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Tip lowered front suspension and bump stops

JohnDough

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I lowered my front suspension by putting 1/4" spacers between the wishbone and spring pan (using standard rate springs). The ride height was spot on with occasional rubbing of fender and bonnet when potholes were hit. This annoyed me as the rubbing moves the bonnet a bit.

Last night I think I have identified the problem, the bump stop work on the spring pan knob and if that is 1/4 lower the wheel will hit the fenders.

My solution would be to take a smallish say 1 inch round engine mounting and cut it in half, one for each side. the half thickness should be the same as the spacers. drill hole in springpan knob and fit (obviously tighten with nut below).

If you really want to be technical about it you could remove the spring, refit the spring pan with spacers , refit the wheel and measure the distance between the knob and bump stop when the wheel is close to the wheel arch.

My apologies if this has been covered in the performance book , I just see suggestions to drop suspension by adding spacer but no-one giving a caveat on bump stop.
 
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