Shortened Drop Links! HELP!

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LWeatherill
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Shortened Drop Links! HELP!

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Just ordered some FK AK Street Coilovers for my 9n. Do i need shortened drop links to fit these?
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depends how low you wanna go, not too expensive for mondeo drop links anyway :mrgreen:
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Mine are wound right down and I get some knocking on the front end, dont want to fork out £50 for shortened ones though.
Are the mondeo ones a direct solution? IE shorter than standard polo ones? And if so what year do I need to get them from? :shock:
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Need to know if thats the problem i have lowered my 9n and get a knocking noise with out droplinks ?
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i cant remember what year but yeah thats what i fitted to my mates, theyre only a single rod with one ball joint facing one way, and the other end ball joint facing the opposite way
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That knocking noise might be the strut tops the barings sease up, i had this problem with mine.
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Mine fell apart when I put my coilies on. Just put all the bearings back in and packed with grease :shock:
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Haha that happend when I fitted my coilovers on the weekend. Except I bought new ones becos the bearings went everwhere!
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LWeatherill wrote:Just ordered some FK AK Street Coilovers for my 9n. Do i need shortened drop links to fit these?
Have you fitted these yet mate?
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