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[swordfish]

im after lowering the rear of my 2000 elite are mv6 springs a bit shorter.  thanks

[feeutfo]

They are on the face lift.

Referred to as lowered sports chassis. Only face lift 2.2 sport and face lift mv6 has Lsc.

15mm lower than stock.

[swordfish]

will i be able to adjust the self leveling so it dont, go up to high

[feeutfo]

will i be able to adjust the self leveling so it dont, go up to high

Yes, but you'll have to come up with something to shorten the link arm on the sensor. Either bending the original(not that easy as its got plastic ends) or make a new one out of coat hanger wire wrapped around the ball joints. Or similar.

But if your looking for improved damping and ride, and DON'T tow or carry heavy loads bin the SL. It's great for levelling but the damping is poor.

[feeutfo]

See the guide on testing SL if that helps...?

[swordfish]

yes thanks but i dont know about coat hanger wire  will fab something else . if i bin the sl with 4 in the car it looks shite [back end to low] so need to keep that . thanks again 

[feeutfo]

yes thanks but i dont know about coat hanger wire  will fab something else . if i bin the sl with 4 in the car it looks shite [back end to low] so need to keep that . thanks again 

....Or similar! 

[omega3000]

will i be able to adjust the self leveling so it dont, go up to high

Yes, but you'll have to come up with something to shorten the link arm on the sensor. Either bending the original(not that easy as its got plastic ends) or make a new one out of coat hanger wire wrapped around the ball joints. Or similar.

But if your looking for improved damping and ride, and DON'T tow or carry heavy loads bin the SL. It's great for levelling but the damping is poor.

So the ride height can be changed , i didnt know that  sorry for the stupid question but why do you have to wrap wire around the ball joints 

[feeutfo]

will i be able to adjust the self leveling so it dont, go up to high

Yes, but you'll have to come up with something to shorten the link arm on the sensor. Either bending the original(not that easy as its got plastic ends) or make a new one out of coat hanger wire wrapped around the ball joints. Or similar.

But if your looking for improved damping and ride, and DON'T tow or carry heavy loads bin the SL. It's great for levelling but the damping is poor.

So the ride height can be changed , i didnt know that  sorry for the stupid question but why do you have to wrap wire around the ball joints 

The height of the sensor arm dictates the height of the self levelling suspension ( not the ride height of the car that's set by the springs)
So if the springs are changed to give a different ride height, the self levelling has to be re set to the new height.
 This should be done by tech2 but the ecu won't communicate on the ones I've seen. So to get round that the level arm on the sensor needs to be set lower, to the suspension arm it connects to.
You can either bend the original, but if the plastic ball joints brake while bending, you'll need to come up with another solution. It's not ideal, but a coat hanger wire warped around the ball joints •-• in a sort of figure of 8 to in effect, make a new arm.

Something more sturdy would be more suitable though, right enough.



Having said all that, and forgive me, it's been a while, iirc mine seemed to recalibrate it's self fairly well in the end. So maybe try that first, see how you go.

[omega3000]

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