Lowering a Vanquish

[PantsFire]

I'm considering replacing the springs on my '13 Vanquish, stiffening the ride and dropping it 10-30mm to improve handling. Has anyone else done it?

Edited by PantsFire on Monday 18th February 08:02

[RobXjcoupe]

10mm isn’t exactly lowering. You would get that by changing tyre profiles.

[dbs2000]

RobXjcoupe said:

You would get that by changing tyre profiles.

...and a gashing up your speedo as well.

[PantsFire]

RobXjcoupe said:

10mm isn’t exactly lowering. You would get that by changing tyre profiles.

Vanquish's already sit quite low, most mentions of changing springs I found were talking 10 to 30mm, I think the bigger change would be to have stiffer springs to reduce some of the roll in corners etc.

[anonymous-user]

PantsFire said:

Vanquish's already sit quite low, most mentions of changing springs I found were talking 10 to 30mm, I think the bigger change would be to have stiffer springs to reduce some of the roll in corners etc.

I think David Appleby Engineering offer a lowering spring kit that does all the above. A 22mm drop, with an increased spring rate (and some weight saving over the OEM springs). I cant vouch for how much difference it makes, but it might be worth looking into.

[8Tech]

Any lowering will require a higher spring rate to prevent bottoming out. It will also (obviously) reduce ground clearance, and the Vanquish is hardly a Range Rover in that respect.
Reducing body roll is better done by uprating the anti-roll (sway) bars but I dont know if any are available, either in the performance market or from another model.

[Phil57DBS]

Here are :
http://www.velocityap.com/Aston-Martin-Vanquish-Sp...

as the same on my DBS

[Jibberingloon]

Ive got VelocityAP for the Vantage supplied and fitted at DAE

Best thing I did Ride is perfect

Im sure it will be the same on the Vanquish

[PantsFire]

Thanks for the information all.

[RobXjcoupe]

dbs2000 said:

RobXjcoupe said:

You would get that by changing tyre profiles.

...and a gashing up your speedo as well.

By 5mph

[dbs2000]

RobXjcoupe said:

By 5mph

And you don't think the traction control, ABS and other systems have been calibrated to rolling radius? Cars are no long analogue.

[V8LM]

ABS, TC* and everything else wouldn’t (indeed couldn’t unless connected to a GPS) give one hoot what the rolling radius is, providing it has been changed the same on all wheels.

* The TC might kick-in earlier with a reduced radius**.

** Reducing the radius to lower the car also increases the gap between wheel and arch***.

*** Which would look s**t.

Edited by V8LM on Wednesday 20th February 08:31