Re: front suspension

[maldat]

Get a tape merusie and what the distance from the strut lower perch,to the base where it bolts on to the bottom arm.
If they are 240KGT coupe you will not need a very long ruler.

malcolm

Mark Firman wrote:

I was told by the previous owner they were 240K struts and it makes sense to me as they are the twin spot sumitono calipers. What could be the problem then?
cheers, 
Mark.

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Subject: Re: front suspension

From: maldat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 20:05:04 +1200

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If you have 240K struts and your car sits on the bump stops you have cut down /or fitted the wrong springs.
Or you dont have 240K struts which is probley more the case why you are sitting on the rubbers with no travel with 240K springs lowed fitted.
The 240K coupe has the lowest strut base,but not the 4 door.
Malcolm

Ben wrote:

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i have progressive king sprigns all round in my car, and i had to cut the
bump stops because it was sitting on them and was so hard the front end kept
getting airbourne

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Firman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: front suspension

yeah i could do that, but the front suspension is so bloody hard that i

want to do something that will give me a less rough ride, but hopefully
better street handling. I would have thought that a front end that is really
stiff and without any travel would have handled well, but in fact for a road
car it is bloody annoying! I want the front end to be stiff, but not so much
that there is no travel because it is hell on the street!

So, i want to know - if i put some full progressive king springs in, will

i achieve this? Or should i put some gas shocks in instead/first?

any ideas or reccomendations would be good.

Cheers,
Mark.

--- "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

cut the bump stops in half...this gave me an extra inch of travel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Firman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 6:41 PM
Subject: front suspension

Hi listers,

My front suspension has virtually no travel at all and it is really

starting to shit me. It is lowered so my guess is the springs have been

cut

at some stage :( . My question is would replacing just the springs

improve

the travel and make my car handle better? or is it a combination of

springs

and shocks i need to improve it? i know the best option is getting both
springs and some gas shocks, but i can't afford both right now. by the

way

the car is a 1600 and i have 240K struts in it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks heaps,

Mark.

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