my drive and scrape the splitter and crawl over speed humps
Prowler
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16th Jan 07 at 17:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im on 19s and lowered 60mm and it drives me mad sumtimes!! but you get ova it!..
Kerry
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16th Jan 07 at 17:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im on 15's lowered 40mm but im beginning to think this is a lie

do shortened shocks make a difference?
Jon_C
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16th Jan 07 at 17:40   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my coilovers are like that. i keep thinkin about changin them and then i look at the car sittin so low and i just love it too much.
Mike GSi
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16th Jan 07 at 17:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i live about 10 miles from a smooth road,all i drive on is country lanes normaly. it gets on my tits too, but so does having a car that looks like a 4x4
Graeme
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16th Jan 07 at 17:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
all the time but ahh well!
j10E W
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16th Jan 07 at 17:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the astra used to fuck me off so much

MC Kustoms
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16th Jan 07 at 18:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im on 15s 90mm all round love taking corners but over speed bumps and small pot holes it can be a bitch
eel
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16th Jan 07 at 18:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i got 17s and not lowered and the ride is shit
davey_jack
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16th Jan 07 at 18:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm on 16's with 195/45 tyres and lowered 50mm all round (supposedly but it looks lower than that to me). It looks gorgeous lowered though

Is there any dampers that give a smoother ride?
Poot
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16th Jan 07 at 18:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Travel the road to hereford everyday, their council is total fcuking crap The roads are rough, have holes in, feel even the slighttest drop in the road

Or maybe its me using spax adjustables
willay
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16th Jan 07 at 18:20   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm on H&R coilovers with 15's, the ride is harsh as fuck but the performance round corners kinda makes up for that.

At least now i'm changing my setup for Ledas I can adjust the damper rate
davey_jack
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16th Jan 07 at 18:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nah its the same for me on my way to uni everyday. I even have chagne lanes to avoid a certain patch of tarmac just off junc 9 on the m25 because it makes my rear tyres scrub!

[Edited on 16-01-2007 by davey_jack]
stevegreetham
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16th Jan 07 at 18:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wouldnt have it any other way....koni adjustables. Driving 'normal' cars feels strange
davey_jack
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16th Jan 07 at 18:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
stevegreetham, your car looks awesome mate! I know what you mean but I get annoyed when I drive my mums merc, it is dull to drive BUT.. it handles AND its comfortable!
When you have koni adjustables running the softest they can go, whats it like mate?
Cupra Steve
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16th Jan 07 at 19:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I was like this, got rid of my 106 xsi that was lowered about 90 on the back and 80 on the front, i was fed up with the suspension, exhaust, everything, so i brought a std hot hatch, then wanted to mod it!!!! Then got bored so i brought a lowered car again!!!
RS6
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16th Jan 07 at 19:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes got rid of my apex springs 40mm down on 16" alloys

drove me insane like being in a rally car!!

now down 30mm on ebiach springs with 17" wheels to make up for the highness

[Edited on 16-01-2007 by RS6]
jamesvalver
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16th Jan 07 at 19:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i get used to it in mine. fk highsports with 195/45 15's. if u hit a bump hard enough i get a twinge in my lower back but it just makes me slow down lol
Cupra Steve
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16th Jan 07 at 19:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my old 106 sounded like the strut was gonna come through the bonnet if you hit a pot hole!!!!
cunningham
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16th Jan 07 at 19:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes i got called an old man for this type of thread on another forum lol

[Edited on 16-01-2007 by cunningham]
Dave_O
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16th Jan 07 at 19:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I hit a pothole the other day and destroyed my shocker its my ownfault really because my car is lowered 60mm on standard shocks so they get quite alot of abuse. Cost me £50 to get it sorted altogether just because I want go round a corner a bit faster
Cupra Steve
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16th Jan 07 at 19:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
one of my shocks on the 106 is fucked, spax shocks for the pair are £100 delivered!

 
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