Styling lower......LOOWWWEEER!

[bulldog5046]

so, she's 40mm down now and i'm already having issues getting over speed bumps etc.

i want to go lower still, so far onlt the engine under tray is hitting the floor, can it be removed without worry of damaging anything? or will i be stuck to the motorway if i go lower?

Cheers

 

[Hellcat]

Motorways won't be an issue. But hit a pothole on a B road at 60 and you'll dump your engine/gearbox all over the road.

 

[bulldog5046]

Motorways won't be an issue. But hit a pothole on a B road at 60 and you'll dump your engine/gearbox all over the road.

thats what i ment, i'll only be able to use the motorway.

tad ghey, guess i need to look at big wheels and stuff to stick on and make it look lower.

 

[Hellcat]

For a road car I wouldn't go any lower. It would only take a brick or something falling off the back of a lorry and blam... you've got a smashed sump and a buggered engine. I've ran over a brick in a tipo and owch.. It caught the underside of the car and ooooh it hurt. Luckily missed the fuel and brake pipes.

 

[Venters]

I wouldn't go any lower either I'm 40mm on 17"s and my mudguards are already shorter due to being worn down on the road when going quick through dips in the road and when creeping over speed humps!
Any lower and I think I would have to pick all my routes very carefully.

 

[dave]

get hydraulics

 

[mountainmachine]

Yea i've decided not to lower the HGT for now due to all these factors.. will prob get some replacment springs and shocks next yr and will phone around to see what my standard options are.

 

[Nodfiat]

I didn't bother replacing the OEM shocks when I fitted lower springs to my HGT many years ago and absolutely killed the ride. From that experience, it would have to be worth the extra expense to fit matching springs and shocks