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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 02:56 AM
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My car came with coilovers and its lowered 50mm,there's j's racing driveshaft spacers fitted too but im finding it too low with ramps and dont want to end up loosing my exhaust or mangling my sump.

What im wondering is can i adjust the coilovers so the car is higher (say a 25/30mm drop as opposed to 50) and leave the spacers in place or will they need to be removed?
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 03:00 AM
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You'll be fine with the spacers as they are
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 03:24 AM
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 03:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Hypersonik,Oct 24 2009, 12:00 PM
You'll be fine with the spacers as they are
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Dubs2k,Oct 24 2009, 11:56 AM
Guys,
My car came with coilovers and its lowered 50mm,there's j's racing driveshaft spacers fitted too but im finding it too low with ramps and dont want to end up loosing my exhaust or mangling my sump.

What im wondering is can i adjust the coilovers so the car is higher (say a 25/30mm drop as opposed to 50) and leave the spacers in place or will they need to be removed?
You wont hit either, you'll rip the nose off first

What coilovers?

I would aim for a ride height of 13 1/4 inches measured from wheel centres to edges of arches.

Or maybe a little more.
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 02:42 AM
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Mine is 35mm lower from stock
I scrap the middle box, the front brace and the front wheel aero blades
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by m1bjr,Oct 24 2009, 01:49 PM
You wont hit either, you'll rip the nose off first

What coilovers?

I would aim for a ride height of 13 1/4 inches measured from wheel centres to edges of arches.

Or maybe a little more.
There D2's

The nose/front lip isnt getting scraped at all,it seems to be the centrebox when i get halfway over a ramp,i was going out of a shopping centre the other day and thought i was going to be left stuck ontop of one!

It's also bugging me that i cant fit a trolly jack under it either, i have to use the standard knuckle scraper and then get the trolley under when its half way up
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by mikey k,Oct 25 2009, 10:42 AM
Mine is 35mm lower from stock
I scrap the middle box, the front brace and the front wheel aero blades
Mines stock and I scrape those too
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:40 AM
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Odd, I guess I just dont go into 'da hood' like you boys!
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by m1bjr,Oct 25 2009, 05:40 PM
Odd, I guess I just dont go into 'da hood' like you boys!


The roads up here are shocking
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