hillesleyhenry

Hi mate,
I'll be fitting the ford approved eibach lowering springs
Will lower the current height by 20mm front 30mm rear

When fitting lowering springs you will require :
Rear camber adjusment bolts from eibach
Eibach Pro lowering springs (different springs for petrol/diesel)
Ford steering limiter kit.







When fitting coil overs you will require:
Rear camber adjusment bolts from eibach
Ford steering limiter kit.
Front camber tower adjustment kit from eibach.

I personally think the eibach kit will be low enough considering the existing ride height with 18" fitted

this is before lowering:

Thanks for the info, have you fitted the kit yet, if so how has the handling changed? Also what's the overall cost of all these items for lowering springs? and are they easy to fit overall? If not how much for fitting generally, as surely tracking etc would all have to be done after? Sorry for all the Qs just intrigued lol

TripleRcomposites manufacture a splitter for the mk2.5 ZetecS supplied in gloss black with pre-drilled holes in the splitter for easy alignment,
Holes are required to be drilled in the underside of the front splitter but not atall visible when fitted or removed,

Fitting requires two jacks or axle stands to raise up the front end to get under there and drill the holes,
Preferably two people to hold and fit too,

Cost me 120 pounds from TripleRcomposites email Kevin and tell him lenny from fordownersclub.com sent you: triplercomposites@live.co.uk

 

 

 

Ok, sounds good - i actually managed to hunt down triple r components on facebook last night and messaged them on there, if they dont reply though i will email them with reference to you. I have to say it does look really good though...

Thanks for the reply, looked at pumaspeed but I think they only really do ones for the st or RS, I have seen ones on here I think that are apparently made for the zetec s? Also is drilling into the bumper required- if so will the holes be visible if ever removed?

Any thoughts on the new ford fiesta st? looks nice and a fair bit of power! any idea of the price?

ok, thanks for the in

 

Yes it would be expensive- but you would be getting a remap, stainless steel exhaust, DPF removal all at once

 

I rate Superchips/ Bluefin, and have one fitted myself, i have another post with more info on them - for you though they don't do electronic DPF delete on their bluefin set (they may do it but possibly by visiting them)

 

The reason the DPF spews out smoke (carbon particles) under heavy acceleration, is because it collects the carbon/ soot  the rest of the time, eg crusing on the M-way, then, round town/ junctions near schools, residential areas etc, it dumps it out,and the energy/ resources taken to make the DPF,   this, and the fact it reduces the economy of the vehicle, if, for aguments sake it reduces the economy by 2mpg, and this is multiplied by all the diesel cars fitted with DPFs, you have the extra energy taken to produce the extra fuel, then the extra tanker trucks and the additional pollution they cause, because of the DPFs fitted

 

Thats not even including the wasted fuel burnt because of DPFs going through their regen cycle (if applicable) 

 

So overall the DPF has a greater impact on the enviroment than no DPF, without a DPF, the car produces the same amount of particulates (soot/ smoke) as before but it spreads it out "evenly" rather than "dumping" it all at once,(or "catching" the particulates untill you have to replace it with a new DPF at your (considerable) expense ) exept the car without a DPF is more economical, which (arguably) has less impact on the enviroment then at least on your wallet (with the cost of fuel etc)

 

You mention possible reliability issues - by ditching your DPF and EGR you eliminate future problems with these components (there are known to give trouble)

 

Thanks a lot for the info , how much more gains would you expect with a dpf removal, also is just a DPF removal and then a reflash/remap good enough? or would a stainless steel exhaust be neccessary. Also not sure what a EGR is??