corsa_godfather
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Registered: 6th May 03
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how much ground clearance will i have??will i get over standard height of speed bumps???few pics would be helpful
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Exhaust will probably scrape on speed bumps
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corsa_godfather
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Registered: 6th May 03
Location: Greenock,Scotland
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just have to get strait through pipe lol
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Look in my garage for ground clearance with 16's and a 60mm drop, not the same but it might help a little.
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
Location: Hereford Drives: Audi R8 V8
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15's dropped 60. 17s going on soon tho
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Makarus
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Registered: 25th Jun 02
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I have 15's on 195/45 profile tyres, here are a few pics to give you an idea.


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Makarus
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It actually sits lower now that the suspension has beded in. Hope that helps.
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Colin
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get rid of that center box and you should be fine
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Kris TD
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i was runnign around -60mm on 13" steels for a few weeks. cant say i had any problems with grounding out anything, i had standard bumpers on.
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Makarus
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That aint the centre box mate, thats my CAT. Had the centre silencer removed and replaced.
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Cybermonkey
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quote: Originally posted by Nath
Look in my garage for ground clearance with 16's and a 60mm drop, not the same but it might help a little.
When you had standard 3spokes on, how come you had 165/65R14 tyres on??? were they standard???
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Nath
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quote: Originally posted by Cybermonkey24
quote: Originally posted by Nath
Look in my garage for ground clearance with 16's and a 60mm drop, not the same but it might help a little.
When you had standard 3spokes on, how come you had 165/65R14 tyres on??? were they standard???
Dunno mate, bought the car with them on and when it came to replacing them i just got what size i already had on. Why? What size should they be?
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Demo
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Registered: 27th Sep 01
Location: south wales Drives: astra sri ecoflex
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plenty of ground clearance on mine. dropped 60mm running on 195/50/15 rubber. although i did beach on a nasty speed bump once before. and when parking on curbs, the front splitter has a tendancy to fold and the exhaust manifold and middle box scrape. so just dont park on curbs




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Dav
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Registered: 23rd Jul 02
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quote: Originally posted by Cybermonkey24
quote: Originally posted by Nath
Look in my garage for ground clearance with 16's and a 60mm drop, not the same but it might help a little.
When you had standard 3spokes on, how come you had 165/65R14 tyres on??? were they standard???
That's what were on my standard 14" 3 spokes too, and they were off a 1.4 Sport.
What should be on them like, as I need 4 new tyres now.
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Dav
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quote: Originally posted by Kris TD
i was runnign around -60mm on 13" steels for a few weeks. cant say i had any problems with grounding out anything, i had standard bumpers on.
I did that for a few weeks over last Xmas too. I had no problem on 13" steelies, lowered 60mm and car full of 5 passengers.
Gonna be doing it again this Winter but on my standard 14" 3 spokes this time..
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Demo
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im gonna be going back to my shagged 14" voodoos when the shote weather comes too
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