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[Alburglar]

How easy is it to fit a sump guard and is it worth it?

it is a bit of a pain in the arse but well worth it, especially on a lowered car.

Most of the sump guards I have seen have the same set up:

Two holes to be drilled in subframe at the front and two at either side at the rear of the subframe. trouble is, if you line the gaurd up dead centre, then the holes at the rear have to be drilled through a vertical bit of the subframe. so you either have to widen the holes on the sump guard or offset the guard slightly.

[Alburglar]

have now had a look and the car does have adjustble ride height. So just need some adjustable dampers to match

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[Alburglar]

and also cased out getting a reversing light sorted. Just need the switch that screws in here at the side of the rod exchange, and then feed the wires back to my mates mk4 rear lights.

You can see the round opening on the left hand side of the box in this picture

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[Jackman]

Well i think ill leave it, my car is not lowered or anything so i dont think its worth it yet. Thanks anyway

[Madmax]

hey alburglar

have u got any pics of your dash, im buying a curley carbon dash after christmas and i'd like an idea of how yours fits, and if its a good fit

thanks mate

[Jackman]

Its on page 5

[Alburglar]

hey alburglar

have u got any pics of your dash, im buying a curley carbon dash after christmas and i'd like an idea of how yours fits, and if its a good fit

thanks mate

I'll take some specific dash photo's when my magnolia dials and shift light turn up after crimbo. Hint hint santa

[YoungUn]

how much are curley dash's and where do you get them from?

AND also.. what is the ride height?? looks pretty low on the pic on page 5 of the sumpguard

[Alburglar]

www.curleyuk.com
150 to 325 quid

[Alburglar]

Dunno what ride height is.
It is set at just enough to clear speed bumps at 1 mile an hour.

[mini_ron]

mmm thats a sexy minus!!

aaron

[Dan]

I know you probably know this already, but what you posted above sounded a bit odd so:
Adjustable dampers are different to adjustable suspension, they aren't adjustable for stroke (to accomodate lowered cars) but are adjustable for bump/rebound levels (basically how firm they are). What you might need is dampers for lowered cars, which have about 1" less travel. But there's no hard and fast rules about when they are needed.
Also you might need the modified front top shock brackets for lowered cars, these keep your dampers in a more vertical position than the standard brackets do when the suspension is lowered and move the damper up a little.

[Alburglar]

LOL.
Yes dan, I did know that.
I want new adjustable dampers as my current ones are ancient and too harsh. I think because they are standard length koni's, and the car is extensively lowered. So I want new ones so I can set the re-bound to suit me and lowered ones to suit the ride height. Spax, Gaz and proshocks all do ones with both qualities and have an easy method of adjustment.

Thanks anyway though.

[smudgersmb]

I remember the Minus being in a mag feature. Got it in the house some where but dont ask me to find it :grin:

As for the dash, doing my own which will be avaible after xmas.

Smudger

[Alburglar]

Yeah I got about 3 copies of that feature. The spec he lists is complete b*llocks tho.