Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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What make springs & shocks?
How low front & rear?
Whats the ride quality like?
Handling good or bad?
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wwwNOOBcom
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Registered: 28th Oct 09
Location: Shettleston, Glasgow City
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Fk
As low as it goes
Shite
Shite
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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Standard shocks, Irmscher springs.
30mm... ish.
As good as is to be expected from a mildly lowered car with low profile tyres 
Handles far better than standard without being solid all of the time.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
Location: Oxford, UK Drives: Jap wagon
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On my old B (which is probably what you want to know):
Apex Sport 60mm kit.
60mm 
Very stiff and not very comfortable at all.
Handled very good I thought.
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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Jamex shocks / apex springs
-60mm
Shite/harsh/dangerous
Shite
Hence this thread.
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
Location: Scotland
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Ap coilovers
Not that low, needed to go over apeedbumps as was commuting with my car. Thats over so their getting wound down shortly
Ride qualitys ok, not alot worse than standard
Handlings ok, dont push it that much anyway
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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Standard shocks and springs.
Ride is hard, handling is shite.
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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Spax RSX coilovers
70mm front with custom 110mm rear.
Ride is fuckin rock hard
Handling, well. It's a corsa
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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gaz coilovers
not sure what height. back is probably similar to standard height.
ride is firm but ok
handles very well and infact suprised me how good it was.
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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Any others?
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Aerox-lad
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Registered: 2nd Nov 07
Location: Melksham, Wiltshire
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think mines lowered about 30 mm allround
polybushed allround so ride is quite stiff.
handles okish much better with 15inch wheels than the gsi's i used to have.
I'm looking at getting 60mm allround
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Tedney
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Registered: 16th May 08
Location: North Yorkshire
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Pi front shocks with 40mm FK springs.
Spax PSX adjustable rears with 60mm Spax springs.
Ride isn't that bad, some people may think it's hard though. Thats with rear shocks set at there hardest.
Handles really well (But I have a polybushed front arb aswel)
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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Fully avo adjustables.
60-80mm never measured.
Rides pretty bad.
Handles like a dream.
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ianofbhills
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Registered: 10th Feb 01
Location: newcastle
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Avo adjustable coilovers on the front set approx -60mm with 300lb springs for the 2.0l weight and 2 clicks out from fully soft.
Tarmac spec rear springs with jamex shocks approx -40mm
eccentric top mounts
poly race bushes throughout
standard ball joints and tie bars
cav whitleline copy rarb
farb removed
anti dive plates on front tie bars
geo adjusted to front 1.5 degrees neg camber
1 degree toe in and as much castor as i can get on the top mounts.
rear is standard settings
14" 165 tyres
10mm wider track.
Best handling car i have ever had but can be pretty harsh on the road esp the top mounts.
Future plans are to get lighter wheels and maybe fit 185 section tyres but keep 14" size.
Get the rear avo adjustable shocks rebuilt.
Try and increase front castor setting by pulling the tie bars through a bit.
Shim the rear beam for slightly more neg camber on the rear wheels.
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Corsa_Scotty
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Registered: 8th Aug 07
Location: Scottish Borders
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Koni Front Shocks/Springs & Spax RSX adjustable rears with Custom springs
60mm front & 110mm rear
Very stiff
Handles quite well from what ive experienced
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spikedjack
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Registered: 16th Oct 08
Location: wolverhampton/cannock
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Spax 38point adjustable coilover jobbies
Wieschersport front strut brace
Wieschersport Rear Strut brace
Omp upper rear strut brace
Whiteline adjustable polybushed rear ARB
Wieschersport half Cup Cage
15mm hubcentric spacers
Quaife ATB differential
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Mark.W
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: County Durham
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ianofbhills
Pics of you car mate all that sounds interesting
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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Jamex shocks + coilsprings
-60mm front, -100mm rear
+ Polybushes and GSI ARB
Very stiff ride, mainly due to the lack of travel on the rear suspension
Handles alright imo.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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Standard springs and shocks.
Standard height.
Comfy enough.
Handles quite good,no body roll,steering is pretty direct and dosnt slide out on corners.Handles better than a few cars ive had with lowered suspension kits.
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Mark Prydderch
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Registered: 7th Mar 07
Location: Chester
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Bilstein B12 set up front and back with larger pistons on the front. Updated springs for LET
Quaife diff
Equal length shafts
Polyrace stiff bushes throughout
Whiteline rear ARB & standard front
Rear brace
Got eccentric top mounts but not fitted yet
Sits about 60/60
Ride quality is much better than the coilovers that were on it. I expect that to change with top mounts though.
As nic said, handling is decent considering it's a Corsa with a big lump; suprises a few people - especially with the diff when booting through the corners.
[Edited on 25-11-2010 by Mark Prydderch]
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Bilstein PSS coilovers
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Rob126
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Registered: 18th Feb 05
Location: Mellieha, Malta Drives: Corsa D 1.4
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Eibach Pro Springs with standard shocks
-30mm
ride is hard and uncomfortable for everyday use on bumpy Maltese roads
Handling is brilliant
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AlexW
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Registered: 25th Oct 08
Location: Essex
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Standard Shocks, Springs unknown.
-60 front, -40 rear.
Its a bit firm, but I've been in worse standard cars (And i dont mean "sports" cars.)
Rear Cav ARB too
Handling is good, can push it into bends and it holds on well. Haven't pushed it over the limit yet though.
[Edited on 25-11-2010 by AW06]
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mike56gte
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Registered: 23rd Jun 09
Location: Fife, scotland Drives: Audi S3
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40mm koni front springs and shocks. ( with XE so sits a bit lower)
60mm g-max rear springs with spax adjustable shocks.
ride isnt the best but could be worse.
handle quite well.
also have removed the front antiroll bar.
[Edited on 25-11-2010 by mike56gte]
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Toby
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Registered: 29th Nov 05
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Kw coilovers, polybushed, 12.5mm hub spaces on the rear.
About 30mm not to sure as how they were set up by mountune.
Ride is firm but the standard fiesta. Bushes squeak over speed bumps.
Handling is spot on since having it aligned
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