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Dave G fsi

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:08 am

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Looking good mate :thumbsup:

I had a problem with lowering with my drive as it has like a ridge you have to go up and over to get out, but it didnt stop me, hacked drive away with a hammer and chisel to make a channel for my exhaust to go in as I come on and off the drive :thumbsup:

Do the same :devil:

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Chris

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:23 am

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haha. I was thinking he could just get some slanted wood and just put it so he can get up smoothly

but hammer and chisel sounds good.

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jimbo3door

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:59 pm

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kool i like the sounds of that :thumbsup:

is there a noticeable diffrence in the handling depending on the diffrent drops
e.g
25mm
40mm
60mm
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Dave G fsi

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:18 pm

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Not really much of a difference in handling, mainly looks. I went for -35mm and the handling is immense now, absolutely love how well she holds the roads compared to before

Obviously, the lower you go, the more the camber on the front wheels will change and the quicker your front suspension arms will wear out, but at the end of the day its all down to personal taste; how low you want the car to look, how much you want to hate speed bumps and how many suspension arms you want to get through :lol:

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Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:36 pm

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Chris

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:44 pm

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Mines 50-60mm (not sure) and basically when you go round a corner, it just grips, and sticks to the floor all the way around the corner. It's great

you'll feel the difference.

As or the exhaust thing I guess as long as it fits it would be fine. Or you'd be better off fitting the 2.0 and then getting a system, get the right one and it'll increase the air flow blah blah, I'm not sure but it's does some Good if you get the stuff

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Dave G fsi

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:49 pm

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mine handles like its on railway tracks but all my suspension components are new, not just the suspension legs so that helps :thumbsup:

Stainless exhausts both look and sound better and also increase performance if you get a 3" pipe, but these are quite specialised and expensive.

If you want it nice and loud, get one without a silencer (round box next to petrol tank) or if you want it more subtle, get one with all the boxes on 8-)

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Dave G fsi

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:51 pm

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Oh yea, and you can get an exhaust and it will fit to the 2.0ltr too no probs, they're all the same anyway :thumbsup:

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Timmah

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:28 pm

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Chris, at 60mm how does it cope with speedbumps. Plus, what size rims you rolling on, I really want seventeens but how much arch modification will I have to do for them?

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Chris

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:32 pm

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Timmah

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:18 am

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I am guessing that one is the one in your sig? It looks nice super-low but I have a thing for wheels being too small for the car, but I also can't be arsed with the rub. I may go with 16"s at a 40mm drop. Recon they won't rub? What arch modification did yours take? Hammer and chisel job or nothing at all?

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Chris

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:34 am

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Timmah

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:29 pm

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Lol it's alright, I suppose it's just trial and error. I think I will stick with a 35-40mm drop and get the whole supension kit, and if 16"s don't fit then get 15"s, I'm sure as hell not gonna be dishing out to get another suspension kit.

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jimbo3door

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:53 pm

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got some pics of me driving down the motorway

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stainlessmole

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:28 pm

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Haha speaking of suspension and handling. I don't know what's up with my suspension but in the wet my car's back end loves to kick out lol. I was going around a roundabout one time and just before i was about to leave onto the junction, the back end came all the way out so i had to counter steer. And luckily didn't bin it.
Another time recently i was going around a downhill corner about 35mph, wasn't sharp or anything but yet i had to countersteer again. My gf who was driving behind me said it looked really cool as if i did it deliberately. :lol:

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jimbo3door

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:31 pm

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jimbo3door

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:13 pm

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took some advice and decided to de badge me boot as it was a little cluttered

not sure about the ford badge tho. iv been told there is a hole behind it

it this true?

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Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:12 pm

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i was told that aswell but when i took mine off there was no hole i know theres a hole behind the badge on the bonnet tho :thumbsup:

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TANGO

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:35 pm

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im pretty sure theres no hole on the boot mate, just the bonnet badge :thumbsup:

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Dave G fsi

Post subject: Re: a little update!! on my first si 16v

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:39 pm

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There is deffo no hole behind the ford badge. Its the front ford badge that has a hole behind it :thumbsup:

Get the ford badge off and get a nice exhaust system for it and it will look awesome! :chill:

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