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#357126 - 07/10/11 09:42 PM Speed Bumps
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To all of you out there who have lowered your 's are the speed bumps an issue?
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#357127 - 07/10/11 11:06 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Kev]
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nope glides straight over them.
the ones going the whole way across the road i have to slow down for tho.
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#357128 - 07/10/11 11:41 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Looey]
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Sounds good, did you notice the ride get a lot stiffer with your eibachs looey or pretty much the same?

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#357129 - 07/10/11 11:45 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Davest]
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gets a bit bumpy now and then but tbh it looks a million times better and handels better well worth doing if your thinking about it
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#357130 - 08/10/11 03:33 AM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Looey]
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gets a bit bumpy now and then but tbh it looks a million times better and handels better well worth doing if your thinking about it




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Do slow down a fair bit for speed bumps though or it sounds horrible! depends which type of bump i suppose though

My dad has a normal fiesta and he drives normally over certain bumps- when he was driving me in mine the other day he carried on at the speed he would in his and it sounded like the car had been smashed into

I wasnt too impressed- he did apologise in all fairness
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#357131 - 08/10/11 03:35 AM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Burn4]
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But in regards to scraping or anything like that never once had a problem.
Even had 6 people in the car before (one in the boot ) and no rubbing or anything
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#357132 - 08/10/11 06:26 AM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Burn4]
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Never had problems in the st but I wish I went with a stronger spring for the zs there killing me lol

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#357133 - 08/10/11 06:56 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: kenny]
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My ride is very stiff need to slow down a lot for speed bumps, find my self holding cars up, i know what its like now i used to be like hurry the f**k up
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#357134 - 08/10/11 07:10 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Burn4]
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But in regards to scraping or anything like that never once had a problem.
Even had 6 people in the car before (one in the boot ) and no rubbing or anything




burn you know anywhere in brum that does the geometry?

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#357135 - 08/10/11 07:11 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: ash86]
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i slow down to about 15-20mph and go over them don't scrape, but i get a few rude mouthed words from people around my area normally... if i do i just stay at the same speed till the next bump instead of speeding up
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#357136 - 08/10/11 07:13 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Davest]
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But in regards to scraping or anything like that never once had a problem.
Even had 6 people in the car before (one in the boot ) and no rubbing or anything




burn you know anywhere in brum that does the geometry?




do you mean tracking? most places will do it I think
Puma Build I use for a lot of things (fitted my eibachs, avons and flexi) they are in Perry Barr mate

call me Ben Burn sounds funny lol
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#357137 - 08/10/11 09:37 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Burn4]
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I take my time with my standard springs on still to hold up annoying people that tail gate me
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#357138 - 08/10/11 09:46 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: gary4vicky]
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I have no issue for clearance, but alot of the ones in town i go slow enough and in 1st, sod a new alloy or whatever for hammering them!

Obvs i always cause a line of traffic behind
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#357139 - 09/10/11 06:56 AM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Jack_P]
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The onea ib east hunsbury are the worst i think now ever since they resurfaced the road and the ones at brackmills are just rediculous
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#357140 - 09/10/11 02:23 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: gary4vicky]
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brackmills ones are a joke. have to crawl over them ones but any others are fine.
hitting a pot hole tho that is a different matter feels like you hit a wall
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#357141 - 09/10/11 02:35 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Looey]
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Yeah glad i dont work down there anymore. Fitted my straight bracr today and thr car feels a bit stiffer now in the corners and when i go over bumps
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#357142 - 09/10/11 02:39 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Looey]
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brackmills ones are a joke. have to crawl over them ones but any others are fine.
hitting a pot hole tho that is a different matter feels like you hit a wall




especially with a strut brace as well

Like driving over a breeze block
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#357143 - 09/10/11 02:43 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: gary4vicky]
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Yeah glad i dont work down there anymore. Fitted my straight bracr today and thr car feels a bit stiffer now in the corners and when i go over bumps



bet your loving that mate. i did not think i strut brace would make it handle so weel but you can fling it into the corners
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#357144 - 09/10/11 02:45 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Looey]
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Yeah glad i dont work down there anymore. Fitted my straight bracr today and thr car feels a bit stiffer now in the corners and when i go over bumps



bet your loving that mate. i did not think i strut brace would make it handle so weel but you can fling it into the corners




same here, didnt think it would make a big difference but even just driving around the steering feels lighter- defo worth doing imo
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#357145 - 09/10/11 02:47 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Burn4]
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yes 100%
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#357146 - 09/10/11 05:14 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Looey]
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Yeah i love it and it feels a bit less leany aswell in the corners . Cant wait to get it lowered as well now to make it complete
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#357147 - 09/10/11 06:57 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Looey]
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It's a bit bumpy if you don't go slower but not ever a scrape!

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#357148 - 09/10/11 07:05 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Kaxe]
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It feels like you've not got tyres on when you go down a pot hole
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#357149 - 09/10/11 11:00 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Kaxe]
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It's a bit bumpy if you don't go slower but not ever a scrape!




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It feels like you've not got tyres on when you go down a pot hole




Great way to explain it! and completely true
same for if you dont slow down for a speed bump
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#357150 - 10/10/11 12:19 AM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Burn4]
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Cheers ben i'll give puma build a ring in the week as its not too far!

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#357151 - 10/10/11 09:17 AM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Dan_The_Man]
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i slow down to about 15-20mph and go over them don't scrape, but i get a few rude mouthed words from people around my area normally... if i do i just stay at the same speed till the next bump instead of speeding up




Nice one
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#357152 - 10/10/11 11:11 AM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Alex_H]
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defintely get a strut brace for your car too . only got charged an admin fee to put it on to my policy
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#357153 - 10/10/11 12:25 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: gary4vicky]
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defintely get a strut brace for your car too . only got charged an admin fee to put it on to my policy




I wouldn't have bothered telling them about a strut brace unless you were putting something else on at the same time - you're with Greenlight, right? Is that not £25 admin charge just to tell them about a strut brace?!
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#357154 - 10/10/11 03:19 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: ST_Lee]
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Dev, slow down more for speed bumps and avoid pot holes at all costs. It's well worth the little extra hassle
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#357155 - 10/10/11 03:37 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Duncan_P]
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yeah screw telling them about a strut brace
just take it off if you crash

i havent told them about lowering, flexi, k&n, strut brace, new stereo or tints
Then again K&N, strut brace, tints and stereo i'd just rip out if i had to claim and pray they don't notice the lowering and flexi
surely they wouldn't notice a flexi?? not worth the risk some might say but it is in my eyes

Coming clean next year though
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#357156 - 10/10/11 04:57 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: ST_Lee]
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defintely get a strut brace for your car too . only got charged an admin fee to put it on to my policy




I wouldn't have bothered telling them about a strut brace unless you were putting something else on at the same time - you're with Greenlight, right? Is that not £25 admin charge just to tell them about a strut brace?!




yeah i thought i'd better tell them about it knowing my luck and clumsyness at the.moment lol. Fell down the stairs and a ditch as well this week so far lok
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#357157 - 12/10/11 03:15 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: gary4vicky]
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Do it Kev... just slow down more... trust me lol.
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#357158 - 13/10/11 08:30 AM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Scotty]
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Do it! I finally got round to lowering when I was at 199bhp and I wish I did it a lot earlier mate!

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#357159 - 13/10/11 10:03 AM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Alex_H]
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Kevs getting the bug

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i slow down to about 15-20mph and go over them don't scrape, but i get a few rude mouthed words from people around my area normally... if i do i just stay at the same speed till the next bump instead of speeding up




Nice one




I have to do the same in the focus. Really does not like speed bumps. Little tip just before you go up the bump accelerate. Makes the focus go over them much nicer. Not sure if it will work in the fiesta.
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#357160 - 13/10/11 10:26 AM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Micky]
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Kevs getting the bug

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i slow down to about 15-20mph and go over them don't scrape, but i get a few rude mouthed words from people around my area normally... if i do i just stay at the same speed till the next bump instead of speeding up




Nice one




I have to do the same in the focus. Really does not like speed bumps. Little tip just before you go up the bump accelerate. Makes the focus go over them much nicer. Not sure if it will work in the fiesta.




Micky... i know exactly what you mean.

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#357161 - 13/10/11 01:03 PM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Scotty]
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go for h&r springs kev if i could slap the bloke who made them for my zs i would and there customer service is s**te but saying that i couldnt fault them on the st

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#357162 - 14/10/11 09:34 AM Re: Speed Bumps [Re: Scotty]
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Kevs getting the bug

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i slow down to about 15-20mph and go over them don't scrape, but i get a few rude mouthed words from people around my area normally... if i do i just stay at the same speed till the next bump instead of speeding up




Nice one




I have to do the same in the focus. Really does not like speed bumps. Little tip just before you go up the bump accelerate. Makes the focus go over them much nicer. Not sure if it will work in the fiesta.




Micky... i know exactly what you mean.






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