Lowering it!

[charlie_morris_minor]

first hurdled cleared..

yes it is a process of trial and error. for what it is worth i would set the car up for standard road height before you start trying to lower it. I would use the measurements from aupickup as a starting point with the rear bar in the middle of the plate as suggested earlier and work from there..

[MarkyB]

Well remembered, I was thinking you could run a laser beam down each one to see which had most twist then use this one on the drivers side.

[bmcecosse]

Lowering is fine - but you MUST sort out the other issues - the car must not ride on it's stops, or it will just distort the bodyshell. Most Minors don't need lowering at the rear - the saggy springs do that quite naturally - in my view, rear 'lowering kits' are just waste of money. front is indeed adjsutable - I used to adjust up-down at start at rallies depending on the 'information' going around about the condition of the roads to be used. The lower arms can also smack the tie-plates - if the car is lowered too much. Sadly the Minor front suspnsion also adds +ve camber as it is lowered - so the need for additional -ve camber is ever more important!