will h
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I need to find out the tyre pressure of my wheels,their phantoms in 17's
and the other question concerns lowering-Can any body give me a rough guide on fitting 40mm springs onto the back of the corsa
cheers
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will h
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ttt
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bluecorsaSXi
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you need to find out what they are, or what they should be???
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david dickson
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generally, you should set the pressures of aftermarket wheels and tyres to whatever the original wheels and tyres were, so check your handbook/Haynes manual.
As for the rear springs, jack up the car and support on axle stands. Use a trolley-jack under the rear suspension arm to support the weight of the arm. Undo the lower shock mounting bolt and pull the shock away from the arm a little. lower the jack and the arm will drop down. Make sure it doesnt pull at any brake-pipes. Pull the spring out. You might need to push the arm down further so the spring will come out past its mountings.
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will h
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cheers
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Kris TD
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if u have any probs with rear springs send me a txt 07736 048877 and ill come help you do it.
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will h
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seriously mate,coz im willing to give some money to do it for us.
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moddedcorsa
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Most corsa owners run around 32psi front 30 rear. thats what i run mine on, no problems at all.
Springs r simple mate, honestly, the instructions above are more than enough, u will understand them perfectly when u hav a look under the car.
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Dave Hay
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id make the b ack tyres a bit harder than the front  expecially if its lowered.
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Kris TD
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave Hay
id make the b ack tyres a bit harder than the front expecially if its lowered.
i wouldnt. the front has much more weight
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Dave Hay
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so youd rather have back end slide out?
not exactly much fun if you wanna go fast....
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Kris TD
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave Hay
so youd rather have back end slide out?
not exactly much fun if you wanna go fast....
erm, you get more grip with softer tyres you fool.
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Dave Hay
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you get more traction at front with softer tyres....
i was told by tuning garage to have the rear tyres at a higher psi with stiffer suspension
ill take there words ahead of your fool.
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Kris TD
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sorry mate but they are talking shit, you only have the rear tyres harder if you are carrying a laden car. why would lowering the car have any effect on what tyre pressures you need. if you have harder tyres on th back then as you stated softer on the front then the front will grip and the back will skip round.
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Dave Hay
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thats what i was sayinig..... in a roundabout kinda way  not too good at explaining stuff in writing.
sorry 
[Edited on 08-06-2003 by Dave Hay]
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Kris TD
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except you got your wires crossed, you need the softer at the bk. harder at the front. the front tyres carry a lot more weight than the back hence they need to be harder unless when fully laden the rear carrys alot more weight.
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Dave Hay
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nah he told me harder at back - and was adamant it was right. hes a fucking gr8 mechanic too. and took car for drive after suspension fitted/tyres pumped up to what he said.
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Kris TD
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well if it works for you, if your bored on dry day try lowering the pressure of the back tyres, say put 30 in the front, 28 in th rear then go for a drive, see if yu notice an inprovemnet, did mine by trial and error to what suits me best.
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