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Re: lowered my van

Postby Kent Discos » Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:30 pm

chris, text me a picture please matey :lol:

if you've still got my number in a PM? :lol:
if not follow the link to my site in my sig to find my number :wink:
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Re: lowered my van

Postby Rumble bee » Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:12 pm

Kent Discos wrote:chris, text me a picture please :wink:


I hope you meen a pic of my van :shock:


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Re: lowered my van

Postby Kent Discos » Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:19 pm

:lol: of the van mate, yeah...

don't matter now as i thought you hadn't taken any yet, i'm at work so i'm lucky i've got internet at the mo...

looks good mate, are you using the -60mm focus springs and cups too?
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Re: lowered my van

Postby Rumble bee » Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:30 pm

-40mm focus springs, vans dropped about 60mm due to the weight of the van.


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Re: lowered my van

Postby Kent Discos » Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:50 pm

looks spot on, especially with the weight your carrying as mine may be pretty similar...
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Re: lowered my van

Postby Mylee » Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:00 am

Looking good. 8)
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Re: lowered my van

Postby valetech » Thu Nov 24, 2011 2:24 am

Nice,looks about the same as mine
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Re: lowered my van

Postby Kent Discos » Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:42 am

guys... may sound a bit stupid here... but are these any good, and can they be fitted?

just double checking :lol:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-FOCUS-04 ... 230e107bb0
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Re: lowered my van

Postby SteveO » Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:47 am

Looking good & low.

Chris, how much weight do you carry to make it drop 20mm (and you are a gas engineer...)? Either that or the spring rate is a bit soft.

So how does that now compare to the rear height?
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Re: lowered my van

Postby ginsters » Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:56 am

nice any chance of a side view chris
the red ones go faster...

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Re: lowered my van

Postby connect_4 » Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:10 pm

Took me rear axle off today and dropped it off at the local welders to put some plates on - £25 - bargain, i will get it back tomorrow so i'll fit it and do some pics, the rear of the van was 30" from floor to wheel arch, so lets see what it is with the axle flipped ?

Then Focus RS front springs on the front next - 27.5" on the front from floor to wheelarch, so i'll measure what drop the RS springs give me aswell.

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Re: lowered my van

Postby van mann » Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:35 pm

Just an axle flip will lower the rear tooo much.You need to fit adjustable spring mount shackles as well.
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Re: lowered my van

Postby mrtn » Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:41 am

I was thinking of rising mine.
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Re: lowered my van

Postby Kent Discos » Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:04 pm

anyone had a look at the coilys (ebay link above) yet? :lol:
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Re: lowered my van

Postby Rumble bee » Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:28 pm

The focus and connect strut legs are a different fit as it goes into the hub carrier so coilovers wont fit in. But maybe the focus hub carrier will fit the connect....
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