How Low Have You Gone

[choochoo 0]

hi all

i want to lower my 205 as the rear is low and front is high, it feels like im pulling a wheele down the road, i know they might not all turn out the same but , anybody wonna upload a pic of there car and how much they have lowered it so i can see

 

Thanks tom

[Rich_p 23]

I may as well be the first to say this but bring the back up to match the front, it'll make for a much better handling road car.

[choochoo 0]

i was exspecting that to be onist

[boldy205 75]

Is the back low due to worn suspension, or has it been lowered?

[choochoo 0]

rear beam is worn. but if i removed all the engine bitd out the boot it may looks level . im going to rebuild a rear beam one day and just lower it , i dont want it silly low but just not like a tank that it is now.

This is the girlfriends saxo. i dragged it out the garage the other day as she never uses it and the way it handles is great plus it does have a full set of continental contact 2 tyres which does help.

 

This is a old pic now as windows are tinted

 

[welshpug 1,655]

that'll handle bloody awful

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

that'll handle bloody awful

 

My thoughts exactly!

[choochoo 0]

looks like its gonna be one of these disagreements so i wont even bother and ill be taken for some young 19 year old boy racer that just wants his car slammed to the deck like the saxo

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

I've been there, I had a 106 gti that was very low on 17's. It looked nice but it handled like a trolley jack

[welshpug 1,655]

PMSL nice analogy!!!

[Wes 86 1 Cars]

for a car to handle it needs to have suspension that moves, not just be sat on the bump stops or have very little movement.

[shalmaneser 26]

What phase 205 is that? Is it a super rare phase 3?

 

EDIT: just noticed the purple, nice phase 2.5!!!

Edited February 12, 2011 by shalmaneser

[miamichris 9]

What phase 205 is that? Is it a super rare phase 3?

 

EDIT: just noticed the purple, nice phase 2.5!!!

 

[Cameron 16]

for a car to handle it needs to have suspension that moves, not just be sat on the bump stops or have very little movement.

 

I'd say a Formula 1 car must handle pretty well though, think how much suspension travel they have. It's all about context.

[welshpug 1,655]

they've upped the spring rate somewhat to stop it just sitting on the stops though haven't they

[Cameron 16]

I was just being pedantic.

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

i was exspecting that to be onist

 

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

Continental Sport Contact 2's are s*ite.

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

looks like its gonna be one of these disagreements so i wont even bother and ill be taken for some young 19 year old boy racer that just wants his car slammed to the deck like the saxo

 

Basically:

 

A very low car will handle badly, wear out the driveshafts and be impractical.

 

A correctly lowered car will handle, turn in and be useful.

30mm all round is about the limit for a fast road 205.

[welshpug 1,655]

and saxo's/106's and 306's zx's + xsara's

[engine killer 6]

This should be the post that should be read before any modification on suspension I guess.

 

http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=120157

 

 

by the way Cameron, I found this forum is not just a technical chatting forum, it is also an English class for me.

I was just being pedantic.

"pedantic" a completely new and useful word to me

[DRTDVL 4 1 Cars]

Some people are about the look... not the handling...

[Rob Thomson 6]

Some people are about the look... not the handling...

Yes, but they're called hairdressers.

[davepug205 7]

Yes, but they're called hairdressers.

 

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Some people are about the look... not the handling...

 

 

Yes, but they're called hairdressers.

 

 

Or Kev.