Lmarion
Member Since: 08 Jun 2008
Location: turkey
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Hi,
Does the suspension lower itself on high speeds ? Does it make any difference ?
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 19th Apr 2010 11:24 am |
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heine
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Midrand
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IIRC it drops at 160 km/h - can't say by how much
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| 19th Apr 2010 1:02 pm |
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BBS SPY
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Member Since: 15 Jun 2007
Location: Sunny Cyprus
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lowers from off road height to normal automatically over 31 MPH (50KMH) and later software drops the car 20mm if you go over 100 MPH for 5 seconds.
The latter is invisible, the first is very undesirable for some folk.
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| 19th Apr 2010 1:05 pm |
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PaulP
Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
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To be honest, I've driven mine around twisty roads at around 60-80km/h with shortened rods and recalibrated suspension (total + 8 to 10cm) and the truth is that having the suspension drop back down at 50km/h is not such a bad thing....the D3 handles like a pig when it's that high up (unless you put spacers?)...
As the other guys have said, it drops once you keep it at >=160km/h for 5 seconds, but to be honest you won't notice much....
You're unlikely to go throwing across lanes at that speed so you're unlikely to notice the difference - maybe the ride will become slightly firmer, but not many people outside of Germany can legally drive that fast anyway. 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
2007 Golf GT DSG
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| 19th Apr 2010 1:18 pm |
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