lowered front beam and what method

[uber cool]

I know, probably been done to death, however gets us chatting cos the wife has no interest in this topic. :mrgreen:

Going to lower my new ride, did it 4 years ago on my 72 bay, cut and turned the beam, then fitted coilovers.

Now its 4 years on, what the best method, not going mental low just nice, options seems to be weld in adjusters, red 9 kit or drop spindles, suppose benefit of last 2 is the beam does not need to come off.

Is that all options covered?

 

[AxlFoley]

oh well i'll jump in with a quick reply, I have gone for dropped Spindles, they were easy to fit, no noticable difference in offset (9mm) lovely to drive, and a nice stance, I can curently fit two fingers (standard method of measuring how low a car is) between the tyre and arch, on standard bus tyres, and it looks spot on, although i am getting adjusters fitted too, just because i want to slam it later on

 

[uber cool]

can you post a photo of current stance on standard tyres, did you drop the back one spline?

 

[AxlFoley]

I havent got a photo of teh stance as yet, but i shall try and get one by the weekend, I havent lowered the back yet, but it was sagging a bit any way. i should think the front will lift a bit when it is lowered though.

this is all i have at the mo;

Before

After

but its settled a bit since then, but i still think it loks nice like that.

 

[bobley]

Hi, sorry for the slight hi-jack. I've just bought some 68-70 drop spindles from Wagenswest and I've got a local machine shop ready to machine me a new hub so that I can bolt on a Boxster disk and caliper and get a cheap disk conversion (calipers £250, disks £80, new hubs £150, bearings and seals about £20 - oh yeah I'll need an adaptor for the caliper too I suppose but thats £500 + the adaptor ??? say £600 - cheaper than CSP?).

I went to GSF and bought new bearings and oil seals but the seal is totally wrong?? Its huge, I took it back but I think it was 50mm ID. The inner bearing is 31.7mm ID and the step on the stub axle onto which the oil seal sits is 38mm IIRC. The seal they gave me was much bigger. Can anyone tell me whether GSF had the wrong seal? I'm thinking the seal should be 38 ID and 59 OD (same as the inner wheel bearing OD?).