[glb]

by Rob Siegel

Lowering the nose on my Lotus Europa

Rob Siegel has been working on a front-end refresh of his Lotus Europa, and the time has come to tackle the next job on the list: lowering the nose. Not wanting to spend $1300 on a full set of shocks and springs with adjustable spring perches, he went the DIY route. No surprise there.

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[khamai]

Rob - nice write up.

You may have covered this, there are 2 other dimension worth considering:
A) the distance from the eyelet (mounting point) to the platform of the spring collar. The shorter this distance the lower the ride height for a given spring.
B) The length of the body of the damper. If you use the front Spax damper from a TC Europa on a S1/S2 Europa with stock or shorter springs the damper will bottom out as the damper body on the TC damper is longer than that for the S1/S2.

Cheers,
Kiyoshi

 

[glb]

I'm confused. Did you post this on Hagerty?

 

[khamai]

I'm confused. Did you post this on Hagerty?

GLB - my bad & confusion. I mixed up that you weren't the author and just reposted this.
Kiyoshi

 

[glb]

You can post it on Hagerty of course