do you need dampers if you go lower than 50mm

1. DundeeUnited Established Member Joined: Nov 2010 Invergowrie Posts: 1006 Saxo VTR

   #1 3rd February 2011, 23:54

   as above, kuz im sure iv heard a few people saying it?
2. Bedford126 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH

   #2 4th February 2011, 00:19

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by DundeeUnited as above, kuz im sure iv heard a few people saying it?

   as a unwritten rule anything over 40mm needs dampers but its up to you. standard dampers are not built to handle the car being that low so uprated ones are advised.
3. VTHall Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Apr 2010 Telford Posts: 4501 Black corsa c SXI.

   #3 4th February 2011, 12:04

   exactly as above, i know loads of people with just 60mm springs and everything has been ok.
4. jambo18 Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 fife Posts: 429 gold mk2 vtr

   #4 4th February 2011, 21:46

   Am down 50mm on the standard dampers and it's been fine so far
5. harry289 Established Member Joined: Oct 2009 Lincolnshire Posts: 1633 Icelandic Grey Saxo VTR

   #5 4th February 2011, 21:49

   Can be bumpy as the damper is compressed more. meaning the smaller bumps you hit will feel much larger than they are.
   
   Going lower than 40mm, Blistein B8's could be a good purchase. All depending on how much you want to spend and what you use your car for.
   
   You could get away with just springs if you don't drive your car hard.
6. user_15989 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4857

   #6 4th February 2011, 21:55

   I would strongly recommend shorter and stiffer dampers for 50mm. Ideally you would want to uprate the rear bars as well but most people don't bother. Plenty of people have fail MOTs for having springs falling out for there pans. Bottoming a car out also tends to damage things. There are tones of threads about dead dampers, dead drive shafts and such like. It also tend to make the car quite unpredictable when the bottom out.
7. steve27 Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 134

   #7 4th February 2011, 22:01

   if u plan to lower it just for cosmetic reasons i wouldnt worry about it, but if you're gonna give it some stick i'd either go 40mm and get upper and lower strut braces or go 50+ with uprated dampers.
8. Tweenyvts Newbie Joined: Feb 2011 Peterhead Posts: 8 Saxo vts

   #8 4th February 2011, 23:38

   I have lowered my torsion bar 2 clicks does any 1 know if d2 dampers for an old 205 would be a gd set up ?
9. tillygti6 Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 897 106 ph1 rallye 106 gti 106 hybrid thing GTI~6

   #9 5th February 2011, 08:49

   dont forget the implications with the powersteering components that get smashed to bits by the steering arms when you go very low.
   its very much dependant what model you started with as obviously the sporty models are lower to start with! dropping a 1.1 50mm wont be a problem with standard dampers but a vts/rallye/gti at 50 will need to exercise a lot or care when doing it,