Help needed with using springs from a Suzuki alto to lower my car
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frank
Club Member
remove stock springs, then fit the alto ones
there,s no modding as such
frank
Club Member
yes thats what i have, you will need the (shorter) corsa rear shocks to keep them captive tho, and yes your axle will shift about 5 mm to the offside (whether you want to correct that shift is up to you
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yes thats what i have, you will need the (shorter) corsa rear shocks to keep them captive tho, and yes your axle will shift about 5 mm to the offside (whether you want to correct that shift is up to you
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didn't know this.
thought only the rears fitted =/
frank
Club Member
good point MM, 4 rear alto springs needed
Inadvertently helped there xD
what I mean frank is I thought it noyl worked to lower the rear of the car and the front needed a different set up.
So your telling me I can go buy 4 alto rear springs, and 4 corsa shocks (rear aswell? ) and combine them and lower the whole car 50mm? :L
skymera
Brutal Honesty
And what wizardry are you going to use to fit a rear shock to the front..
h701micra
Deactivated Account
is there a certain year alto? (sorry to but in)
oh and are the rear corsa shocks a straight fit?
MicraPRO
Part Of The Furniture
Remember the nut from the top of the rear shocks you will need to use it att micra one is to small.
ok cheers mate what year spings would i need anyone no?
remove stock springs, then fit the alto ones
What year alto do you get the springs from?
frank
Club Member
mine were from circa 90,s cars jack, later ones might fit ok tho ?
Mines a 97, so if I get springs from just around that time it should work okay?
Been looking through threads and there's just so many different things it's hard to find a simple answer haha
The Corsa B rear shocks that I just fitted to mine needed the holes in the bushes drilled out to 12mm. That cost £15 at my local engineering company. Also, the threaded portion that pokes through the top mount was really short in comparison to the Micra one, it was a real fiddle to compress the rubber thingy enough to get the nut on.
Enuo
Glorified Electrician
I just used a 10mm ss bolt haha
having spied some altos at the scrappers - i think this may be the way to go
Magpie42
Actual Magpie.
It's easy peasy too...I have alto rears on the front and corsa sxi shocks with...ehem...cut lowering springs on the back...
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I just need to lose some body roll and i reckon thats the cheapest way right now. Heck i'll even keep my diddy alloys
I'm running altos in the rear with standard shocks and cut springs in the front. I'll be swaping the cut springs out for matiz shocks and springs.
Call into any parts place and you should be able to pick a full set of these springs for no more than £70
and you should get a set of corsa b shocks for around £30
Show them these pics and they should be able to get them for you.
Call into any parts place and you should be able to pick a full set of these springs for no more than £70
and you should get a set of corsa b shocks for around £30
Show them these pics and they should be able to get them for you.
frank
Club Member
the matiz rears are supposed to go in the front !I'm running altos in the rear with standard shocks and cut springs in the front. I'll be swaping the cut springs out for matiz shocks and springs.
I know Frank ill be getting a full front strut from the scrappy along with matiz rears.
Sorry if this has been asked but can you just use standard shocks from a corsa b with alto springs?
frank
Club Member
you cant use stock corsa shocks shaun, the spring is too wide iirc
Magpie42
Actual Magpie.
You are talking about the rear, yep?
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Damn, could I use other springs? And it was corsa c shocks, sorry...
Yea bud
frank
Club Member
i thought you meant front shocks tbh shaun
Haha nah the rears, is there any hope for me now?
Yep all you need to do is take the standard springs out and replace em with the alto ones and in the rear you swap the standard shocks with corsa b rear shocks. Use alto rear springs all round.
Cheers mate, would corsa c shocks fit? ( a mate of mine has a spare set he'll do for cheap)
Magpie42
Actual Magpie.
I suppose you could...if you've got a lot of time on your hands!
Best to borrow a grinder or invest in one...there are so many great things you can destroy with a grinder...
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Ill see what I can do but I may just have to file away for a while.
It should end up looking like this on both sides (the top one is the standard Micra shock)...
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I'm sure I can manage that, it's not too much to take off, I take it you have to be careful not to destroy the rubber?
cheers mate, should be lowered by next week or the week after, will possibly put up a guide for others with photos of the process, save them the trouble of having to ask loads of questions like me...
Magpie42
Actual Magpie.
cheers mate, should be lowered by next week or the week after, will possibly put up a guide for others with photos of the process, save them the trouble of having to ask loads of questions like me...
You mean something like the Official Lowering Guide?
http://www.micra.org.uk/threads/official-msc-k11-lowering-guide-faq.54269/
Exactly but there's not much on there about the alto methodYou mean something like the Official Lowering Guide?
http://www.micra.org.uk/threads/official-msc-k11-lowering-guide-faq.54269/
