Lowering Springs

1. MickyWelsh172 Established Member Joined: May 2010 Sunderland Posts: 1966 Clio Sport 172

   #1 24th December 2011, 15:55

   Does anyone on here recommend the Cituning Lowering springs for £55, or am i better off getting the Spax SSX Springs from Demontweeks for the same price???
   
   Both lower 60mm apparently?
2. Chris_O Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2007 Kent Posts: 4175 RB25'd s14a + 2008 MWB Transit

   #2 24th December 2011, 16:08

   Are you going to be using them with standard or uprated dampers?
3. MickyWelsh172 Established Member Joined: May 2010 Sunderland Posts: 1966 Clio Sport 172

   #3 24th December 2011, 16:52

   Probably just standard, all depending on what the MoT says on Wednesday, if they're fucked, gonna push the boat out in January
4. Chris_O Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2007 Kent Posts: 4175 RB25'd s14a + 2008 MWB Transit

   #4 24th December 2011, 17:09

   Well I haven't had any experience with those cituning springs, but what I will say is for the sake of how cheap some decent aftermarket dampers are these days, it's worth getting the whole package, will make a world of difference to just getting springs.
5. MickyWelsh172 Established Member Joined: May 2010 Sunderland Posts: 1966 Clio Sport 172

   #5 24th December 2011, 17:10

   When you say Uprated, do you mean the likes of the Spax ones that say Adjustable, like £88 each???
6. Stefan_Wood Established Member Joined: Sep 2011 Birmingham Posts: 1557 Furio, 306Hdi, Astra 1.9cdti

   #6 24th December 2011, 17:20

   i have some coilovers for sale looking for 120, adjustable 35-80mm if ur interested
7. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

   #7 24th December 2011, 17:49

   well the spax will only lower your car by 50mm so it might be worth trying out the cituning ones?
8. Monkey_Socks L-plater Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 39 Mk2 Burgandy Furio Project

   #8 24th December 2011, 18:12

   ive got spax on mine, they are ok but higly reccomend getting some stiffer dampners too
9. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

   #9 26th December 2011, 13:13

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by MickyWelsh1984 When you say Uprated, do you mean the likes of the Spax ones that say Adjustable, like £88 each???

   There are plenty of others, I got apex dampers for £55 each off kam racing
   
   And updated just means made for lowering sprimgs the majority of the time, they are shorter and stiffer, standard dampers are too long which means they are always under more commpression than they were designed for
10. saxovtrjar Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2011 wiltshire Posts: 261 Saxo VTR phase 1 (sold), Saxo VTR phase 2

    #10 27th December 2011, 13:40

    from personal experience i would push the boat out mate and buy a fuel lowering kit. apex do one for £211.99 posted if i remember rightly. also best to not go any lower than 35mm or you start having problems with tracking etc.
11. saxovtrjar Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2011 wiltshire Posts: 261 Saxo VTR phase 1 (sold), Saxo VTR phase 2

    #11 27th December 2011, 13:41

    forgot to say also any lower than 25 mm and its recommended that you uprate your shock as standard ones shit themselves after 25mm of lowering.
12. saxovtrjar Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2011 wiltshire Posts: 261 Saxo VTR phase 1 (sold), Saxo VTR phase 2

    #12 27th December 2011, 13:42

    also lowering more than 25mm - 30mm and most garages wont be able to do your tracking as the car will be too low as i found in the past and only place i could get to do it was ATS.
13. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

    #13 27th December 2011, 15:36

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by saxovtrjar from personal experience i would push the boat out mate and buy a fuel lowering kit. apex do one for £211.99 posted if i remember rightly. also best to not go any lower than 35mm or you start having problems with tracking etc.

    i agree it would be a wise move to just push the boat out and just buy the kit. However im not sure where you made up problems with tracking? The ride height has no effect on tracking.
    
    

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    Originally Posted by saxovtrjar forgot to say also any lower than 25 mm and its recommended that you uprate your shock as standard ones shit themselves after 25mm of lowering.

    Also the standard shocks wont shit themselves past 25mm. Generally people say the max you should go on standards is 40mm before you get wearing out problems, spring seating problems and a general shit handling/ride comfort.
    Many people have gone for 60mm lowering springs on standard shocks with no problems though. Sometimes the shocks last longer than you'd think
    
    

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    Originally Posted by saxovtrjar also lowering more than 25mm - 30mm and most garages wont be able to do your tracking as the car will be too low as i found in the past and only place i could get to do it was ATS.

    Saying 'most' garages is a bit extreme. you do get the odd garage who wouldnt do it but it all depends on what alignment system they are using. 25-30mm isnt low at all, it barely looks any different to the standard height