L16 JAY - Super Clean Platinum Grey LCR Project - ***MEGUIARS COMP PICS***

[TheBigGM]

The R caps are sweet!

 

[J@mes W]

Nice LCR fella, love the wheels. Thinking of a similar colour for my wheels. It would look hard as nail with a modest drop!

 

[L16JAY]

Cheers dude. They look awsome in the sun. Funny you should say that as my coilovers are on order and I will be fitting them within the next few weeks

 

[J@mes W]

Good work, it will looks awesome with a lower stance. What coilovers did you go for?

 

[L16JAY]

Yeh man. It needs to be lower as it's on front and rear strut braces ATM and it's real twitchy in the bends. A touch lower to earth it'll be awsome handling wise. I went for AP coilovers and I'll be rebuilding the whole top mount construction with new OEM parts.

 

[J@mes W]

With front and rear strut braces that's going to handle lovely. Heard some good things about AP coilovers.

Get some pictures up as soon as you've got them fitted!

 

[L16JAY]

Yeh I was fortunate to have a decent budget for suspension but for under £400, AP seem great. I went out in Ape's which has the same set up and that felt perfect. Yeh man as soon as it's done I'll get the pics up

 

[Murdered LCR]

I have those center caps , would loose the k1 badge tho

 

[8bit]

Nice car, very tidy Can I ask where you got those center caps on your alloys?

 

[L16JAY]

Nice car, very tidy Can I ask where you got those center caps on your alloys?

Cheers buddy. I got them off eBay mate. I think they're 63mm.

 

[8bit]

Cool, will take a look. Like the wheel colour, a bit different from black or anthracite

 

[L16JAY]

Yeh it's Ford Magnum Grey metallic. It's got a slight bluey tint which I wasn't expecting but I like how they turned out.

 

[L16JAY]

Update:

COILOVERS!!! YES!!!

Got these AP coilovers and also ordered brand new top mount construction so once they arrive Ill be fitting them. Cant wait!

 

[DOLBY]

cool car matey, but i wouldnt drop it 40mm like you said in the first post...maximum 30mm or your sump will get killed!!!!

 

[L16JAY]

Really? Do they sit that low?

 

[George 3G]

When you look at Lowered LCRs Jay, the front splitter isn't actually the lowest part of the car

 

[DOLBY]

trust me bud, 25mm will still look low but the car will be fine sump wise, 30mm you are pushing it...anything more is a no no...

mine is around 25mm handles fantastic although im on KW V3s. It is a little hard, but when i get the time i will make them softer.

 

[L16JAY]

Joking. Hmm OK we'll I've got plenty of time to have a decent play with them and see how things go. Cheers for the heads up though lads.

 

[James23Parkin]

Hi Jay,

Lovely looking car mate. The colour of your wheels offers a really nice contrast to the colour of the car. Your cupboard of goodies looks brilliant!

The coilovers look very shinny! I would agree with Dolby but, it depends on what roads you drive, in my opinion. Some seem to have dropped their cars 50 - 60mm with no dramas. I personally think that that's too low from a practical point of view, although it can look great that low. I live in the sticks and the roads surrounding me are terrible country roads; at standard ride height, the engine floor cover catches all the time. I've had a set of coilovers sat in the shed for over a year whilst I've deliberated over fitting them. I will be but I'm only gonna drop it 20mm or so, until I grow the confidence to go lower.

Good luck with fiiting them mate

 

[L16JAY]

Cheers for the comment James. I'm looking to drop it around 30mm front and 20mm rear to begin with and see how I get on. I have fitted the rears but still waiting in my front top mount parts before I can build the front.