Anyone Found any problems with lowering cars?

1. Darlo-paul Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2008 Darlington Co Durham Posts: 2589 55 Plate Corsa C 1.2 16V Sxi

   #1 13th October 2010, 15:46

   A friend lowered his car and he turned the corner quickly and his drive shaft popped out. Will this be a problem for myself? (my car has springs all round), I was thinking of getting coil overs but only lowering it slightly. If anyone can think of anything that could possibly go wrong please let me know
2. user_26153 Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Blackpool, UK (occasionaly Isle Of Wight) Posts: 1121 Citroen Saxo VTR 2001 Eunos Roadster

   #2 13th October 2010, 16:03

   PAS pipes tend to burst on lowered Saxos if not bent out the way.
3. Darlo-paul Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2008 Darlington Co Durham Posts: 2589 55 Plate Corsa C 1.2 16V Sxi

   #3 13th October 2010, 16:22

   Ok
   What other damage is caused?
   Also does cornering the car quickly cause any damage?
4. MintedSaxo Established Member Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1831

   #4 13th October 2010, 16:35

   the life of parts will be reduced due to strain on them, but driveshaft really shouldnt popp out, as it cannot move
5. stroutsy Frequent Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Deal, kent Posts: 625 saxo vee tea are

   #5 13th October 2010, 17:07

   my washer jets blocked up when my car got lowered
6. stupotvtr Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2007 EDINBURGH Posts: 3143 BMW e36 328i sport

   #6 13th October 2010, 17:22

   On saxos as said pas pipe on mk2s may need bent out the way, rearbeam can be lowered incorrectly causing bearings to fail then the rear axel will show bad camber. Also if it's excessively lowered (80mm etc) on the rear the bumpstops will hit causing the car to skip about.
7. user_39740 Established Member Joined: Dec 2009 near manchester Posts: 1190 vtr'd FURIO....

   #7 13th October 2010, 23:00

   Day to day driving is pretty crap with rattles and speed bumps are a pain in the arse .Depending how low you are going .
8. saxo_singh Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2009 Birmingham Posts: 4289 02 VTR'd Furio, 07 Audi A4 Avant S Line

   #8 14th October 2010, 00:01

   Speeed bumps are my problem, have to go over them on 1 side of the car, if you go straight over them, front bumper scrapes, and exhaust scrapes.
9. user_36974 Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2009 Manchester Posts: 570 Mercury Grey VT?

   #9 14th October 2010, 00:04

   depending on how far your going theres differnt things. ive had to lift my coolant pipe at the back of the engine away from the driveshaft. power steering pipes are usually a common one too.
10. Goldy7 L-plater Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 89

    #10 14th October 2010, 00:06

    Dont forget, if you have a brake bias valve it needs to be correctly adjusted otherwise you will lock up your back end, trust me i know lol. And unfortunitly iv been told you cant remove it
11. laberridge Established Member Joined: Mar 2009 rotherham Posts: 1369 saxo westcoast

    #11 14th October 2010, 00:12

    problems caused is: rubbing opf inner arches, plastic arches, rubbing PAS pump pie on mk2, life expectancy of dampers, more scrapes on the bumper and skirts. pot holes/bumps a lot more noticable.
    
    drive shaft should pop out, unless it was bolted in, or was never put in correctly in the first pace.
12. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

    #12 14th October 2010, 22:29

    cant see how the driveshaft came out. on thing i can think of is if the wishbone lower ball joint came undone somehow.
    
    im lowered upto70mm on the back and get no problems with anything whatsoever. Only the occasional scrape off the decat if i take a bump wrong