could classic suspention be made to fit the new age car ie 2002 .... i no the top mounts are different but what about the rest .. any idea....chris

 

anyone

 

Even if you could... the cars weigh differently and have different weight distribution, wheel base, car width, ground clearences etc. They dont have the same standard suspension fittings.

If you fit the old suspension - it wont be matched to the new cars characteristics. The new car weighs more - so the old suspension won't cope properly with the added weight etc.

I think you have to think of it as two seperate models altogether - so in answer to your question - even if you fudged it to fit (they wont just fit on straight) it wont handle properly.

Buy some new age kit!

Jza

 

What do you mean by classic "suspension"? Are you just talking about a set of adjustable coilovers, or a set of standard spec classic struts?

As Jza says, the new cars share the same general suspension design concept, but are fundamentally different in detail. You may be able to utilise a set of coilovers as long as you changed the springs and reset the damping to suit, but beyond that, they're not really cross-compatible.

 

Yes this would be Fully Adjustable Tarmac suspension, currently fitted to a classic