My car now drives like a touring car!

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My car now drives like a touring car!

by Chavtastic » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:17 pm

:eek:

Oh dear... I'm glad I've got no fillings because they would all be out by now!

4x4 Turbo lowered 60mm on Apex springs, with uprated anti-roll bar links! Fully rebuilt suspension, new arms and bushes with track rod ends.

Add to that four matching 205/40/ZR17 tyres, a strut brace and you've got some seriously rigid handling.

The downside is my interior is rattling a teeeny weeeny bit but who cares!? [img]/smile.gif[/img]
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by Chavtastic » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:20 pm

Oh and it won't get off the drive without scraping the splitter, de-cat and backbox :no:

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by Paul » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:33 pm

Have you had the camber adjusted?

If so, what did you use?
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by Sam1986UK » Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:06 pm

looks good
what happened to your 18's?
i reckon the 18's look better mate - they make your car stand out more
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by Dan Willis » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:29 pm

Looks great.. hope the 4x4 survives.
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by daddycool » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:30 pm

Very nice [img]/smile.gif[/img]

What's an "uprated anti-roll bar link"???
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by BazV6er » Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:34 am

are you talking about the anti-roll bar drop links mate?as ive had one replaced on mine recently
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by Chavtastic » Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:37 am

<!--QuoteBegin-Paul+--><div class='quotetop'>(Paul)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Have you had the camber adjusted?

If so, what did you use?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Not yet matey. I'm not keen on the way the cars drive without the camber.
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by Chavtastic » Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:38 am

<!--QuoteBegin-Sam1986UK+--><div class='quotetop'>(Sam1986UK)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->looks good
what happened to your 18's?
i reckon the 18's look better mate - they make your car stand out more<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Yeah they were nice but every one's got BK's now lol. I had to sell them to fund my clutch/gearbox replacement (best part of a grand!) and I couldn't lower it 60mm on 18's.
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by Chavtastic » Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:39 am

Daddycool and Baz:

The drop links are brand new Vauxhall items but with custom bushes on. The new bushes are around three times as stiff so there's very little body roll in the car [img]/smile.gif[/img]
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by projectx » Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:45 pm

<!--QuoteBegin-CalibraTurbo99+--><div class='quotetop'>(CalibraTurbo99)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Not yet matey. I'm not keen on the way the cars drive without the camber.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

If you're not gonna get the camber adjusted (potentially very bad for the TXB) then keep a very good eye on the inner edges of the tyres, as they're probably gonna go through pretty quick now.

And you might wanna start pulling the 4x4 fuse on long journeys just to save a bit of stress on the box.

A friend of mine had a 60-65mm lowered cally 4x4, and had no probs, but I think he was in the minority from what I've seen people on here say.
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by Chavtastic » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:16 am

Good idea with running 2wd on long journeys - I'm hooking a switch up this weekend.

I would like to reduce the camber but not eliminate it if that's possible? Are these kits adjustable?
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by Marcus_Turbo » Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:13 pm

Fully adjustable! Pick a camber, any camber (nearly)

I reccomend them, I havent gone for the 'original' turbo camber, but gone for a slightly more inner edge wearing one, wanting more traction [img]/biggrin.gif[/img]
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by Chavtastic » Wed Jun 29, 2005 7:18 pm

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Here's another one just to show how ******* low it is! I'm cutting the bump stops down and possibly getting it a bit lower at the rear, perhaps another 20mm.
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by piltz2004 » Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:48 pm

Much trouble with speed bumps?

I like the wheels, what are they?
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