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Re: another drift 340

Post by mat_91 » 02 Feb 2012 10:29 am

cheers for the heads up classiswede i think his is a 3 jaw i cant remember fully
and yer they are well out my budget but just out of interest how much shorter are they
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Re: another drift 340

Post by classicswede » 02 Feb 2012 04:14 pm

dont have the info to hand but think they are 70-80mm shorter!
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Re: another drift 340

Post by mat_91 » 02 Feb 2012 04:58 pm

Thats pretty cool. How much are they out of interest
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Re: another drift 340

Post by classicswede » 02 Feb 2012 07:52 pm

The adjustable dampers (shortened) are £185 a pair and are made only for the 300 series.
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Re: another drift 340

Post by mat_91 » 02 Feb 2012 07:54 pm

would love a set but well out of my budget big shame
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Re: another drift 340

Post by valman » 03 Feb 2012 09:10 pm

yeah bit costly really considering you can buy a decent car for double that! plus homeengineering ftw.
im going to take a second look at my inserts to see if i can play with them - have a feeling my finished coilovers are going to be waaaay too short :lol
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Re: another drift 340

Post by mat_91 » 04 Feb 2012 09:36 pm

haha sweet and i can wait to get mine done i did start to look at saxo/corsa front inserts as they are very short due to the damper sitting above the drive shaft
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Re: another drift 340

Post by classicswede » 04 Feb 2012 10:18 pm

It is a lot of money to spend especialy on a low value car. When you look at the cost for other cars they are quite reasonable price wise. It's only the very common stuff that is cheap.

What I did look at doing and work quite well is to add a MIni front damper with brackets as they can be obtained cheaply in adjustable form. If you have time to mess about it would be a cheap method of solving the problem
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Re: another drift 340

Post by Attack2001 » 05 Feb 2012 01:48 am

Just for reference purposes :) I've got gaz adjustable coilies, shortened 2inches, even on 8x13's with 175/50/13, and about half an inch of arch gap, they were running out of damper travel, so ideally you want it shortened around 3inches, or consider a 2inch shortening with a 1 inch raise on the strut tops to make sure the foot valves in the dampers dont take a hammering :) Thats what im doing :D Thomas.................
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Re: another drift 340

Post by mat_91 » 05 Feb 2012 01:33 pm

classicswede they are very cheap i just cant afford them at the moment
well i will hopefully be shortening them soon not sure what height to go at the moment because if i stick with 13s it will have to go very low and round here thats not fun also tyres arent cheap were as if i go 15s i not have to go as low to look good speed bump friendly at a 75mm drop and tyres are dirt cheap toyo t1rs are only 36quid a corner and 15s fill the aches better
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Re: another drift 340

Post by Attack2001 » 05 Feb 2012 05:47 pm

mat_91 wrote:classicswede they are very cheap i just cant afford them at the moment
well i will hopefully be shortening them soon not sure what height to go at the moment because if i stick with 13s it will have to go very low and round here thats not fun also tyres arent cheap were as if i go 15s i not have to go as low to look good speed bump friendly at a 75mm drop and tyres are dirt cheap toyo t1rs are only 36quid a corner and 15s fill the aches better
Well if you stick to 15's then 2inches shorter will be fine :D
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Re: another drift 340

Post by mat_91 » 05 Feb 2012 06:05 pm

yer even a inch shorter struts would do i will probley do 3" just incase i ever fit 13s :D and lift up the rebound limiters so i dont have to jack it up loads and it would stop the springs dislocating
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Re: another drift 340

Post by Attack2001 » 05 Feb 2012 06:16 pm

mat_91 wrote:yer even a inch shorter struts would do i will probley do 3" just incase i ever fit 13s :D and lift up the rebound limiters so i dont have to jack it up loads and it would stop the springs dislocating
The problem with shortening them too much is you start to run out drop, so the wheels dont drop when you "take off" haha. So when you land there's no travel in the suspension. If you put helper springs in then you shouldn't need to worry about the spring dislocating. Even if they do, there much easier to locate than normal springs, and you get an almighty 'PING!' when they do haha In all honesty i'd stick with 2 inches, although we lowered the car to the level we did, you wouldnt drive it that low, as it would be scraping on anything and everything 8)
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Re: another drift 340

Post by mat_91 » 05 Feb 2012 06:24 pm

well mines down 75mm on front 50mm on back i have got 75mm lowering blocks for it and on 195/50/15s they sit rely nice hadnt thought about taking off as its not something i normally do haha i had forgot about helper springs so will just use helper springs rather than moving it all thought it may need cutting off to get in the lathe
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Re: another drift 340

Post by Attack2001 » 05 Feb 2012 06:32 pm

mat_91 wrote:hadnt thought about taking off as its not something i normally do haha
Yano, tearing through the country side, round the corner with the tree's and old cottage on the inside, out into the open, SH*T! Humpback bridge! :lol: Cant be good for the suspension :P
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