Gooner_Mike's Ibiza FR 20vt

[Gooner_Mike]

Lowering springs news

Should be getting springs fitted sometime this week by my neighbour at his work. Will obviously update with lots of pics when its done!

 

[st10587]

Should be getting springs fitted sometime this week by my neighbour at his work. Will obviously update with lots of pics when its done!

looking good! nearly ready for a mini meet

 

[Gooner_Mike]

looking good! nearly ready for a mini meet

Nearly. Hopefully with a little drop it won't look too bad next to yours...

What time do you knock off work as I could come up to Hindhead after work one day?

 

[Breezapom]

be nice to see what u think about just having springs

 

[st10587]

Nearly. Hopefully with a little drop it won't look too bad next to yours...

What time do you knock off work as I could come up to Hindhead after work one day?

i knock off at 5.30. it would have to be a mon, tue or thurs as the other days im busy.

im free this bank holiday

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Should look better now Mike! Anything's better than standard!

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Should look better now Mike! Anything's better than standard!

Hopefully! Not sure how its going to look until they are on really. Only after a subtle drop anyway!!

 

[MargheD]

Congrats Mike! Eibach is very very good.

 

[st10587]

Hopefully! Not sure how its going to look until they are on really. Only after a subtle drop anyway!!

i think it will look loads better! still think mine will make yours look like a tractor

 

[Gooner_Mike]

be nice to see what u think about just having springs

The FR ride is fairly firm as you know! The rear ARB stiffens things up at the back too. I reckon it will not make much difference to ride quality, just a little drop in height!

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Congrats Mike! Eibach is very very good.

So I have heard! The Germans and Yanks love them to bits from what I can gather. The plan is to run them on standard shocks until they are done for, then upgrade the shocks too!

 

[st10587]

i had eibachs on my fiat chinq and i have no complaints about them. they did not really change the ride quailty tbh. its mainly the shocks that will effect that.

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

i had eibachs on my fiat chinq

Haha! Unlucky!

 

[Gooner_Mike]

i had eibachs on my fiat chinq and i have no complaints about them. they did not really change the ride quailty tbh. its mainly the shocks that will effect that.

Plan is to run them on standard shocks until they begin to fail, then upgrade shocks to match... or coilovers!

 

[MargheD]

Shouldn't be too much of a strain on the shocks for at least 10000 miles or so if you do.
Can't wait to see the pics!

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Haha! Unlucky!

That's nice!

 

[st10587]

Haha! Unlucky!

hey it was a awesome little car!! what it lacked in power it made up for with subs!

 

[cupra.al]

car should sit nice on eibachs gooner mike,the more i see your wheels the more i like them too.
st10587 you had a fiat chinq lol you can super charge them lol.

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Shouldn't be too much of a strain on the shocks for at least 10000 miles or so if you do.
Can't wait to see the pics!

Looks like Wednesday for the fitting! It was going to be done on my drive, but my neighbour said it would be easier to do it at his garage (with lifts and power tools etc.)

 

[st10587]

Plan is to run them on standard shocks until they begin to fail, then upgrade shocks to match... or coilovers!

good plan! i was going to do this until my coilovers poped up