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what is the standard road height ie centre of wheel to bottom of arch. if it has been dropped then is it just the springs that are shorter. has anybody got standard springs they would sell me. =D> ---------phil
speed humps were put in to "protect children from speeding Motorists" could the kids look where there going before they cross the road ? and there mothers can have peace while they play in the road and pester the neighbours 
£200 for standard springs + fitting is a joke.... u may want to go for Pi springs which are quite cheap and only lower the car 10mm which isn't much and they're about £120...., IT,S 300MM COMPARED TO STANDARD 350MM. OVER SO SLOW/MOTORWAY BUT IT MAKES DRIVING IN MY TOWN HARD. i know its a ghay idea but you can allways put the ghay spacers in that you would use when towing a caravan, halfords do them quite cheapmirholly wrote:thanks for your reply, it seems I am the only mr2 owner who wants
to return to standed setting.
(council have just intstalled an extra 20+ 
speed bumps around here), and want them back to normal, so am watching this post with great interest! 
(on the old yahoo groups forum).(NA) 34.5 35 Hope your shocks are standard too.'91 UK n/a that I'd like to drop.!? I have access to a garage with a 2 post ramp, my other halfs family run a MOT and service?'2 in Blue, I would let anybody swap( YOU CAN HARDLY GET YOUR HAND BETWEEN ARCH AND TYRE) and what if we hit snags with the 
, I would rather trust I can't imagine the fronts being too difficult There are always things that can be 'tweaked' after to alter 
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, with our mk1 you just slow down has is the reason for speed humps ( with the mk2 if you just drive slow you scrape) you have to sort of ease over them 
/ quicker way to lower the car is to just change the springs. The kits avialable I've noticed usually drop the car by about 40mm max which is why I mentioned coilovers. The front springs on a standard '2 are usually quite large in diameter where as a coilover will be alot slimmer and the spring looks as it's fits 'over' the damper - someone may correct me here.? 
but the best bit is when I'm over the last one and the 3mph - 30mph sees them dissapear in my rear view mirror..!! -35mm springs. The distance from my wheel centre to top of wheel arch is approx 340mm. Coilover suspension will be fairly obvious to spot. A spring upgrade may require you to rub any dirt off the spring to see if they're painted (in my experiance they're usually red, yellow or silver) or have any identifying writing on them. You will need spring compressors and you'll need to bleed the brakes after as the brake hose goes through a bracket on the shock absorber. Not a difficult job but fairly time consuming. E-mail me if you're interested in buying them. i myself have a rev 2 n/a lowerd 40mm on spax springs only, i go over many speed humps and bumps and never have a problem, i used to drive a fiesta dropped about 150mm and still got over bumps. if you want any lower than 40mm you are looking at getting a decent set of full adjustable coilovers. fastest i have done this is 15 mins a corner, so if anyone would like anyhelp i am willing. as for the days work hehe, god knows where u got that info from. dave