davidpingu
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I'm struggling to know what to do here. At the moment my car is pretty low, in particular at the front where you cant even fit your finger under the arch lip because the tyre is right there. Thankfully since I've done my ball joints at least they don't scrub any more.
I was all up for adjusting the height myself but some more reading on here reveals I'll be stiffening up the spring further meaning an already harsh ride will get even worse. What I wanted to do was raise it by about 15mm all around and then soften up the damper if its not already set to its softest to see if it gets a bit more of an acceptable ride quality. I don't track the car and its my daily driver. I've only owned the car for about 3 - 4 weeks and Mrs is going crazy about how solid the ride is. Went through some country lanes the other night where there was a few bumps and she was bouncing about 2 inches off the seat!
I've considered going for OEM shocks with eibach or spoon springs like so many others do on here but wouldn't I be putting the shocks out of their natural working range and tire them out more quickly? As far as can see there are no uprated damper kits available for the DC5 like most cars (Koni's etc)
Also if I do sell my ohlins what should I be asking for them?
Thanks
Dave
I was all up for adjusting the height myself but some more reading on here reveals I'll be stiffening up the spring further meaning an already harsh ride will get even worse. What I wanted to do was raise it by about 15mm all around and then soften up the damper if its not already set to its softest to see if it gets a bit more of an acceptable ride quality. I don't track the car and its my daily driver. I've only owned the car for about 3 - 4 weeks and Mrs is going crazy about how solid the ride is. Went through some country lanes the other night where there was a few bumps and she was bouncing about 2 inches off the seat!
I've considered going for OEM shocks with eibach or spoon springs like so many others do on here but wouldn't I be putting the shocks out of their natural working range and tire them out more quickly? As far as can see there are no uprated damper kits available for the DC5 like most cars (Koni's etc)
Also if I do sell my ohlins what should I be asking for them?
Thanks
Dave