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[chuno]

wow what a response..
So basicly spax over std. is night and day diff (to better) - i guess i'll buy them then

...night and day on a turbo - which has somewhat soft suspension as std, might be less of an improvement on the NA - don't know which you've got.

A

I think Jase was referring to an na when he made that quote

[Jase_MK]

Sounds fair. To be honest I have one of these service roads to the garage at the back of my house which is muddy and full of puddles in the winter which makes things worse. A bit of regular TLC would help - the knobs can be adjusted without taking the wheels off so giving them a little twiddle once a month or so would ensure they don't seize

[chuno]

Sounds fair. To be honest I have one of these service roads to the garage at the back of my house which is muddy and full of puddles in the winter which makes things worse. A bit of regular TLC would help - the knobs can be adjusted without taking the wheels off so giving them a little twiddle once a month or so would ensure they don't seize

I really dont know that much about them atm. Can the ride height and the damping be adjusted with the wheels on

[samek]

chuno: where did you buy them from ?

[chuno]

chuno: where did you buy them from ?

demon tweeks. £655 supplied, fitted and geo'd. Was handy as well because i only live a 10 minute drive from them. Always used them for mods for my cars in the past. Do a good job, very helpful and are usually quite competitive price wise.

Edited by chuno, 19 October 2005 - 02:53 PM.

[Jase_MK]

I really dont know that much about them atm. Can the ride height and the damping be adjusted with the wheels on

Ride height - no, the wheels need to come off.

As for damping, the fronts you can reach with the car on the ground, the rear you just have to jack the car a little bit (not enough to lift it off the ground) just to increase the gap between the top of the tyre and the bodywork so you can fit your arm in.

[chuno]

Just to bump this up again: Went to have the spax fitted on saturday at tweeks. Turned up, they put it up on the ramps, had the wheels off, unpacked the kit then started looking a bit confused. They then say that there are some bits missing from the kit, so theyre not going to be able to do it untill they get the kit replaced Anyway before i left the bloke said to me (meant to be the manager) "what is the reason for fiiting them?" Was a bit confused by this as i thought it was feckin obviuos really. He then said to me "Its just that if its just to lower it, then they reccomend setting it to the standard ride height anyway" Thought to myself, well if i just wanted to lower it i obviuosly just would have bought lowering springs . Anyway is this true? What is the reccomended/optimum ride height for a vx. Only ask because every vx i have seen with nitrons/spax always seems to be set lower

[Ratspants]

What is the reccomended/optimum ride height for a vx.
Only ask because every vx i have seen with nitrons/spax always seems to be set lower

Is ride height related to spring stiffness i.e. different spring rates will have different optimum heights?

I seem to remember that you could order different springs for the Nitrons depensing on how you liked your car to drive? That's the trouble with this adjustable stuff, seems you need to know a fair bit about it to get the best out of it. One person's settings might not suit the next person and might not be so good on/off track, in the dry/wet etc...?

Just a thought.

Ben

Edited by Ratspants, 24 October 2005 - 11:22 AM.

[chuno]

What is the reccomended/optimum ride height for a vx.
Only ask because every vx i have seen with nitrons/spax always seems to be set lower

Is ride height related to spring stiffness i.e. different spring rates will have different optimum heights?

I seem to remember that you could order different springs for the Nitrons depensing on how you liked your car to drive? That's the trouble with this adjustable stuff, seems you need to know a fair bit about it to get the best out of it. One person's settings might not suit the next person and might not be so good on/off track, in the dry/wet etc...?

Just a thought.

Ben

Perhaps it is, but the spax have a set spring rate to suit the na, unlike the nitrons.
Suppose it also depends on how you set the damping rate

[Pidgeon]

Like everything else in life, ride height is a compromise. The factory settings are as much to allow us over kerbs and speedbumps as anything else. Fitting stiffer springs will allow the car to be lowered, as the operating range of a stiff spring will be less than a softer spring, providing the dampers can cope with the lower height (not hit the bumpstops) As for the 'optimum height' that will depend on whether you tire of picking up your number plate every time you go over a speed bump. A track only car could be set far lower than a road car. The optimum setting will be as low as the suspension will allow.

[coopa]

Perhaps it is, but the spax have a set spring rate to suit the na, unlike the nitrons.

Eh? Nitrons are supplied with different spring rates depending on whether you have an NA or T, with variations on both.

[chuno]

Perhaps it is, but the spax have a set spring rate to suit the na, unlike the nitrons.

Eh? Nitrons are supplied with different spring rates depending on whether you have an NA or T, with variations on both.

Yes, that was what i was trying to say. The spax have one spring rate only, which is ideally suited to the na, whereas you can specify different spring rates with the nitrons (although i'm no suspension specialist, so correct me if i'm wrong )

[coopa]

Perhaps it is, but the spax have a set spring rate to suit the na, unlike the nitrons.

Eh? Nitrons are supplied with different spring rates depending on whether you have an NA or T, with variations on both.

Yes, that was what i was trying to say. The spax have one spring rate only, which is ideally suited to the na, whereas you can specify different spring rates with the nitrons (although i'm no suspension specialist, so correct me if i'm wrong )

Ah ha! Sorry, misunderstood