does your car pass the shoe test?

carbon nanotube

I realise mine needs eibach springs.

I am getting new 17" rims this week but im stalling on the springs for a bit, i need to call my insurance. should be ok though.

I am half thinking of doing them myself... save me 200quid.

Jimbob 83

Don't get it ?

TestTransmission

Jimbob 83 wrote: »

Don't get it ?

Jimbob 83

Them runners could use a wash

dgt

Are those actual brembos or those awful fake covers.... :pac:

carbon nanotube

TestTransmission wrote: »

right, that would be lovely going over speed bumps.

id rather put eibach springs into my eyes than lower it that much

carbon nanotube

dgt wrote: »

Are those actual brembos or those awful fake covers.... :pac:

fake id say.

dgt

carbon nanotube wrote: »

id rather put eibach springs into my eyes than lower it that much

That's nothing. Imagine how I feel... :eek:

carbon nanotube

dgt wrote: »

That's nothing. Imagine how I feel... :eek:

is that a bravo.

must handle like a ferrari with that set up.

Nissan doctor

dgt wrote: »

Are those actual brembos or those awful fake covers.... :pac:

They are very fake.


Anyway, low is when you can't see the tyres at all and can barely get a sheet of paper into the wheel arch, never mind a shoe.:P

carbon nanotube

well considering a set of 'real' brembo calipers,discs & pads for a 2.4 honda costs almost 2,000gbp im sure they are fake too.

dgt

carbon nanotube wrote: »

is that a bravo.

must handle like a ferrari with that set up.

Yes, a van at that...

Roll is completely eliminated. FK coilovers all round with uprated arbs

cplwhisper

OP - I'd recommend checking insurance limit before investing Euro's in Rims & springs - Modification without disclosure may Null your policy.....

Thatnastyboy

Last time I checked (my current) insurance company defined a modification that must be declared as;

"an adaption or change which increases the top speed and/or acceleration capabilities of the vehicle"


So,

Sit it on it's bolix

Matt Simis

carbon nanotube wrote: »

right, that would be lovely going over speed bumps.

id rather put eibach springs into my eyes than lower it that much

A good suspension setup can be low and still compliant over bad ground. I wouldnt consider speed bumps representative of road driving anyhow though, some of them are grossly oversized for use against trucks and pretty much not going to be nice for any car.

ShadowHearth

God I so love that my scooby is on standart shocks and you can fit your mum in there, not a damn shoe!
I got so sick of those stiff suspension and low rides.


*i must be getting really old now.

andyseadog

not a shoe, but a lucozade bottle.

please pay no attention to my shamefully budget brand tyres :pac:

before :



after :

Alanstrainor

I thought those tires were branded as runaways! Hahaha

ShadowHearth

Here I can fit a whole chicken in there. like a boss!!!

andyseadog

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I thought those tires were branded as runaways! Hahaha

nah, but they certainly act that way... great craic in the wet so they are, driving any way hard and theres no real grip until 3rd :pac: in a car thats not especially powerful.

Senna

Thatnastyboy wrote: »

"an adaption or change which increases the top speed and/or acceleration capabilities of the vehicle"

123.ie are a completle joke when i comes to anything non standard. I phoned to change over to an MR2, the conversation when like this;
-any modifications
yes the exhaust is aftermarket
-then we cant insure the car
Grand, i'll put a standard exhaust back on it (was going to do that anyway)
-we'll need an engineers report to say its back to standard
??????
-any other modifications
(sarcastic) well its got different alloys than factory
-we cant insure you with those either. We need an engineers report to say the exhaust and alloys are standard before we can insure the car
Hung up

Del2005

Thatnastyboy wrote: »

Last time I checked (my current) insurance company defined a modification that must be declared as;

"an adaption or change which increases the top speed and/or acceleration capabilities of the vehicle"


So,

Sit it on it's bolix

Acceleration isn't just going forward faster.

Any change of momentum is accelerating. Bigger brakes means that you accelerate from speed faster, stiffer suspension means you can accelerate quicker when turning.

It's always best to inform your insurance company of modifications.

carbon nanotube

cplwhisper wrote: »

OP - I'd recommend checking insurance limit before investing Euro's in Rims & springs - Modification without disclosure may Null your policy.....

Getting Honda alloys, no need to tell about them.

The springs I will see what they say.