it may do, but do you like taking passengers? scrubbing will more of an issue at 60mm
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| Author: | DANIELP1991 [ Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | 40mm front 60mm back? |
my si is currently lowered 40mm all round. im thinking of lowering the back 60mm 2 try and bring it level, but would its handle better or worse? |
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| Author: | meilack [ Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
it may do, but do you like taking passengers? scrubbing will more of an issue at 60mm
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| Author: | DANIELP1991 [ Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
yea i was thinking that, but i dont usually have more than 3 in the car anyway. but im gona get better/stiffer shocks soon aswell. |
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| Author: | meilack [ Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
ah i see, go for it
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| Author: | DANIELP1991 [ Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
I wana see other peoples views and experiences on this 1st. |
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| Author: | meilack [ Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
well i know people like happypaul said, have problem with 60mm all round due to camber on the front, which eats tyres, and personally, i am not to sure on the back
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| Author: | Mattyboy Esq [ Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
60mm is fine, just get your tracking sorted after you've lowered it. From a person that actually owned a Fiesta si that was lowered 60mm for over 6 months and carried passengers in the rear. |
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| Author: | fiestasiphil [ Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:32 pm ] |
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| Author: | meilack [ Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
  thats good going
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| Author: | onslack [ Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
should of seen the post he made of all the bits thats been replaced over the years i had mine lowered 60mm and i never really saw any change in tyre wear 
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| Author: | scotty_boy BSc [ Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:50 pm ] |
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| Author: | DANIELP1991 [ Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
cheers guys, i get tyre wear as it is being 40mm so that wudnt be much more of an issue. i was wondering thou, would it handle better with the back being lower? coz thats what im really doin it 4 |
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| Author: | Mattyboy Esq [ Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
| Author: | DANIELP1991 [ Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
thats what i thort. coz it wud understeer more if the front was higher, correct me if im wrong. but is it the actual ride height that causes this? e.g 40/60 or is it where the body of the car is situated, as if it were 40/60 the back end would quite possibly level out with the front, as fiestas are higher on the back than the back as standard anyway. and if it were say 25/60 for example the front end of the body of the car would deffo be higher than the back end. which would cause understeer. |
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| Author: | leeny [ Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
mines sat 40/60 n it handles like a dream pal....i found that wen it was lowered 40mm all round that the backend luved to skip out on me but now its perfect sits even n handles gud..... do it mate
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| Author: | DANIELP1991 [ Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
im thinking bout atm. having the back end out is a bit of fun ini 
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| Author: | Ry [ Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
the front requires to sit lower than the back with a FWD car, as it's the best common trait for handling. if you lower the back to be the same as the front or even lower, your handling and braking will suffer for it. Or so I beleive. |
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| Author: | andyleesy [ Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
if you want to stop understeer (or as much as possible) your best bet is to polybush the front lower arms (or get some camber adjustable lower arms). i found on mine it made one hell of a difference to handling. if its aesthetics your doing it for then 40/60 would even it out abit more 
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| Author: | DANIELP1991 [ Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
nah im doin it 4 handling really. have beeen thinking of getting poly wishbone bushes. gona get poly arb bushes soon aswel and top mounts i think. |
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| Author: | olly [ Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 40mm front 60mm back? |
thats the camber on the back wheel of mine and thats 60mm i think and striped out nothing like what my civic was 
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