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looks better mate

personally i didnt think that shocks would make a difference but im glad for u that they have

looks nice john, im happy to see that it only cost you a few pennies to cripple your car as to me, that looks like you can t go any were, is it drivable or what dude ?

the bilstein shocks didnt make much diff at all as they were an OE part (origninal part - not a shorter shock) but these are new springs again mate i hav replaced the corsa apex 60s for nova spax 60's

the tires dont touch the arches at all so the ride hasnt changed at all just abit harder! as for the pennies situation i originally bought a set of apex 60s for 62quid an i only used the back ones so i sold the 60mm front an my old 40mm backs to a mate for 60quid so they cost me 2quid

an i bout the nova springs for 25 quid an b4 i had even picked em up i had sold my corsa60s for 25 then 10quid postage so i these hav cost me nought

if an upraded shock dusnt lower cars further cos u explain to me why they are shorter?

cos surely if there shorter they must compress the spring more?

or is that just me?

I always thought the springs determine the ride height.

Short shocks are used to stop bottoming out. They have a shorter, stiffer rebound/damping too i think.

Looks nice though John.

nice one ben thats all i wanted to know! cheers for the comments. im proper chuffed with it now luks just ryt. bit bumpy tho lol

lookin very nice mate, ive always loved your car, next thing has gotta be tints though, that would top it all off :-)

Looks like a little beast, very tidy.
Standard Nova springs drop it quite a distance for some reason, btw.

its only cos the corsa is alot heavier then the nova so the springs get compressed more, im lovin the ride height an i wud def advise any1 with a corsa b to buy them if u wana go lower then ur desired drop

cheers for the comments peeps, thats one thing i try to pride me car on, it may not b totally rust free or imaculate paint work but i sure try my best to keep it in as best condition as poss

thats what its all about john, pride, who care s what any one things, as long as you like it matey

Okay, a shorter spring requires a shorter shock as the travel is less on the shorter spring than a standard spring. Thats it mate......

But if you want a full explanation :

• Shock Absorbers : (Dampers)

Unless a dampening structure is present, a car spring will extend and release the energy it absorbs from a bump at an uncontrolled rate. The spring will continue to bounce at its natural frequency until all of the energy originally put into it is used up. A suspension built on springs alone would make for an extremely bouncy ride and, depending on the terrain, an uncontrollable car.
Enter the shock absorber, or damper, a device that controls unwanted spring motion through a process known as dampening. Shock absorbers slow down and reduce the magnitude of vibratory motions by turning the kinetic energy of suspension movement into heat energy that can be dissipated through hydraulic fluid. To understand how this works, it's best to look inside a shock absorber to see its structure and function.



A shock absorber is basically an oil pump placed between the frame of the car and the wheels. The upper mount of the shock connects to the frame (i.e., the sprung weight), while the lower mount connects to the axle, near the wheel (i.e., the unsprung weight). In a twin-tube design, one of the most common types of shock absorbers, the upper mount is connected to a piston rod, which in turn is connected to a piston, which in turn sits in a tube filled with hydraulic fluid. The inner tube is known as the pressure tube, and the outer tube is known as the reserve tube. The reserve tube stores excess hydraulic fluid.

When the car wheel encounters a bump in the road and causes the spring to coil and uncoil, the energy of the spring is transferred to the shock absorber through the upper mount, down through the piston rod and into the piston. Orifices perforate the piston and allow fluid to leak through as the piston moves up and down in the pressure tube. Because the orifices are relatively tiny, only a small amount of fluid, under great pressure, passes through. This slows down the piston, which in turn slows down the spring.

Shock absorbers work in two cycles -- the compression cycle and the extension cycle. The compression cycle occurs as the piston moves downward, compressing the hydraulic fluid in the chamber below the piston. The extension cycle occurs as the piston moves toward the top of the pressure tube, compressing the fluid in the chamber above the piston. A typical car or light truck will have more resistance during its extension cycle than its compression cycle. With that in mind, the compression cycle controls the motion of the vehicle's unsprung weight, while extension controls the heavier, sprung weight.

All modern shock absorbers are velocity-sensitive -- the faster the suspension moves, the more resistance the shock absorber provides. This enables shocks to adjust to road conditions and to control all of the unwanted motions that can occur in a moving vehicle, including bounce, sway, brake dive and acceleration squat.

• Struts :

Another common dampening structure is the strut -- basically a shock absorber mounted inside a coil spring. Struts perform two jobs: They provide a dampening function like shock absorbers, and they provide structural support for the vehicle suspension. That means struts deliver a bit more than shock absorbers, which don't support vehicle weight -- they only control the speed at which weight is transferred in a car, not the weight itself.



There you go matey, hope you now understand

thats legendary

andy ur very true its all u can do, i hate seein cars not luked after i just like to know that the next person who buys my car is gettin a bargain, an they will see i tuk car an appreciated it

finally desided to go for the oval back boxes but a step down from 6x4, i also asked if there were any boxes that wud b slightly quieter then my last 2 as i was gettin headaches

proper pleased with it overally, there quieter, but stil pop an the odd backfire:D

Beta pics to cum wen its light