Lo dudes
if anybody can help me Im thinking of dropping me classic 40mm
im only giong to use springs ... wots the safe amount i can drop it
these springs come in

25mm 30mm and 40mm

would it change the handling for the better or make it worse . i mean it handle like a dream now just diong so the gap from me arch - wheel is closer For show .. :-)

 

30mm will be fine, the 'slammed' look does nothing for the handling m8

 

so @ 30 mm would it still handle ok tho

or even 20mm
i dont wont to loose any handling

 

Get some H&R springs from www.motorsportworld.co.uk it dropped my Type R 20mm all round and now handles alot better.

Front before

Front after

Rear before

Rear after

Before

After

 

Agree with the '20mm' as being enough; nice nice car too!
Graham.

 

I'm with Dave.k on this.... I put -50mm H&R Springs on mine also, the actual drop on the car was as Dave's 20mm front and rear.
Check this out...
This is on 17" new age wheels

These are both on 18"




Handles fantastic and a comfortable ride in my opinion.

Simon

 

you got that much drop from 20mm springs what size rims are you on mate

 

They are rated as a 50mm drop, as Silver Scooby Sport said but that is based on a N/A car I believe, which equates to a 20mm drop on UK turbos, WRX and STI's.

Unlike eibachs, which state 20mm drop, but from what most people on here say you mostly get 10-15mm drop with them on classics.

Wheels are 8x18's.

 

Have you had any rubbing with the 18 x 8's Dave ?
It's something I defi want to go for in the future.

Simon

 

Both cars look absolutely spot on! How much does the H & R springs cost?

Dave K, you also said that the springs were for a N/A impreza, was/will there be any probs fitting them to a turbo?

 

Your looking at around £170 from http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk/

When Dave mentioned a N/A impreza what he was refering to is the fact N/A rated springs allow the car to ride higher.
In rating order for OEM springs you have first N/A then standard turbo then slightly lower again will be Sti.... this means that the -50mm lowering figure probably starts off against the N/A rated springs, mine is a uk Turbo and it has dropped the car 20-25mm in total.

 

 

The only problem is I am going to have to get a weekend job to pay for them

 

thx dudes ..

 

Yes, but the alloys I have are the wrong offset they are 45mm, just need to fold or grind the rear lip off. Plus have 225/35x18's on.

If they were 50mm offset I don't think there would be a problem, any higher and the wheel would hit the strut.

 

I ran that top set of Fox allys for a few days and found I had rubbing on the passenger rear arch they were also a 45 offset and they were 215/40/18, since this I have read that quite a few have rubbing on a lot of lowering springs and it seem a 35 wall is the way to go ?

Simon