been looking around recently and i cant find any 60mm springs or full kits that are 60mm. i take it that 25mm and 40mm are the norm, but surely 60mm's must be about?


can anyone point me in the right direction?

cheers guys.

 

60mm is just too low mate. 25-35mm is spot on for these cars.

 

as Oranoco says!! 60 mm is just WAY too low!!

 

not even if i buy the shocks to match? does 60mm just give you an uncomfortable ride on these cars? or does it really affect them?


i'd like to try 60mm first, and if it is to uncomfortable then switch to 40mm.

 

at the end of the day mate it's your choice but, dropping it that far will have an adverse effect on the steering rack amongst other things!! and you'll have a horrible ride! plus you wont be able to drive over a small pebble without the exhaust catching!!

 

shite yeah forgot that the exhaust goes under the beam on these.


i still wanna try 60mm though, whats wrong with me

 

And it will handle like a big piece of shit and shaft front tyres at a daft rate as the camber will be way off. 30mm on Koni or Spax Shock absorbers. It's tried and tested for a good reason.

 

I had 60mm on mine,so did tonyturbo.Gotta be looooooow IMO,of course

 

if you got the dollar go for coil overs and then you can try it!! you'll soon be putting it back up though!!!!!

 

hehe thats what i mean

 

gotta be a coilover kit if you want to go lower than 40mm really

AVO kit is about £550

 

My last series 2, I lowered by 60mm and handling wasnt too bad but the exhaust scrapped as soon as the car hit any bumps and speed bumps were a big no no as the just kept taking the rear clamp off. I'd listen and only drop by 40mm unless your going the coilover route.

Hope this helps

 

Ive had 5 rst I fitted all with 60mm. You must be the same as me good and low. You have to buy them for an mk3/4 xr3 then they are 60mm. Dont get g max there 60mm still looks like 40mm. PI are the best in my eyes if you want 2 go low. These are pics of my old ones https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=160928

 

Fook it jus cut the springs LOL

 

My cabby is decked what can only be 60mm, and theres id say about 6" clearance from the ground, and its bumpy as fuck. TOO LOW!!!!!!

It aint worth it mate, im guna put some higher springs on, you'll go through tyres on the front like mad aswell they have very bad camber problems!

 

OMG u animal lol

I know someone years ago had a cabby, cut the springs a good 3 coils i reckon, first time he drove it the rear springs fell out, thing was decked, then about a week later he came on a cruise with a full car, thing wasnt an inch lower it was on the bump stops!!! Not worth it mate, dont cut em

 

that bloke forgot the cable ties to hold em in LOL

 

not gonna be cutting em, done that before! lmao!


decided that im gonna go 60mm. ive done uncomfortable rides before, im sure i can handle it again if not you can all tell me 'i told you so' when i post up complaining about it


im having a damn slight trouble finding any though. no matter where i look they dont do 60mm! anyone???? help!

 

i have some on ma car that im wanting rid off as i dont like it that low

 

outrageous!!!!!!!!!!!

 

OMG

Thats almost as rough as when my other mate lapped his valves in with the power drill

 

Ok, ive found the springs that i need, but now i need shocks.


Gonna search ebay etc for some aftermarket shocks, but are xr3i items the same as RST's?


I only ask because a spring kit i found said that these springs in question would lower an xr3i by 40mm....... but ONLY lower an RST by 25mm?????


Is this down to the shocks?


Thanks guys.

 

Reason for that being an RS is lower than an XR3i from the factory.

Not the shocks.

 

ok so xr3i springs..... in either xr3i or rst aftermarket shocks will lower me by 60mm right?



is it just the springs that are the difference from factory?

 

To the best of my knowledge the shocks are the same, ive fitted an RS shock to the front of my Orion, i know ALL the Escort/orion shocks all have exactly the same fitment, the higher models such as RS XR's etc may be more heavy duty than say a popular, but im sure they are all exactly the same.

The RS had slightly lower springs from the factory, so whatever it states for an XR3i it will be slightly less on a RS becuase they are already that little bit lower.

If u go to low your guna have an awful drive, the car will tram line all across the road, you'll chew tyres up on the front in a couple of thousand miles, have chronic problems with rubbing, and worstly, YOU WILL WRECK THE CAR silly low springs stress everything out crack joints and then rust sets in and you can guess the rest

 

The shocks arnt the same they look the same. The Piston is shorter on a rs shock you want 60mm pi look the nuts all mine drove great needed the tracking doing after fitting.

 

pi springs for a xr3i Xlow kit??

go 60mm mate looks mean as fook and handles sweet most ppl on here love comfatable rides and handilng where as i love the lowness lol its all good apart from having to zig zag sleeping policemen lol


go for it mate pic of mine on 17s 60mm on pi spings and no clerance probs at all!!!!!






like turbo cat siad av it lol


turboscats old s2 was very low

 

Mine rub SOOOOOOO bad

Ive ground the rear arches out as far as they'll go, made a right mess out of one of my tyres before i ground them

I'm obviously lower then you

 

lol


lol bugger

 

Its a race to get your car on the bump stops by the looks of it then

No cutting of springs though

Winner until beaten

 

G MAX 60MM

 

How can you build a car to that standard and then fit it with a shonky suspension kit

 

taking it gmax are pump ???

im pi al the way never had anyprobs with then and there the way i wanted it to feel and look

 

From personal experience I wouldn't use a G-Max kit for anything other than weighing down a dead car thief in a canal. Koni or Spax all the way

 

only ever had spax once on a old mk4 and they where nice and stiff and good too

 

cos i am a tight coooooont all the way. the g_max kit was a stop gap till i got my coil overs but they never got fitted as i sold the car.

but personally i actually quite liked the g_max kit.(please dont slate me to much)

 

I have mine -40mm with Spax Adjustables.......


-60mm is WAY to Low, it totatlly ruins the ride and handling Why buy a performance orientated car then ruin its main attributes?