Free Springs for your car

[chalz]

Originally Posted by andrew

Wow... what is the drop on those? I didn't see it above.

I would have to say that those are looking too far for me and auto-x... One sharp turn at speed and I think I'd be introducing tire to wheel well.

Looks to be 1.5" or so. I doubt you'd come even close to smashing the wheel well, unless you can already do so when the stock shock is bottomed out.

[andrew]

Originally Posted by chalz

Looks to be 1.5" or so. I doubt you'd come even close to smashing the wheel well, unless you can already do so when the stock shock is bottomed out.

I dunno but it seems lower than that to me...

I honestly have not looked at the suspension on these so have no idea of the bumpstop situation but I think at that height, it would be pretty easy to find it. I know I could on my Focus pretty easily when that inside tire decided to catch some air.

[chalz]

Originally Posted by andrew

I dunno but it seems lower than that to me...

I honestly have not looked at the suspension on these so have no idea of the bumpstop situation but I think at that height, it would be pretty easy to find it. I know I could on my Focus pretty easily when that inside tire decided to catch some air.

Perhaps I didn't make my point well enough. What I'm saying is that the height of the springs has nothing to do with the tire hitting the wheel well, provided you're using stock wheels and tires, or a correctly sized wheel/tire combo. (Obviously rub will be an issue if you have tires that are too wide or the wrong spacing, so I'm not addressing that. Even if you did, though, rub would be as much of an issue with a stock suspension as it would be with aftermarket lowering springs)

Regardless of the spring height, the suspension will always bottom out at the bump stop. Whether it's a stock Fiesta or a Fiesta with lowering springs is completely irrelevant, as both will be the same height if you bottom out the suspension. Thus, lowering springs won't make you any more likely to make the tire hit the wheel well, it will only make it easier for you to bottom out the suspension. (aka: Hit the bump stops)

In other words, if your tire doesn't rub the wheel well in your stock Fiesta now with a stock suspension (which you won't unless your car is broken or your wheel/tire setup is the wrong size), your tire won't rub the wheel well in a Fiesta with lowering springs. You won't have to worry about your tires rubbing the wheel well on the auto-x course with those springs unless you have exceptionally wide or tall tires on the car.

[B&G brian]

They are a 1.2 inch drop all the way around and are available now