10-02-2012, 02:49 PM
Right I went out today and did some measuring.
With the car on the ground it was just over 11cm from the bottom of my sill to the ground and 33cm from my top wheel nut to the ground.
So jacked up, wheel off, let it down on the scisor jack till there was just over 11cm sill to floor then jacked up the ball joint till the top wheel nut was 33cm off the floor, looked in the arch and couldnt work out how to measure it properly (arse)
Anyway It looked like there was about 50-80mm between the top of the shock and the bottom of the top mount.
Now take off that 50-80 the fact i have 25mm of thread i could wind mine down by and also the bump stop is about 20cm then that means as standard the coilovers all the way down have 5-35mm of travel.
I honestly think that 6" springs and slightly shorter bump stops would see you as close to the end of your travel as youd want to go. I think on 5" springs youd live on the bump stops and that would be no fun.
With the car on the ground it was just over 11cm from the bottom of my sill to the ground and 33cm from my top wheel nut to the ground.
So jacked up, wheel off, let it down on the scisor jack till there was just over 11cm sill to floor then jacked up the ball joint till the top wheel nut was 33cm off the floor, looked in the arch and couldnt work out how to measure it properly (arse)
Anyway It looked like there was about 50-80mm between the top of the shock and the bottom of the top mount.
Now take off that 50-80 the fact i have 25mm of thread i could wind mine down by and also the bump stop is about 20cm then that means as standard the coilovers all the way down have 5-35mm of travel.
I honestly think that 6" springs and slightly shorter bump stops would see you as close to the end of your travel as youd want to go. I think on 5" springs youd live on the bump stops and that would be no fun.