gusto 0 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Need some opinions about my ride height as i am thinking about adjusting it a bit, See what you think!! Link to post Share on other sites
eViL 0 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Mine's on it's ass.. which in turn becomes a pain in the ass.But I like the look so I put up with the scraping, rubbing ect.. Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 ye i had mine lower then the pic ive got of it, but i couldnt get it on the mot ramp lol, even with blocks of wood to help, so i lifted it. i estimate mine as beeing about 80-90mm all round. maybe more at the back. i am just puttin up with the bouncing round and scraping every white line on the road cos i cant stand the 4x4 look, lol. ive gone through 4 sets of bumpstops in 5 months, he he. love hurts (your wallet) Link to post Share on other sites
gusto 0 Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Oh well lower at the front it is then!! Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 never understood the obsession with slamming cars to the deck, makes them handle worse, makes the rife harsh, and is really unpractical.especially don't understand why anyone would do it to a vr6, its a waste. the vr6 is a (relative) perfromance car, you need to keep it that way, otherwise you may as well have got a gti.i think it looks just right in the pics gusto. Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 come on, then acf, what height is acceptable for optimum driving of a vr? cos i thaught it was personal preference. cos i like mine to handle like a brick, cos i can hit any corner at any speed and no body roll... yeah i fook off into the bushes, lol. but still no body roll. he he. Link to post Share on other sites
jamieVR6 0 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Mine's lowered 40mm all round & even with this slight lowering i have problems with speedbumps. How do you lot cope with it lower!?! lol.Fit anti-roll bars & you'll get no body roll without going so low you can't drive it properly. Looks good slammed though! Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 i was thinking anti roll bars and a strut brace, but i dont know what to go for in the bushes department cos i think mine are shot, u recon i can run new OE ones with ma coilovers set low/hard and with anti roll bars? Link to post Share on other sites
jamieVR6 0 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Personally i'd run OE bushes so at least something in the chassis soft lol. Don't know if anti-roll bars would be worth it, my last encounter with a car running coilovers taught me that there's no body roll what so ever so i don't think it'd need any anti-roll bars. The strut brace wouldn't do a great deal, but it'd look good though lol. Link to post Share on other sites
gusto 0 Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Speed bumps and the like are less of a problem than you would expect and multi storey car parks are no probs either. No grounding out at all!!! Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 acf - it just looks good slammed! Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 so will OE bushes stand the thrashings i give my car? lol. and is there anything else i could do to the car to soften the ride, other than tweek the coilovers, which ive been doing for ages, and im still not happy. lol Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 oh, and does anyone know of some bumpstops that are thinner than the ones you get on coilovers, that are soft (ish) cos mine rides on the bumpstops when i have it low as hell, lol. i know bad idea, but it looks shit hot. Link to post Share on other sites
gusto 0 Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 acf - it just looks good slammed! CORRECT!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 ok, my thoughts are that about -25mm is the best...it looks right, it feels right.there is a degree of personal preference, but to em, its an everyday driver, and so needs to be able to handle pot holes and the like. but it also needs to corner well. its about finding a balance, i'd say a pretty soft uprated suspension kit, and a set of uprated arb's will do the job to perfection. i would replace the bushes with new o.e. bushes, which is easy enough to do on the front (just buy new wishbones), but its easier to put powerflex ones on the rear.there's also the point that if you go too low, you screw the suspenion geometry, so your suspension won't function correctly, and the car will drive like a pile of poo. now before someone mentions that race cars are on the deck, they have a lot of tweeking with geometry, and also tend to run solid bushes, and very stiff suspension...reason they can do that? cause even the worst race track is a million times smoother than the roads. Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 yeah, fair comment. would powerflex bushes make the ride much harsher on the rear, cos it seems to jiggle about a lot anyway if i have passengers. guess im gonna have to soften it up a bit then eh. Link to post Share on other sites
mina 0 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 I remember reading a technical article about Mk3 suspension - think it went along the lines of - with the MacPherson strut design, the more you lower it, the greater the tendency for the car to roll during high load cornering. So that's why you have to counteract it with even stiffer springs - which further reduces ride comfort, suspension travel etc. Like acf8181 said, there's always a compromise. 30-40 mm is about the max I would recommend for decent handling. Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 ahh, forget ti then, ill just drive a brick. i like the slammed look too much. and i dont mind the ride too much either, but i keep getting it in the neck off the g/f cos she cant put her lippy on in the car. o/j. lol Link to post Share on other sites
madmonkee 0 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 ai agreed with the Mina. Anything more and it gets silly. I have powerflex bushes and if you like the "rally car" feel go for it. But beleive me you will feel it if you ran over a rizzla paper. Link to post Share on other sites
six appeal 53 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 But you have to admit that VR's look much better on the deck, not practical, but they do look good! Link to post Share on other sites
eViL 0 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Mine handles pretty good anyway.. er.. don't see the problem.and Yes.. it looks just so much better slammed. Link to post Share on other sites
rudedubber 0 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 well my 2p > just fitted h&r coilovers and slammed it fairly low (the sump scrapes if you try to put car half on kerb/road ) but it handles a lot better than before it had them fitted and i am suprised how 'comfortable' the ride is. must be down to coilovers as a bm i had slammed without coilies used to shake your teeth out ! as guides say they arent track tools (mk3's) so go with the looks and slam it, just my opinion tho Link to post Share on other sites
six appeal 53 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Rudedubber which H & R's di you go for? How much where they and where did you order them from? Seriously tempted by them as my Koni's are just too damn hard for a daily driver! Link to post Share on other sites
MarkGolf 6 Posted April 9, 2004 Report Share Posted April 9, 2004 Can't really shout for a VR powered car, but my car certainly handled better when it higher! I can't really push my car that fast into tight bends, standard cars can stick up my arse, while i have to slow down mid bend.. BUt as said, they look tooo good decked and my car aint a speed machine anyhoo. Link to post Share on other sites
rudedubber 0 Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 six i bought the highsports as im not into fiddling and altering the damping etc, bought them from venom, cost me £468 and they threw in free delivery Link to post Share on other sites
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