rtec

[saunders]

Well iv looked into lowering and seens i don't know any good garages that i trust to lower my car properly, im gonna go to rtec when i get the cash together. Any1 know wot the P.I. kits are like?

[jaybiss]

p.i arent the best

do a search on them :)

[Ben_G]

My old furio was lowered 40mm on a P.I kit,no problems at all for the 2 years that I had the car.I would recomend them :thumbup:

[saunders]

Well it looks like the views are the same as open induction as opposed to enclosed? as in PI are not the best kit..BUT they are good enough.. Am i rite?
Im just after styling really, as long as getting PI kit wont mean added maintenance cost but a 45mm drop shouldn't cause problems??

[GreenSaxo]

yeah.. my pi kits is a massive improvement over standard. i cant tell you how good they are to other makes though...

[saunders]

Cool i beta start saving, so to clarify i wont get any long term problems? with driveshafs etc?

[DevilDamo]

saunders... Get your car lowered at a place near me. £120 all in.

[saunders]

saunders... Get your car lowered at a place near me. £120 all in.

wheres that mate?
£120 for what? kit? or just springs?

[DevilDamo]

£120 is to lower the car (front and back). Lowering springs/suspension kits are obviously on top of that.

The place near me is in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire. Not a million miles from you as you're in Kent. Where in Kent are you from?

[saunders]

£120 is to lower the car (front and back). Lowering springs/suspension kits are obviously on top of that.

The place near me is in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire. Not a million miles from you as you're in Kent. Where in Kent are you from?

I live on Sheepy (middle of nowhere?) well bin quote £230 for PI kit and lower torsion bar, thats the best i could find?

[DevilDamo]

Right... As far as I know, R-Tec overprice anything.

How much is this kit you're looking at (on its own)?

[saunders]

Well im not too sure its the 45mm kit for 1.1\1.4 Ful PI kit if any1 knows

[DevilDamo]

I've just had a look on one website and they're selling those 45mm lowering springs for around £50 so R-Tec are charging you £180 to lower your car which I think is too much. You shouldn't expect to pay anymore than £150 really.

You'd pay around £170 in total if you were to have the car lowered at the place near me.

[saunders]

I've just had a look on one website and they're selling those 45mm lowering springs for around £50 so R-Tec are charging you £180 to lower your car which I think is too much. You shouldn't expect to pay anymore than £150 really.

You'd pay around £170 in total if you were to have the car lowered at the place near me.

Well i havn't got the dosh at the moment but i was just lookin for prices, cos im lookin at 15's freeze black on 45mm. Cheers for the advice, rep on way when im allowed :)

[DevilDamo]

Ok... well I've given you an idea of how much you could be paying... As already said, R-Tec overprice.

[saunders]

Yea cheers for the advice mate ill look around, oh so im i likely to get driveshaf probs in the long run at 45mm?

[DevilDamo]

Many parts are put under more strain when lowering a car... It's very unlikely you'll have any major problems with the driveshaft.

[saunders]

Cool thanks again mate

[SKOLSKY]

r-tec give a rubbish service, i will never go there again, they wrecked my car and ripped me off a treat, my car has never been the same since it came back from there, they didnt roll my arches propaly they didn't do anything i asked of them, when i complained they did nothing, they are useless selfish money grabbing gits that think the world shines out there arse. i hate the rip brothers, r-tech and ripspeed suck!!

[saunders]

what did they do wrong? how low were u wanting to go? must addmit ur the first person iv heard thats complained about there service

[DevilDamo]

That's the first complaint I've heard too :-S

[Scott]

its certainly not the first i have heard in my time. Way over priced

[saunders]

its certainly not the first i have heard in my time. Way over priced

over priced yes, but i mean regaurding service, its the first iv heard

[SKOLSKY]

well when i took it there first it was lowered 60 mm, i said to them can i get 17" on wen it was this low, they said not a problem, will cost a little more though. fine i thought i dont mind, after 3 hrs of waiting they came out and said they cant do it and i need to buy new springs, so more money.
4 hrs later it came out, really high and the arches were not connected to the body work propaly, they were coming away from the wing, i asked why and they had snapped the clips and didn't have any to replace them. They said come down in a week and we will replace it. I got home and inspected my vehicle some more, they didn't move the water bottle forward or put a plate around the fuel neck like they are supposed to and worst of all they snapped the bracket that held the side skirt on. There was sharpe metal edges showing which i had to flatten back myself, it pissed me off totally.

Just my experiance there put me off them for life. They never fixed the arches or compensated me for the crap work