HI ive got a 99v ex police mv6 estate 3.0, as the ride hight on police spec springs were huge i.e 4"+ from 225 60 15 tyres to wheel arch i found a set of imrscher red springs & front struts for £20 in a scrappy ive fitted them onto car but in doing so 1 of the rear self level shocks sheered the top pin off with an almighty bang spraying fluid everywhere! i bought off ebay a pair of monroe air assist rear shocks with pipe & guage, i removed fuse from S,L kit & after fitting them & doing what kit instructions said on test drive Very bouncy & loud knocking from rear even with guage at max in green section? i called irmscher & they said there kits are 25/30mm max drop over standard & the mv6 model is already 15mm lower as standard..? but i noticed a huge drop of 40mm on front & 60mm on rear from police spec springs but the car sits perfectly level
But as shockers were still knocking i called monroe who said that the shocks are only designed to fit cars with standard ride height & do not fit a standard mv6 & they dont list a shock for an mv6 either... ive tryed everywhere to source standard s,l shocks but priced at £180 each +vat! i calnt find anybody who do a standard mv6 shocker that can accomadate a drop of any height...? speaking to PVD, Vauxhall, LMF Vauxhall, Courtney sport etc they say only Bilstein do a B6/B8 shocker or a B12 complete kit for it now with 4xB8s & eibache 30mm springs £618.00 or FK coilovers £575.00 .... Dont know what to do... i use the car for 4 things... 1 daily driver, 2 drift racing & track days, 3 work car which means hauling upto 250kg in the boot, 4 towing a 3500kg car trailer so the S.L kit perfect & coil overs i can raise rear via spanners or use s,l to stiffen it up stop it goin too low but its trying to find a setup for all uses that dont cost a fortune... i want to try keep the drop ive got if poss just need to stiffen rear up as im running frontera front dampers modifyed to fit atmo so i can use car with small airbags wiv shraider valves but they are 20years old & 1split in bham goin over a speedbump & left rear on a rounderbout lastnight & now its bouncy again & knocking!! the airbags worked perfect if they were a bit bigger coz i cud maybe mod them into s.l system & when i have weight in rear pump them up but i still need 2 rear shocks to work lowered or raised or would standard s.l do it if i angle the sensor on rear wishbone not to raise it too high? because i got a 2nd hand one fitted them both on but as it was pumping up they lifted the car over 5" from tyre to arch then the 2nd had one blew & when deflating its self back down after the old one then blew aswel so i couldnt test the theory... i hope this kinda makes sence?? could i have a contact number if replying or if easyer mine is 07534 967604 as this is my 1st message & unsure how it all works...? hope you or anybody else can help..? Oh BTW car is now sat on 17" alloys with 225,45,17 fronts & 245 40 17 rears, from the 225 60 15 original steels that police had fitted.
Has anybody got any ideas what setup would be best?
Does anyone have any S.L rear shocks?
Has anybody fitted coilovers to an estate?
Has anybody modified airbags off the S.L system & how do u regulate the hight?
& what dampers can i use for lowered rear springs apart from bilstein b8s?
Does anybody have anything that could help part kits shocks/springs/airbags/coilovers?
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Topic: MV6 Estate S,L suspension issues ex,police HELP ASAP! 5 questions? (Read 7140 times)