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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




+1

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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Registered: 20/07/10
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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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