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[Big_Al]

okey poky i will look and see when its light and take it back and get them to replace springs as it sounds like they fitted the wrong ones. thanks for all your help
and off the subject 61 strat very close what about a gibson sg or a les paul

Sorry,   never liked Gibbo's . .  I'm a Fender man 

[matt leadbetter]

thats fair enough i quite like playing mine to 

[Big_Al]

Matt, measure from the ground to the wheelarch, through the center of the wheel & post the measurement on here.

From what you sayI'm guessing it's gonna be 640 ish which is too low

Also have a look in the picture gallery at a few CDX estates & compare to what you have. Should give you an idea of how it should be sitting

[matt leadbetter]

your close ive got 650 give or take a couple of mm

[dad1uk]

I've just measured mine, standing on the level with standard shocks (old ones at that! ) and the Heavy Duty springs and it measures 680mm from ground to wheel arch across the centre of the wheel.
The new springs certainly solved my problems with speedhumps
Hope this helps

[Big_Al]

your close ive got 650 give or take a couple of mm

About an inch (25mm) too low  IMO.   even MV6's  are 660mm

Who changed the springs  . . local garage?    without a doubt it should sit at  675mm minimum. so probably wrong springs

Might be a suggestion to ask them which springs they fitted .  If they say "Omega"  then they probably have not a clue that there are lots of different Omega rear springs.

Out of interest , has this only happened since you had the new springs fitted?  or was the car sitting low before?

Also  worth noting that knackered shocks won't help 

[matt leadbetter]

only since i had them done i will take it back to them tomorrow (local garage) and tell them they fitted the wrong ones and see what they say

[Big_Al]

Let us know tomorrow  how you get on 

[tunnie]

Any chance saloon springs were fitted by accident? They are considerably shorter than Estate ones.

[matt leadbetter]

I took it back this morning and that's exactly what they said they put the saloon ones on and are ordering the right ones and will call me when the parts arrive but we will see thanks all for you help and advise and thank you big al for all your help.
And I've only broken one ( i miss it) the cam belt snapped on me a week before it was going in to be replaced and did a fair bit of damage. 

[TheBoy]

I took it back this morning and that's exactly what they said they put the saloon ones on and are ordering the right ones and will call me when the parts arrive but we will see thanks all for you help and advise and thank you big al for all your help.

Result

And I've only broken one ( i miss it) the cam belt snapped on me a week before it was going in to be replaced and did a fair bit of damage. 

Yeah, normally 16 or 24 bent valves, and knacked valve stem seals

[Big_Al]

I took it back this morning and that's exactly what they said they put the saloon ones on and are ordering the right ones and will call me when the parts arrive but we will see thanks all for you help and advise and thank you big al for all your help.
And I've only broken one ( i miss it) the cam belt snapped on me a week before it was going in to be replaced and did a fair bit of damage. 

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Result then Matt . . Estate springs should sort it . 

Pleasure to have been of assistance