hey i bought a 2008 focus style recently and im thinking of making it a lil more head turning..
basically all i have done is a few cheap small things like the parking lights, number plate lights, and the number plates themselves..
i recently got a set of HID's for the dips and am still waiting on the second set for the fogs lights..
but when i get the put in im thinking of dropping it.. but how much should i drop it? and should i drop it on springs or coilovers?

thanks in advance for any advice..

 

It depends what your budget is, if you can afford coilovers, buy them, if not, springs will do. As for dropping it, what do you want? To have a car that looks good or handles well? If its handling, I'd only go down by 30-40mm (and to be honest if you can only afford springs this is as far as I'd go), if your going for looks then I'd say 60mm, but on coilovers

 

wel i have the HID's bought for me so thats €200 of what i need.. i got a quote for springs in a performance shop at €130 i think it was and €230 for coilovers.. and then €100 to fit them along with the HID's.. i'd be aiming for looks rather than handling.. i dont really drive it that hard only once in a blue moon.. also when i was in the shop i was told that id be best to drop it on springs as coilovers only last 2 years :/

 

Ditch the HID kit, they are nasty!

If you just want looks then just put a big fuck off set of wheels on it and slam it as low as it will go. A decent brand of coilovers will last you well, stay away from the cheaper stuff.

 

wel the HID's are already got.. why are the nasty?
when i bought it had a new set of rims but they only 16's so they look tiny on it with its big empty arches.. but aduno what type of alloys to throw on it.. i dont wana loose power and handling by putting big rims on it.. so what size would be best? btw its a silver 5 dr

here is a picture of how it looks now
http://i1323.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSCN0116.jpg

 

If you have projector type headlamps and haven't gone for a colour temp over 6000k then stick with them but only in the dipped beam and nowhere else. If you have reflector type lamps and or have gone for a colour temp of 8000k or higher, take them out and ebay them.

I would get a nice set of wheels and lower it, nice exhaust and leave it alone

 

they arnt in it yet they still in the box until i decide how to lower it.. not sure what type of lights they are.. kinda just asked performance shop for a set of 8000k H7's to suit 08 focus style..

only prob il have is getting shot of the wheels that are on it..
as for exhaust its a diesel with a dpf so cant do anything really can i?

 

Fit the zetec s body kit.

 

iirc an 08 Focus could have either. Do they have a dome piece of glass over the dipped beam bulb, like this?



If so it's a projector and you'll be ok with a HID kit as long as you make sure they are aligned correctly. Technically they aren't legal as they won't have levelling on the suspension and headlamp washers but.... And I'm afraid to say 8000k is far too blue to be any use. Take them backif you can and swap them for a set of ideally 4300k but certainly nothing over 6000k.

If it doesn't look like that then you have a reflector type lense and should absolutely not fit a HID kit as the light will scatter and you will dazzle every other poor sod on the road.

 

+1 on avoiding cheap coilovers, get some proper ones, expensive but last far longer.

 

Go to Ford and buy a set of Eibach springs, ST or Kuga wheels look well on them and a Zetec S rear bumper and Kit

 

i think its the reflective type

i dont think i will be able to afford a full kit to be sprayed and fitted along with springs.. i dont want to spend too much on it..

 

so how much should i pay for coilovers? for them to be of good quality? and will my car pass the NCT with them in, remembering in in southern Ireland, or will i have to put the standard springs back in??

 

No idea on the NCT, don't see why it would fail though as long as the tyres aren't catching the arch and it's not so low that it won't go on the testers ramp.

Have a loo at brands like KW, spax, gaz etc. They're supposed to be alright, although I don't really know too much about them to comment further. They are supposed to be VERY firm though!

 

also will it leave my car very bouncy as if in a paint shaker style thing.. i was in a lowered almera before and it was so shaky and bouncy that it started loosing parts like the headlights and dash and it was slowly destroying the car..