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Old Mar 6, 2010 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by milesy
£100?????? where have you been looking??? you can pick a set of decent lowering springs up for between £50-70 mate
looked at ebay and they were at 100, but looks like i didnt search enough!

Originally Posted by wozzy
fuck me!!! what a load of big fat hairy BOLLOCKS!!!!!! What a great example of internet car forum tuition coming from the 'barry bodgit crew' £50..........FIF-TY-FUCKIN-QUID for some lowering springs. thats all!!! But somehow i get the feeling that no matter how much people with half a brain cell will tell you to buy some lowering springs, you will still go out........... with an angle grinder............and cut the springs in half. Then respray the car with halfords 'matt blue'.......... in a dusty car park............ on a windy day!!! beautiful. Your masterpeice will soon be complete
No im not cutting them now hearing some expereinces. btw im going to baremetal the car new mudguards, bonnet and front panel

Originally Posted by st3v3
Ryan- ive done it before and i wouldnt do it again, hows the MOT's over there ? in uk if the spring drops when the wheels are off the ground fully ie: suspended then it can lead to an MOT fail, also, it can and will alter how the car suspension works in different situations, depending on cornering speeds etc etc.
not everyone is the same. but theyre abit a pain now mate so it will have a chance to fail.
Originally Posted by st3v3
missed them

will keep an eye on some bargains

Last edited by Ryan_3; Mar 6, 2010 at 02:42 PM.
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