L33 LEG
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im thinking of buying some FK coilovers, is it right they only drop ur car by 80mm. and is the rear fixed or adjustable?
which coilovers drop further than 80mm
cheers
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Siberia
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fk highsports and konigsports will drop the car 75-80mm and they are are front AND rear adjustable
have fun fitting them though 
[Edited on 14-10-2004 by Siberia]
[Edited on 14-10-2004 by Siberia]
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L33 LEG
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i think im going to need my car lower than that. do any do 90 or 100mm drop?
ive heard they are hard to fit, what makes them so much harder than other suspension?
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Greg_M
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you can take the ring bit off apparently so matt.H told me at the east mids meet. they takes it down to about 85ish
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L33 LEG
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for example, if i buy a corsa B on 15s with a GSi front bumper, and lower it 80mm on FKs, will it be very low or just low to the ground?
ill try messing with the ring if it aint low enough
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big eck
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Is this for your saxo???
If so then why??? I thought you were selling it???
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L33 LEG
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im selling the saxo within the next few weeks hopefully. will be getting a nova or a corsa, ill proba end up with a corsa and want it slamming basically. was hoping i could go lower than 80mm
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mwg
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can you not get custom springs made? think it was some1 called SRI_M0ok or some similar username that had his lowered 100mm on custom springs
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Joff
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80mm and 15s... your car will struggle to get down the road.
If you're thinking of putting a 2 litre in then I'm assuming you actually want to be able to drive and enjoy the car? Go for a 40mm drop.
Cars look stupid when they're slammed to the floor - makes it look like someone's put your car on bricks.
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AdiSRI
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if you set the FK's as lowas you can go it would be very low, i did this at the back and the car sat on the wheel, the suspension wasnt taking the weight the wheel was....
Had it straight back up and raised it.
The fronts could also be set so low that you cudnt drive the casr, so i doubt u will be wanting to go lower...
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L33 LEG
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when and if the 2ltr goes in i will be able to higher the car, hence why coilovers will be a good choice. in the mean time i can play with the height.
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L33 LEG
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quote:
Originally posted by AdiSRI
if you set the FK's as lowas you can go it would be very low, i did this at the back and the car sat on the wheel, the suspension wasnt taking the weight the wheel was....
Had it straight back up and raised it.
The fronts could also be set so low that you cudnt drive the casr, so i doubt u will be wanting to go lower...
well ill may aswell buy the kit and find out how low it can go. ill probably raise it within a few weeks
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big eck
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Didnt a lot of people have problems with there FK coilovers???
I remember a group buy and also J100's ones breakin after only 400 miles (i think)
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AdiSRI
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if you do tho, FK make loads shorter front springs.......
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Siberia
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as joff said if you want to actually drive the car yer not going to be able to lower it 90mm.
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L33 LEG
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i dont think practical, so if i can find 90mm springs i will buy them and then later realise what ive done 
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by L33 LEG
i dont think practical, so if i can find 90mm springs i will buy them and then later realise what ive done
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