Coilovers Fitted

[MacRS200]

Apexi NI V's now fitted to the Tezza and lowered just a bit :D some piccies: -

Some shots before

Front Before

Back Before

After

Front After

Back After

And a kind of arty one :D

[Mr Morse]

Looks like you've dropped about 50mm all around - looks loads better! :D

[Scorpion]

Thats your geometry shot form now on then ;) expect tyre wear unless you can find somewhere to set it up right.

Apexi's multi adjustable= pain in the a**e to set up properly....is it a track day car?

[Adie]

Looking great B)

[MacRS200]

Looks like you've dropped about 50mm all around - looks loads better!  :D

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Its about 40mm all round

Thats your geometry shot form now on then ;) expect tyre wear unless you can find somewhere to set it up right.

Apexi's multi adjustable= pain in the a**e to set up properly....is it a track day car?

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Did the rears at the Dr's this morning and running at 2 degrees neg camber.

Need to go back and get the front geo done but Tony reckons that there is loads of adjustment left there so he can recover the Geo no problem :D

Track day is a distinct possibility mate

[Tony-Bones]

Looks "Real Good".... :D I assume you had no problem setting up the front looking at the time of this post? How are things with the "spring" rate?, and how does the drive/ handling feel now?

[Tony-Bones]

Looks "Real Good".... :D I assume you had no problem setting up the front looking at the time of this post? How are things with the "spring" rate?, and how does the drive/ handling feel now?

[Scorpion]

Tony how did you get the cams under the wing?

[MacRS200]

Tony how did you get the cams under the wing?

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Thats the cunning bit mate, we dropped the rears so that there was still enough room to get the cams on, just. Done the same with the fronts so the cams should still go on there I hope.

I had to lift the front up a bit as full lock turns in Sainsbury's car park caused a bit of rubbing

The original plan was to drop in stages and recover the geo as we went to see how low we could go without completely wrecking the geo, but we ran out of time in the end.

[Fargo]

lets not forget the genious of mr fargo eh......

[MacRS200]

lets not forget the genious of mr fargo eh......

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Yes I did forget to add "with the able and cunning assistance of our very own Mr Fargo".

Sorry mate

[Mr Morse]

Do you get a knock from any of them?

[Colin P]

Do you get a knock from any of them?

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yours still knocking? mine seems worse, to be honest mine 'sounds' more like something else rather than the top mounts. Maybe something to do with the swaybar, I dunno? VERY annoying though!

[Mr Morse]

Do you get a knock from any of them?

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yours still knocking? mine seems worse, to be honest mine 'sounds' more like something else rather than the top mounts. Maybe something to do with the swaybar, I dunno? VERY annoying though!

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Yep - after I had the geo done a couple of weeks ago the knock from the F/OS stopped, but then started on the R/NS. Wierd, but really pi**es me off.

I've had all the wheels off and checked everything is tight (it is).....If I didn't like the low ride so much I'd go back to springs and dampeners.

[Colin P]

hmm so maybe when I get my geo done the front o/s will stop and my car won't sound like crap!

i know i'm too low for the doctor but maybe he could look over it all and see if he can spot anything wrong

[MacRS200]

Do you get a knock from any of them?

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Yup I do but only on the fronts at the moment.

[Tony-Bones]

Do you get a knock from any of them?

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yours still knocking? mine seems worse, to be honest mine 'sounds' more like something else rather than the top mounts. Maybe something to do with the swaybar, I dunno? VERY annoying though!

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Yep - after I had the geo done a couple of weeks ago the knock from the F/OS stopped, but then started on the R/NS. Wierd, but really pi**es me off.

I've had all the wheels off and checked everything is tight (it is).....If I didn't like the low ride so much I'd go back to springs and dampeners.

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"NO" I had better book another day off work

[Fargo]

didnt mr singh use some sort of bump stop thing taken from a golf or something,, perhaps thats why his do not knock..

[Mr Morse]

The knocking noise comes from the valve, doesn't it? So changing the mounts should have little or no effect?

[Tony-Bones]

didnt mr singh use some sort of bump stop thing taken from a golf or something,, perhaps thats why his do not knock..

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Independent suspension ie:- not coil over oil has a "bump" stop within the spring, this is not possible with coilovers. I feel the knock must come from a surrounding component, ARB drop link is my immediate suspect..... I would like to "thank you" Fargo for your help today, your experience proved valuable for the success of the outcome......"true" team LOC :D

[MacRS200]

To sum up the aim of our day was to do a progressive lower of the IS/Altezza and see how it affected the geo a bit a time.

Tony volunteered to do that on his own time so that we can all benefit from the knowledge gained. We have learned from the day and I got the lot for free, well I will be making a donation to our favourite charity (Tony and mine) for the day.

[Mr Morse]

To sum up the aim of our day was to do a progressive lower of the IS/Altezza and see how it affected the geo a bit a time.

Tony volunteered to do that on his own time so that we can all benefit from the knowledge gained. We have learned from the day and I got the lot for free, well I will be making a donation to our favourite charity (Tony and mine) for the day.

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Very noble of you Neil!

[Fargo]

no probs with the help, in fact i dont know why i didnt spot that way of adjustment before...

[Tony-Bones]

Any ideas with the "knock".... I have to assume that a £1000 for a set of coilovers does not come with a "free" knocking sound! surely in development any issuses that would/ could knock would have been dealt with.

[lex2005]

I have just had some h&r springs fitted. Can anyone tell me the correct geometry setting?