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Originally Posted by wooble
I don't have any actual contacts, but even checking German ebay I can see you can get a pair of front Koni yellows for about 300 euros + post, which is a saving of about £150 on the pair. Bilsteins seem to be about 50 euros cheaper.
Konis are the better shocks out of the box, but if you deal with Bilstein direct they can shorten and revalve your shocks to your specs, which is probably a good idea if you're running that low.
If you lower the front that much, you'll also end up with your front roll centre below the level of the ground, which means increased body roll and reduced front-end grip. DVS in Australia and Kaplhenke in the US make spacers to go on the bottom of your strut tubes that address the problem, but they're not cheap.
You CAN just go lower if it's for looks, but you won't be helping the handling.
As far as my car sits - its lowered 40mm/1.5" on Lejofors/Kilen springs. The rear wheels are about 1" from the tops of the arches, the fronts 1.5". I have 4" of ground clearance on the downpipe and front crossmember. Remember due to the rear suspension setup, as you lower the car the axle will move backwards in the arches and to the right side of the car. if you're planning on running a 205 or wider tyre with a 3" drop, you'll probably get rubbing at the back unless you also fit an adjustable panhard rod and torque rods, or cut/weld the originals to shorten them.
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OK, here where I could be totally wrong... but, I have just been outside with the tape measue and when my car is on flat ground I have 7" clearance from the crossmember to the ground.. minus 3" gives me 4" clearance, is my car just super high or something?
Good call on the rear suspension set up. i thought that may be something i would have to look at, cutting and re-welding shouldnt be a problem!
I have sent off instructions to the spring makers, but im maybe thinking of a little less lower! 2" back 2.5" front? hmmmmm its a stressfull decision!
When I have finished them, the car will roll on 16" Banded Mondeo rims, with 205/50/R16 tyres with a little stretch (not much tho!) these tyres should about match the standard wheels diameter.
What wheels/tyres are you running?
thanks again!