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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:45 pm 
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Ill take a pic of mine tomorrow :lol:

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Mike_Byron wrote:
Wait until you hit the bump on the road and smash the gearbox casing.

Lowered minis are for race tracks - you need the suspension movement for things to work properly

Mike

My 2 cents:....

Correct suspension, wheel alignment, camber, and tyre pressures are required for safe optimum road holding and driver control. I dont believe the mini has the virtue of centre point steering.

Removing suspension movement for regular use on a less than perfect public road with other road users is inviting avoidable problems; stress fractures, component failure, and the resultant RTA's.

Setting up a car for the track is one thing (the driving conditions are different for a start), using a car with other general public is an almost extreme opposite to this.

Im gonna sound like a nana now, but getting where you want to go alive and gettign back again is far cooler than being stranded on the side of a road.

Drive safe.
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Check mine out:
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1/4" lower than standard ride height :P :lol:

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1/4" lower than standard ride height


My fully sic ride has been lowered by 33 years.

You could describe it as 'firm.' Driving over the reflectors in the middle of the road gives a fair jolt.


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:02 am 
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Mine's lowish:

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There's a thread somewhere (which I now can't find :P ) about standard ride height, and I did compare mine. I *think* it's about 3/4" - 1" down.

I'm also on 12" wheels & wouldn't want it any lower, 'cos I want it to have some bump response!

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