Sagaris ride height

[cinquecento]

Some months ago I posted about repairing the nose of my Sag which is being worn away from constant rubbing. I go side tracked in cutting out the rusted bolts on the lower shock mounts then cutting off and replacing the spring perches which had oxidised themselves to the outside shock thread. All this to raise the car about 10-12 mm so when I repair the nose, it won't get damaged again.

My plan is to raise the front by increasing the height on the spring perches and also to lower the rear by doing the opposite on the rear shocks. Understand lowering the rear won't have such a large impact as the car will pivot on the front wheels. I guess if I raise the car 8mm at the front and aim for 4-6 mm at the back that shouldn't visually imbalance the car too much. Obviously get a camber alignment afterwards

Would this work?

[RAS]

Will this not cause the rear diffusser to ground more?

I have as much of a problem with the rear diffusser grounding as the nose on our crumbling British roads.

[ShiDevil]

Rake Rear needs to be higher than front of course

Edited by ShiDevil on Tuesday 17th December 17:46

[supercrispy]

Have a chat to Dom@Power. He has moved my front springs to rear, new stiffer springs on front (same set-up as his 5L) and I have not grounded since, despite going faster over some of the dips I used to ground on before. Slightly stiffer all round but handling and ride still feel great.

[Hollowpockets]

If you lower the rear you will constantly ground it. If you also raise the front without raising the rear you will affect the aero but more importantly shift weight to the rear and reduce front end grip. Surely resulting in you under steering into a ditch and the resulting insurance write off will leave you scratching your head- how did that happen??? Best not to mess with it unless set up by a professional.

If you are determined, raise both front and rear by the same height of 10mm and keep the balance, the only change will be that you'll scuff less (fit one of straight six nose scuff protector plates) but by raising it you will increase the available suspension travel by raising it through its stroke, making the car slightly more compliant over bumpy roads as a bonus.

Graham