Lowering... job Not impressed :(

[dede]

had my ibiza lowerd today 40mm spring
i was expecting it to look a lot lower thank what it does

not to happy with it

will this drop any more after the springs settle ?

thanks

will get some pics up

 

[truss]

what springs you used? get a pic up!

 

[dede]

what springs you used? get a pic up!

think they were g max

pic to come .....

 

[truss]

cool

 

[dede]

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[ROB IS THE STIG]

Hmmmm i se wot u mean!!

Im unsure whether u will get much more drop than that tbh.

 

[dede]

wishing now i had of gone for around 60 now ffs

 

[ROB IS THE STIG]

Yeah i can understand that, fingers crossed it drops some more

 

[Adz.21]

yeah it doesnt appear to have dropped much, I expected it to sit alot lower than that until the photo loaded hmm.. at least i guess i know to get more than a 40 drop in mine!

 

[SteveC123]

Mine is lower than that.

Will post up some pics when I'm classed as a full member.

 

[GlanzaV]

They will settle but I don't think it'll go too much lower unfortunately!

I'm also sure my car sits lower on standard suspension - although I've still got the standard sport wheels on??

 

[Ultra_Joel88]

This is why I went for coilovers.

I went for just springs on my last car and was never happy with the ride or the height.

 

[CJRamze]

Its because the rear is alot higher than the front.
Personally I dont think 40's enough.
80 minimum

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Not surprised your not impressed... here are some pics of mine with just Eibach lowering springs on (30mm front and 20mm rear I think they are!) Yours doesn't even look like its been lowered at all. Most folks on here would say you should just go for a set of coilovers for the drop you want!

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[techathy]

If my old Mazda 323 was anything to wait a few months before passing judgement. At install they were something like -15mm but about 2 months latter they were about the right drop. Oh the other thing which is typical of gmax springs is they also like to sag over time but they are cheap, I guess you get what you pay for.

 

[m0rk]

they are cheap, I guess you get what you pay for.

Bingo - buy some eibachs if you must have springs only, and sell on the gmax

 

[Nath.]

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My dad's 1.4 sportrider is lower than that with stock springs/dampers.

In fact my dad's was lower than my mk4 Fr when I had it too and both cars had the same wheels as stock too.

Seats can be a bit strange when it comes to ride height, look at my sig pic, that's stock but I have seen another one round my way that looks like a 4x4.

 

[L14M_T]

I used Apex 35mm springs on my 1.2 and it dropped hell of a lot and the springs did bed in more over a couple of weeks. Im glad I didnt go much lower on mine as the front tyres are just off the archliner now, i cant get my hand in there when it's on the floor! Take the springs back off mate and flog them on and either buy a different brand or coilovers.

 

[dede]

I used Apex 35mm springs on my 1.2 and it dropped hell of a lot and the springs did bed in more over a couple of weeks. Im glad I didnt go much lower on mine as the front tyres are just off the archliner now, i cant get my hand in there when it's on the floor! Take the springs back off mate and flog them on and either buy a different brand or coilovers.

it cost me 70quid to get them fitted so
they would prob charge me another 70 ffs

 

[josh263uk]

I used Apex 35mm springs on my 1.2 and it dropped hell of a lot and the springs did bed in more over a couple of weeks. Im glad I didnt go much lower on mine as the front tyres are just off the archliner now, i cant get my hand in there when it's on the floor! Take the springs back off mate and flog them on and either buy a different brand or coilovers.

Have you got any piccys of a side on view of your car with the Apex springs. I have just fitted them to my ibiza, seen a drop of around 1.5 cm so far, but only been on 3/4 days.