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[miniallsort]

as title says whats your suspension set up for 13x7 wheels

also can you guys and girls post up pics of your minis lowered on 13s

cheers miniallsort

Edited by miniallsort, 03 March 2009 - 07:40 PM.

[zebidee]

My setup is pretty much standard at the moment, its fitted with a full set of Hi-Los and i made sure all the cones and ball joints were new. Heres a pic (excuse the black wheels , they were from when the car was all blue, they're now scrubbed down and shiny again!):

[mike.]

Mines lowered with hilos and has GAZ ajustable dampers. Don't know if they're lowered dampers or not though...

[miniallsort]

cheers guys any difference in handling with that suspension set up

[morley]

heres mine on 13x7 starmags, standard suspension apart from ripseed hi-los and AVO adjustable shocks, it handled well and used to take any corner at speed.. but i've never driven another mini so i don't know any different lol

[Dylan8660]

I have minitastic fast road springs, hi-los, gaz adjustable dampers and 0.5-ve camber all round. two things that I would do different are lowered shocks on the rear and not buying my rear camber/toe brackets from minispares.

[mike.]

What are the springs like compared to dougnuts?

Also that white mini. I've not seen it with the new wheel but the black wheels look awesome, you should have kept them.

[1380davis]

when i fitted my 13's i changed all the ball joints and wheel bearings ,put rear camber shims on but dont buy from minispares as there not all that as i have found out, adjustable bottom arms ,adjustable tie bars,longer track rod ends for better camber,full set of ripspeed hi lo's and gaz lowerd dampers, if the donuts need changing get the yellow dot ones from minispares ,dont get the springs as they change the mini feel imo.

with a decent 4 wheel set up ,ull soon feel the diference round the corners


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[ThunderJimmy]

Also that white mini. I've not seen it with the new wheel but the black wheels look awesome, you should have kept them.

Second that! Looks amazing with the black two tone..... (*starts looking in yellow pages for bodyshops*)

Edited by ThunderJimmy, 04 March 2009 - 09:17 PM.

[maph2]

you need to get as much adjustable parts fitted to your susd[pension to ensure that the car can be set up accuratey. the 7x13 are the worse wheel for handling andf will make worse any inaccuracies in your suspension geometry. if this isn't done, you'll get odd tyre wear, increased tramlining and torque steer

[mini_turbo_pete]

Here's a few pics of mine..

[Miniquick]

Bit off topic here guys but i just had a mess around with my Hi los and lowered the mini a little at the rear now when i hit any sort of bump on the road i get a loud banging sound. What could this be ?

[Prawn]

sounds like it could be your rear brake pipes/brackets hitting the shell at the back!

As standard the brake pipes are mounted on the top of the radius arms, when you lower it too far, these can hit the shell, and could cause the brake pipes to rupture!

Either raise it back up so it doesn't happen, or relocate the pipes onto the side of the radius arms.

[ERAturbo]

Running 6 x 13's

Gaz adjustable shocks
fully adjustable (heavy duty) tie rods, bottom arms, camber/ castor plates etc
Replacement red (fast road) coil springs
KAD rear anti roll bar
Hi-los
polybushes all round

Handles great on road....and on the track. Set up so its a compromise between the 2 .....

It looks high, but the arches on the ERA are cut VERY high at front ... the wing indicators are not in the original place(look at back arches)......



Mini turbo pete ....that is well low looks great