Lowering a 2018 Vanquish S
Lowering a 2018 Vanquish S
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BrntRubber

Original Poster:

519 posts

100 months

Friday 25th July
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Hi All,

Anyone know if a Vanquosh S can be lowered on the stock suspension?

Bamford Rose said it can be lowered 15mm but grok and chatgpt says no and suggests the velocity ap springs.

If I can lower it on the stock setup that would be prefwrred as I want to keep my warranty in full effect.

Thanks for the help.

paulrog1

1,109 posts

157 months

Friday 25th July
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To lower the Bilstein damper springs you will need to remove them from the car, remove the spring and put them in a lathe and machine a new groove for the split ring that secures the lower spring platform.

That will lower the car, but not sure how low you can go.

Personally I wouldn't touch them, the suspension has been tuned from factory to be optimal.

BrntRubber

Original Poster:

519 posts

100 months

Friday 25th July
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paulrog1 said:
To lower the Bilstein damper springs you will need to remove them from the car, remove the spring and put them in a lathe and machine a new groove for the split ring that secures the lower spring platform.

That will lower the car, but not sure how low you can go.

Personally I wouldn't touch them, the suspension has been tuned from factory to be optimal.
I see. I dont want to modify the existing springs. I was hoping the car could just be lowered a little with a few turns of the coilovers. Thats out.

So I will go for velocity ap springs or just leave it stock.

Thanks for your help

LTP

2,605 posts

128 months

Friday 25th July
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If Grok and/or ChatGPT tell you something then they can safely be ignored. I don't know why anyone would take anything a glorified autocomplete says seriously - it doesn't understand your question and supplies what it thinks that you statistically most likely want to see.

I suggest you talk to an actual engineering company

BrntRubber

Original Poster:

519 posts

100 months

Friday 25th July
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paulrog1 said:
To lower the Bilstein damper springs you will need to remove them from the car, remove the spring and put them in a lathe and machine a new groove for the split ring that secures the lower spring platform.

That will lower the car, but not sure how low you can go.

Personally I wouldn't touch them, the suspension has been tuned from factory to be optimal.
I see. I dont want to modify the existing springs. I was hoping the car could just be lowered a little with a few turns of the coilovers. Thats out.

So I will go for velocity ap springs or just leave it stock.

Thanks for your help