General 40mm Gmax springs not low enough
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General 40mm Gmax springs not low enough
patience,they havent even settled yet
Its been 1 week, how long you recon?
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Mine are 50mm with uprated shocks and don't look that low tbh. They are though, the stops had to be but etc.
The Sei doesn't "look" as low as the cinq on the same springs, probably to do with the style.
What wheels do you have?
Kristian
The Sei doesn't "look" as low as the cinq on the same springs, probably to do with the style.
What wheels do you have?
Kristian
spax do a 60/40 kit.
it'd drop further if you fitted the right sized dampers than if you leave the stock ones
it'd drop further if you fitted the right sized dampers than if you leave the stock ones
Got 6 x 13 minilites
no. the damper will restrict its movement because it is too big. the correct dampers are shorter to suit the springs.
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how low do you need it!
Mines lowered 40mm, and I can get the car to ground out on bumpy roads
any lower is surely madness
Mines lowered 40mm, and I can get the car to ground out on bumpy roads
any lower is surely madness
how low do you need it!
Mines lowered 40mm, and I can get the car to ground out on bumpy roads
any lower is surely madness
I need at least another true 20mm. I ended up putting my punto on coilovers because 50mm wasnt low enough. I dont want to have to do the same for the sei.
Novitec do a 70/50 kit IIRC.
Liam
Liam
I need at least another true 20mm. I ended up putting my punto on coilovers because 50mm wasnt low enough. I dont want to have to do the same for the sei.
Put bigger wheels on, The gap in the arches won't look as much.
Not quite, there certainly are dampers with springs in them to help centralised the damper, on where the stock spring would sit, and to aid slow-bump damping rates. I duno if this setup is used on cento oe dampers or not.
Gotya. The shocks are not spring loaded on the rear. Novitec sounds good to me.
Just checked, 50mm kit from novitec. Will look for pics.
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gmax do a 60mm kit... hard to find but damn its low...
Nope they do a 60mm kit for sporting iirc... well either that or my cars just special and wanted to take itself lower
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Even without spring loading a shock will be designed so that it has a higher resistance the furtherer away from central you get. This increases anti-roll properties of the shock and also makes the shock harder to bottom out on bumps when cornering which is something you really don't want to be doing. Drop the suspension too low and the shock will support more of the cars weight, looking at the travel on a 'cento you'll be sitting very low on a stock length shock with a 40mm ride hight reduction.Gotya. The shocks are not spring loaded on the rear. Novitec sounds good to me.
iirc Spax are the only people doing -60mm springs right now.
