[doc] Re: wheels and springs

["John Dore" <dmcjohn@xxxx>]

hey Martin,
Why would you not recommend Rob's shocks? I would... I think they are 
excellent! In one weekend in Boston, I changed the 4 shocks and front 
springs and replaced my NCT tires with yokohams avs tires - it was a 
completely different car after this work, and now has incredible 
handling. 

John

--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> 
wrote:
> It was called the "cut and swap" method, but the rear end of the 
car is 
> much heavier than the front, and the springs are of a different 
> strength. I've read too many opinions that say "don't do it".... 
but 
> have no personal experience. I have Chrispy's springs on the front 
and 
> Grady's shocks which allow the rear to be lowered by 1/2". I can't 
say 
> I'd recommend them though.
> 
> Martin
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> >I remember hearing somewhere that when Americans replace the front 
> >springs with lower ones they can use the original front springs on 
> >the rear to lower it too.
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> >This could be a cheap way to do it if you've still got your 
original 
> >front springs.
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