Omega Owners Forum - Spax lowering springs

rockayansky Newbie Offline Posts: 10 Drives: Jeep Cherokee 4.0 / Vectra SRi 150 CDTi	Spax lowering springs 20. Aug 2011 at 19:38 I'd like peoples opinions please. I'm getting tired of sliding out my seat when going round roundabouts. I've seen spaz offer a set lowering car by 40mm. Would these be too stiff an spoil The ride completely of the elite? If so would MV6 springs be a better opti
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so comfortably numb Newbie Offline Posts: 49 Gender: Drives: vec c 2.0 T	Re: Spax lowering springs Reply #1 - 22. Aug 2011 at 20:02 Does no one have an opinion on this then?
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Spax lowering springs Reply #2 - 22. Aug 2011 at 20:14 Obviously not IMHO, 40mm is too low, and would have to be unnecessarily stiff. One of the key advantages of RWD is you don't need to spring it so your fillings fall out
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tigers_gonads Omega Knight Offline can't spell, don't care !! Posts: 1450 hull Gender: Drives: omega 3.0 v6 cd manual estate	Re: Spax lowering springs Reply #3 - 22. Aug 2011 at 20:18 If your going to drop it by 40mm, change the shockers for ones with a shorter shaft or you will end up bouncing down the road. A Mv6 setup is a nice compromise If you realy want to drop it that far, Eibach springs and Bilstien B4 / B6 shocks have been fitted by some on here with great results
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Reply #4 - 22. Aug 2011 at 20:25

tigers_gonads wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 20:18:

If your going to drop it by 40mm, change the shockers for ones with a shorter shaft or you will end up bouncing down the road.

A Mv6 setup is a nice compromise Thumbs Up!

If you realy want to drop it that far, Eibach springs and Bilstien B4 / B6 shocks have been fitted by some on here with great results Thumbs Up!

Although that's only on a 30mm drop Wink

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so comfortably numb Newbie Offline Posts: 49 Gender: Drives: vec c 2.0 T	Re: Spax lowering springs Reply #5 - 22. Aug 2011 at 20:29 No that's just it. I don't wana go that low. I just want to firm it up without wrecking the ride quality. So would one of the atfer market sets be too stiff compared to the MV6's? And can anyone vouch for the difference between elite and mv6 feel?
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Lazydocker Omega King Offline Victim of Pinky's Power Trip! Posts: 11336 Woodbridge, Suffolk Gender: Drives: 2003 3.2 Elite Estate LPG Converted, inspected and Certified	Re: Spax lowering springs Reply #6 - 22. Aug 2011 at 20:33 Irmscher Red springs, B4 shocks. Works well once settled in (but a little harsh to start with) Unfortunately the Red springs are like rocking horse poo so Eibach are (apparently) the next best thing
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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: Spax lowering springs Reply #7 - 22. Aug 2011 at 20:35 dont.. 20 mm is more than enough.. else you will hit the cats, exhaust in every bump/hole and will have very harsh ride..
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Spax lowering springs Reply #8 - 22. Aug 2011 at 20:35 I have one of each, although my MV6 is also Irmscher sprung, GM shocked at the front and GM sprung/B4 shocked at rear. The Elite is not to my liking - although the crappy Michelin tyres don't help - my MV6 is perfect IMHO. Needless to say, I'm desperately trying to get hold of some Irmscher springs for Elite
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Re: Spax lowering springs
Reply #9 - 22. Aug 2011 at 20:37

Lazydocker wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 20:25:

tigers_gonads wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 20:18:

If your going to drop it by 40mm, change the shockers for ones with a shorter shaft or you will end up bouncing down the road.

A Mv6 setup is a nice compromise Thumbs Up!

If you realy want to drop it that far, Eibach springs and Bilstien B4 / B6 shocks have been fitted by some on here with great results Thumbs Up!

Although that's only on a 30mm drop Wink

Thats funny, swmbo always says i'm cr*p at estimating lengths Grin

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Dan282 Omega Knight Offline Bang Tidy! Posts: 1843 Dudley, West Midlands Gender: Drives: 2000 (X) V6 GLS in graphite grey	Re: Spax lowering springs Reply #10 - 22. Aug 2011 at 22:22 Any spring offering a 30 to 40 mm Drop will offer somewhere in the region of 70 to 80 % of that due to heavy settling of original springs. I have lowered a few cars with 40mm springs and have got 30-35mm drop. Again the MV6 setup is desirable
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Re: Spax lowering springs
Reply #11 - 22. Aug 2011 at 22:28

Dan282 wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 22:22:

Any spring offering a 30 to 40 mm Drop will offer somewhere in the region of 70 to 80 % of that due to heavy settling of original springs. I have lowered a few cars with 40mm springs and have got 30-35mm drop.

Again the MV6 setup is desirable Thumbs Up!

I was going to comment that although it says 30mm, I've measured one with a 30mm drop and it was more like 25mm lower than mine Roll Eyes

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