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Post Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:43 pm

Oh Steve, you are such a tease. I'm sure I speak for the entire zone when I say I can't possibly wait another day without seeing your car lowered.
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Post Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:07 pm

datourer wrote:Oh Steve, you are such a tease. I'm sure I speak for the entire zone when I say I can't possibly wait another day without seeing your car lowered.
With just the slightest hint of sarcasm! :wink:

And Steve, if thats 2 ft either side, its plenty to do small jobs on the car, and quite a generous single garage!
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Post Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:39 pm

How come you parked it on a kerb to make it look lower?
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Post Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:41 pm

Like the front drop, back is too low IMHO dude, as long as you're happy, who gives a monkeys though ?
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Post Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:45 pm

How will it have the opposite effect the kerbs pushing the other side up. Was on my dads account before BTW
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Post Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:02 pm

get that backup as soon as you floor it the wheels whell touch the tops of the arches an it will look tits
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Post Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:00 pm

might be worth trying shimming the rear springs a bit? a 50mm plate should level things up a treat and you'll still have a matching set of springs
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Post Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:30 pm

Looks good mate,. cant wait to lower my cab now winkeye
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Post Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:09 pm

stevetigger wrote:
gareth wrote:might be worth trying shimming the rear springs a bit? a 50mm plate should level things up a treat and you'll still have a matching set of springs
Dont get what you mean??
make some steel or ali plates up that sit between the spring and the chassis leg.

i'd have to look to be more exact but the rear must work on about a 2:1 lever ratio. eg, if the wheel moves 50mm, the spring compresses 25mm. (this ratio can be measured on the car). if say you want to lift the rear by 10mm, then make up a 5mm thick plate and fit it. between the chassis leg and the rubber pad should be a good place.

i've not tried it on the E30 yet but this is fairly common practice in motorsport circles to even out chassis balance or fine tune ride height.
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Post Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:23 pm

i didnt realise you actually owned an e30 i thought you were some sort of bum in an internet cafe with time to waste winkeye
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Post Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:23 pm

AAHHH Jon - irony is such a wasted talent isn't it? :P
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Post Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:29 pm

jon_pure_british wrote:i didnt realise you actually owned an e30 i thought you were some sort of bum in an internet cafe with time to waste winkeye
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2 out of 3 isnt bad.

steve has a home computer. :)
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Post Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:44 pm

13 pages and no real conclusion!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
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Post Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:32 am

steve

nope. couldnt find many pictures of all these cars you have owned.

only pic i saw was a couple of turds parked on a driveway, and your cab mored up in your garage in bits.
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Post Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:47 pm

steve

did you never have potty training?

your aiming to far to the left mate.

as for my cars. well ive owned a fair few. most have been shitters, but most have been sold on for a profit, what do you think of that?

but i never lie about what ive owned.
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:30 pm

we all are steve... :D

you got any pics then? i'm bored but only as i've read 9999584 posts and there are still no pics!!!! winkeye :P :D
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:57 pm

your car, finished, in all it's glory...

i may have missed a page or 2.... will go back and check.. :D
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Post Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:59 pm

ahaaaa..... oops! :mad:

i've just seen them! :D

the only one i waited to download last time i was on here was the front and it doesn't look lowered! :D has it settled any more yet? the rear looks sweet though :cool:
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