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hey guys, ive got superlow king springs all round in my vl. im not happy with how its sitting at the back, far to high for my likeing. ive heard that if i remove the bump stops from the rear at the top of the spring it will drop the car a rew more cm's at the back. has anyone done this or heard of this before.
cheers
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there not bump stops as such man there just the cousions for the springs.....only drama with taking them out is they may be noisy.....i took mine straight out and had no dramas
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did it make much difference in ride height?
Cheers
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it wont make a difference in ride height at all its just a bit of rubber that sits under the body incase it hits the axels
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nah there not the bump stops, i just said that cause i didnt know what to call them. Boosted wagon said there a cusion for the spring but not an actual bump stop. I heard that it would make a difference in ride height. Thanks for your reply anyway
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yeah it will drop the height more
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Originally Posted by -pumba-
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yeah it will drop the height more
sweeeeeeeeet
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They're called spring seats, upper and lower. they're only about 15mm thick, but with them in they will squash up a wee bit, but take them out and yes it'll lower it 20ish or so mm. Just make sure your springs are still captive tho, you don't wana hit a bump and have your springs fly out.
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I'm not sure if it's the same with a VL, but on later models (non-irs) the spring rubbers on the bottom are much thinner than the rubbers for the top.
So I used the bottom rubbers on the top of the spring as well just so there wasn't metal on metal.
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03-07-10, 23:08 GMT+10#10 yeah you can buy thinner ones for top and bottom i have seen them on ebay and also nolathane does them too!
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03-07-10, 23:26 GMT+10#11 Quote:
Originally Posted by -pumba-
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yeah it will drop the height more
only a few mm, hardly worth the effort
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04-07-10, 12:43 GMT+10#12 Just leave the supers in the front and throw ultras in the back, should get the height you're after
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04-07-10, 17:32 GMT+10#13 Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt.
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Just leave the supers in the front and throw ultras in the back, should get the height you're after
Yeh thats what i was thinking of doing, i was just trying to avoid doing that cause i havnt had the springs in for that long. think ill do that and just sell the rear superlows. Cheers
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05-07-10, 06:14 GMT+10#14 It made around 10mm difference on my VL. And make sure your springs are still captive if you remove them, you may need to shorten the shock to match
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