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Is 60mm to low to go?

by Dez » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:05 pm

Got the chance of a set of PI 60mm drop springs for my 2ltre 16v,its sitting on a set of 17" atm and it looks like a 4x4,would 60's be to much of a drop,should i stick with my original plan of 40 mm? need some advice :alright:
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Re: Is 60mm to low to go?

by big_gordy » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:35 pm

i think it would be way to low i have probs with a drop of 30-40 back bimper scrapes on speed bumps
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Re: Is 60mm to low to go?

by Dez » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:43 pm

yeah,i thought it would be,thnx for the swift reply.
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Re: Is 60mm to low to go?

by Fraz » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:56 pm

your bumper scrapes because its too low ...nothing to do with the springs
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Re: Is 60mm to low to go?

by big_gordy » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:52 pm

Fraz wrote:your bumper scrapes because its too low ...nothing to do with the springs

and lowered lol
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Re: Is 60mm to low to go?

by garyb » Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:31 pm

Are you lowering for personal aesthetic taste or performance/ usability/ reliability/ safety reasons?

Yes, 60mm is far too low for performance/ usability/ reliability/ safety reasons. imho.

Some like the look though :(
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Re: Is 60mm to low to go?

by v6 steve » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:33 pm

i would only drop 40mm max 60mm is just to far
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Re: Is 60mm to low to go?

by RobbieV » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:45 pm

I did 60mm on a previous V6 ............ lasted 8 hrs then back to normal :lol:
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Re: Is 60mm to low to go?

by v6 steve » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:57 pm

RobbieV wrote:I did 60mm on a previous V6 ............ lasted 8 hrs then back to normal :lol:



only 8 hours your keen if i had done all that work there is no way i would be doing it again 8 hours latter it would be on for at least 12 hours :lol:
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Re: Is 60mm to low to go?

by RobbieV » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:05 pm

v6 steve wrote:
RobbieV wrote:I did 60mm on a previous V6 ............ lasted 8 hrs then back to normal :lol:



only 8 hours your keen if i had done all that work there is no way i would be doing it again 8 hours latter it would be on for at least 12 hours :lol:


:lol: ..... i felt every bump and dip in the road, it was bloody awful :lol:
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Re: Is 60mm to low to go?

by v6 steve » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:10 pm

RobbieV wrote:
v6 steve wrote:
RobbieV wrote:I did 60mm on a previous V6 ............ lasted 8 hrs then back to normal :lol:



only 8 hours your keen if i had done all that work there is no way i would be doing it again 8 hours latter it would be on for at least 12 hours :lol:


:lol: ..... i felt every bump and dip in the road, it was bloody awful :lol:



that might have been because it was g-max :lol:
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Re: Is 60mm to low to go?

by RobbieV » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:18 pm

v6 steve wrote:that might have been because it was g-max :lol:


Gmax kit would have been better actually :dance: because i used some crappy spax 60mm springs that were s***e !
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Re: Is 60mm to low to go?

by BazV6er » Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:26 am

splinters must of been a nightmare at times lol
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