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[P6UL K]

Evening all,

Before i take the plunge and order up my suspension i'm wondering if those of you would kindly post up a photo of either side of your car and a brief detail of how much you have lowered your car by and what with i.e. Macpheson Struts or Coilovers, this goes for estates and saloons.

I own an estate and i'm in a quandary about how much to lower my car by.. 20, 30, 40 or even 50mm?? I don't want to go to low, but it does need lowering a bit and the shocks SO need replacing, their leaking and have definately seen better days!

Heres how my car stands currently:



Shes now on MV6 17in wheels 

[blackviper90210]

Mine has been lowered prior to me getting her. I believe by 20mm, but will have to check.  If the weather stays dry long enough, I'll take some pictures tomorrow and post them

[Sam Burton]

wish the back end of my motor was that low at standard

[blackviper90210]

wish the back end of my motor was that low at standard

Stick my ex wife in the back, that'll lower it down! (May scrape the undercarriage though)

[P6UL K]

Mine has been lowered prior to me getting her. I believe by 20mm, but will have to check.  If the weather stays dry long enough, I'll take some pictures tomorrow and post them

Thank you 

[P6UL K]

wish the back end of my motor was that low at standard

Mines only that low due to the overweight Officers that had abused it for years and 160k odd miles, its 'still' on the original, broken self-levelling suspension!

[pauls]

Hi i have just had mine done by daz. b4 shocks all round steinmetz springs(sorry if spelt wrong)
its dropped it by 30mm. looks good and handles a lot better

[pauls]

If you look at the hampshire meet page 4 you will see my green one

[blackviper90210]

As promised, some pictures of my mig that is lowered....





I can't remember by how much this is lowered by, still looking, but iirc it has B4 shocks and Irmscher springs.

Now I'm not worldly experienced with cars and migs, but I must say the handling is superb compared to my previous Elite's. It goes round corners on rails without the wallowing you get with the standard Elite set up, but it's not harsh!

HTH's

[barclay03]

MV6 with coilovers on.. not sure how much its lowered by, i jus did it til looked nice. The handling is changed immensely, it now corners without feeling like the wing mirrors will touch the ground :lol: I can throw it into tight corners at a fair speed and it keeps traction...previously it would be all over the place.







As you can see the front tyres just sit nicely in the arches. The rear was lower but had to lift it slightly because i was catching on my driveway. Theres 25mm wheel spacers fitted aswell (rears werent on in those pics)

[tgm147]

Barclay03 your car looks brilliant.



That's on 30mm Weitec springs at the front and standard CD ones at the back. Koni Sport shocks fitted all round. They weren't on the front in this picture but it made no change to the ride height.

[barclay03]

Thanks... the rear used to sit like...

[P6UL K]

If you look at the hampshire meet page 4 you will see my green one

Which one is it matey?  NOt been able to get a clear side shot of it...

[P6UL K]

I got one of my mates to photoshop mine so i get an idea of how it will sit...

Before:







Low:



Lower:



Obviously the latter photo is extreme but the one above that looks a good level to me 

[pauls]

Which one is it matey?  NOt been able to get a clear side shot of it...[/quote]

Sorry mate will get a couple of clear photo's on hear later