yeah super lows...this is a bluebird tho. piece of piss to cut, its just a foam rubber ring about 2" wide and high. sits on top of the shiney piston bit of the shock (lovely tech term :) just pull your struts out, then undo the bolt off the top and pull the bump stop out, then cut it in half with a hacksaw or similar..... easy as
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Firman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 4:31 AM Subject: Re: front suspension > 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
