Ben, are your front king springs the 'super low' ones? i was going to buy these but i might have a go at cutting my bump stops first. Is it very difficult? can anyone explain whats involved (how to) ?? Thanks heaps, Mark.
--- "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i have progressive king sprigns all round in my car, and i had to cut the >bump stops because it was sitting on them and was so hard the front end kept >getting airbourne > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Firman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:21 AM >Subject: Re: front suspension > > >> yeah i could do that, but the front suspension is so bloody hard that i >want to do something that will give me a less rough ride, but hopefully >better street handling. I would have thought that a front end that is really >stiff and without any travel would have handled well, but in fact for a road >car it is bloody annoying! I want the front end to be stiff, but not so much >that there is no travel because it is hell on the street! >> So, i want to know - if i put some full progressive king springs in, will >i achieve this? Or should i put some gas shocks in instead/first? >> any ideas or reccomendations would be good. >> >> Cheers, >> Mark. >> >> --- "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >cut the bump stops in half...this gave me an extra inch of travel >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "Mark Firman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 6:41 PM >> >Subject: front suspension >> > >> > >> >> Hi listers, >> >> >> >> My front suspension has virtually no travel at all and it is really >> >starting to shit me. It is lowered so my guess is the springs have been >cut >> >at some stage :( . My question is would replacing just the springs >improve >> >the travel and make my car handle better? or is it a combination of >springs >> >and shocks i need to improve it? i know the best option is getting both >> >springs and some gas shocks, but i can't afford both right now. by the >way >> >the car is a 1600 and i have 240K struts in it. >> >> >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated! >> >> Thanks heaps, >> >> >> >> Mark. >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________ >> >> Get Your free Ozdat Email Account >> >> ---> http://www.ozdat.com >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________ >> >> Promote your group and strengthen ties to your members with >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] by Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net/?btn=tag >> >> >> > >> >> _____________________________________________________________ >> Get Your free Ozdat Email Account >> ---> http://www.ozdat.com >> >> _____________________________________________________________ >> Promote your group and strengthen ties to your members with >[EMAIL PROTECTED] by Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net/?btn=tag >> > _____________________________________________________________ Get Your free Ozdat Email Account ---> http://www.ozdat.com _____________________________________________________________ Promote your group and strengthen ties to your members with [EMAIL PROTECTED] by Everyone.net http://www.everyone.net/?btn=tag --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
