Sly_SRi
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Lowered the front.....60mm incase you didn't know

Just gotta do the rear....was very cold and it started to get dark. I'm scared of the dark 

What do you reckon? low enough?
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Ian
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Paint the door handles
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VegasPhil
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@ 60mm label on side of car. Looks sweet tho! 
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Sly_SRi
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Matches the wheels though 
Nah, i've been planning to do it. But after reading through the max haynes manual i was put off...very time consuming by the looks of things.
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Sam
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Isn't it easier to do the back than the front?
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BabyBlade
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backs quicker than the fronts!
edited to say Sam just beat me 
[Edited on 20-02-2005 by Sethion33]
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bradfincham
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good stuff well done mate!!
you shoulda popped upto mine i coulda buzzed them on with air tools!
Abouts 2 hours to do front and rear if got the tools!
ut faster is on 4 poster ramp!!
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Sly_SRi
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If i get time tomorrow i'll do the rear. Is is just a case of un-doing the bottom of the shock, lowering the swinging arm and taking the spring out?
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corsa5dr
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Wheels would look so much beter in white
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boyracer2002
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quote: Originally posted by bradfincham
good stuff well done mate!!
you shoulda popped upto mine i coulda buzzed them on with air tools!
Abouts 2 hours to do front and rear if got the tools!
ut faster is on 4 poster ramp!!
Brad wot u do in 2 hours drink tea
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bradfincham
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what one person to do the lot, and thats with roaring down to tyre place to swap the springs over!!
Also i replace all the bolts with new vaux ones and usually waxoil the arches 2!
Yeh sly_sri thats the idea for the rears, i use a jack on the rear beam, lower it down slowly so the springs dont twang off and then put the springs in etc and jack up till the bolts align
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-wylo-
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The rear is a piece of piss. should take about half an hourish
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jr
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back are easy, take about 20mins a side if that 
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Colin
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Remember to get your brake bias things adjusted
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boyracer2002
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quote: Originally posted by Kolin
Remember to get your brake bias things adjusted
i aint done mine makes no diff 
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Colin
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quote: Originally posted by boyracer2002
quote: Originally posted by Kolin
Remember to get your brake bias things adjusted
i aint done mine makes no diff 
I never done mine infact I removed the spring and threw it away and it was VERY twitchy under breaking
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Ian
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I've been in cars where it has made a difference, and yes its worth checking.
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boyracer2002
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I got one for sale too haha
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Sly_SRi
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do you even have to remove the brake bias thing to do it? or can u just leave it
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Ian
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Jack the car to normal height and note the position of the spring, then drop the jack and adjust the slider to that length, then find a big empty car park and do a few emergency stops with quarter of a turn on the wheel see what happens.
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mav
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looks alot better....
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Ojc
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Sly should have let me know I could have done the rears when you were doing the front.
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Corsa_Carl
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wen i first saw that first pic i thort the alloys were way to small and it luked abit crap, but the other pic of all the car it luks class will b mint wen it is all lowered lol
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daveo
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started to lower my nova yesterday at 2pm, couldnt get the front strut bolts off tho. so decided to wait, bought my self a torque wrench and a breaker bar to get them off with. hopefully doing it 2morro if wheather is nice.
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loo_goblin
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will u eva wash ur car sly???
has it been washed since guilford?? coz it was a state then aswel
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