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lennoxlewis · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject: Tigra: rear suspension springs

hello all, my tigra rear wont lower.. the front is ok but the rear looks like a hummer. i had some -3 cm's springs working with my bilstein suspension and yesterday changed for -6 springs and still high.

But the problem is the following, i dont mind it looking like a hummer, i am just worried about the performance, and i noticed that the -6 spring coils are completly closed minus the last coil, the bottom coil. So the action of the entire spring is reduced to that last coil, the other 3 or 4 coils are close toguether, flat !!!

Is that normal??

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marsden · Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject:

my tigra is lowered 60mm all round n back end sits r8 up in the air, i dont know how it affects em to standard because ive never driven a standard one, all i know is that under breaking mine is really really arse end happy

stops the front lifting as much on 1/4 mile tho so not overly fussed. can live with the back end bin light

john & jake the dog · vauxsport.com Joined: 25 Oct 2009 Posts: 1

Hi, sorry 'bout replying to an old post but this is a problem I have just had and it seems that firms are marketing lowering springs for the Tigra which just don't lower the rear. Jamex -40mm only lower 5mm.
I think the problem is the lightness of the tigra rear and uprated lowering springs.
The only way to go seems like coilovers, but damned expensive.