55mm drop on valver?

[tombambury]

I was looking at droping my valver 55mm on these springs
http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=1438
and obviously going as low as poss on the torsion bar at the back - as far as the front, where will it rub if anywhere if I drop it this much? Ive looked and it should clear the arch, its runnin on williams alloys with 195/50/15 rubber??

while im at it, how much lower will the back "roughly" go down?

[Justin..]

wont go down with just shocks. you need to adjust the torsion bar. so do it as much as you like lol. dont forget the brake bias valve or it will eat your rear breaks :lol: ive heard as much as 90mm it can be dropped, no idea what sort of arch clearance you'd get tho

[Lunner]

Not so much eat your rear brakes as lock the back end up and spin it round under heavy braking, will find back trying to over take the front lol

[lewis_willy2]

ive just dropped mine 55mm on the front and bout 60mm on the back but with 17's and cant have passenger in the back, soon to be raised and rid of the 17's! personally i think mine looks good low with the 17s but if i had 15's id go no more than 35mm front and back

[Coops]

mines crazy low and was on 17's so didnt notice! but with 15's its way low but i dont get any rubbing even with 5 peeps in the car but my rear shocks are seriously uprated!! car hardly moves!

[Riley]

mines dropped 55mm it sits quite low but not too low the tyres only slightly disapear into arches, handles ace thow

[tombambury]

thanks for the input guys, ok for handling I think i'm going togo for a 50mm drop all round. Just a few questions...

1. how do you adjust the brake bias valve and where is it
2. any tips on how to break the torsion bar free - apparently the splines rust :roll:
3. is the handling alright with out changing any shocks? (I kno my shock will probs only last a year if that on these springs but thats not a problem)

thanks in advance

[Clio_GTT]

To get the torsion bars to free up use loads of WD40 and give them a good whack, they can both come out the same side BTW, you don't need the puller tool, you can just whack em both out the same side. 55mm springs will be ok on std shocks for a while, but don't expect them to last years.

[Gav]

to get the bar out use the socket and thread method, sometimes there so seized the slide hammer wont do it.
Put wd40 on it about 2 days b4 u lower it

if ur lowering the front [expecially that much] buy new shocks and dampers for the back, renault ones wont last v long

good luck wit it fella

[tombambury]

ok the drop is coming up soon, waitin until my insurance runs out next week and then not gonna insure it again until its lowered.

Now i'm putting a front upper strut brace on and was thinking about getting a lower one for the front, but is this gonna cause problems on a 50mm drop?

Also are rear upper braces worth it, or shall I jsut stick to the front?

cheers guys

[Swervin_Mervin]

For handling? Don't drop it at all. :wink:

[tombambury]

atm i'm getting through tyres every 2.5k on the front, in my experience on my previous cars the fronts seem to last me twice as long afta lowering a car and letting it have abit of camber / \ . I am literally eating the edges off atm.

edit: and I'm just to poor to be shelling out in the long run on tyres

[Swervin_Mervin]

You shouldn't be getting through tyres that quickly unless you're wheelspinning everywhere.

[Coops]

damn right, my old 1.4 has had the same kumho tyres up front for 12k n they only just got a warning from mot!!!

[Swervin_Mervin]

I managed 18k on my last set of F1s.

[Coops]

kumho arte cheap crap tho innit, so i thought that was good!! :wink:

[Lunner]

kumho are ok

Nankangs are pretty good int eh dry but shiocking in teh wet

Proxies are ace in the dry, pretty good in the very wet, but shite in the damp

[Coops]

my mates got nakangs on the back of his mr2 turbo!! :shock: