Mistamist
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Registered: 16th Jul 03
Location: Gillingham, Kent
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I running a drop of 40 mm all round on spax springs with the standard dampers....there is a sort of clinking sound from both front and rear of the car when going ovr sharp bumps what is this noize and how can i fix it?
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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shokcs bottoming out due to not being uprated when using lowering springs probably.
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Mistamist
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what does that mean?
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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it meens your shocks are bottoming out, ie using all there travel.
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Kris TD
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by using lowering springs on standard shocks you have limited the travel on the suspention upwards by 40mm. you need stiffer/shorter shocks to stop this happening.
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Mistamist
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seems simple enough so i just rip out the old ones and put in some shiney new ones?
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OzzySRi
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Registered: 18th Jun 02
Location: Sydney, Australia Drives: Corsa C 1.8 SRi
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just a quick thing for all the ''low riders'' out there to try. Next time u have ur cars up on jacks get a plastic zip ties n tie it around the shock shafts. Take ur car out for a fang thru some corners then check out how far the zip ties were pushed up. For those with stock shockies... u'll be surprised how easily they'll get bottomed out 
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