Lowering an MGF

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hammond
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Lowering an MGF

Post by hammond » Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:55 pm

I've recently had new Hydragas spheres fitted by Dawn and Ian Kennedy which are all fine but the ride height is factory set and is too high, looks weird.
I have measured it to check but it just doesn't look good.
I need to lower it but don't really want to remove fluid as it's all just been done.
Has anyone used these lowering pins below and does fitting involve depressurising the system anyway?

http://www.mgfcentre.com/store/performa ... -pins.html

Or is there better/easier ways to do it?

Any advice would be most welcome. :thumbsu:
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Re: Lowering an MGF

Post by Rob Bell » Mon Jul 22, 2019 5:54 pm

365mm ride height does look comically high - there aren't many MGFs with the correct setting these days!

Yes, there are more ways than one to lower the car. One is the pins - which Mike Satur/ Brown and Gammons initiated 20 years ago. Another is to let out fluid pressure (not ideal, and you'll lose the ride quality you've just paid to restore!) The easiest way, I think, is the "Techspeed" method, where you cut down the displacer cone 3 or 4mm... you can read about this here: http://mgf.ultimatemg.com/group2/suspen ... wering.htm and http://mgf.ultimatemg.com/group2/DIY/su ... /index.htm
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Re: Lowering an MGF

Post by hammond » Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:04 pm

Thanks for that :thumbsu:
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