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  1. pierre_p

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    Hello FC members,

    I just went back to the Ferrari world with a pretty TDF blue F430. (I had previously a F355 back in the days)

    How ever, I am now looking to lower the car at least to the Scuderia spec and probably a bit lower.

    After many research I found that Novitec spring seems to be discontinued and that there is no specific Swift spring for the F430. (I am not considering H&R for few reason but…)

    So, my question is does anyone is running Swift springs and know what lenght and spring rate are suitable for few tracks days and spirit driving? (Or if you know the exact part numbers)

    Any help will be much appreciate.

    Thanks,
     
  2. Eric C

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    Why not H&R?
     
  3. pierre_p

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    H&R are perfectly fine when your just looking to lower your car.

    By experience, company such as SWIFT is more adapted and developed for each specific application and they use different materials.

    So overall they were better on improving handling and car feedback.
     
  4. Eric C

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    Well, I lowered mine on stock coilovers and the car handles like absolute ****
     
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    looks pretty low, do you not scrape everywhere?
     
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  10. J. Salmon

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    I have H&R also and I think it's absolutely fantastic. I mean ab-so-LUTE-ly fantastic. I don't think I could go back.
     
  11. CoreyNJ

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    I guess I'm concerned about scraping which is why mine is stock, but if you go with the H&R springs does it firm up the suspension enough that it doesn't bottom out as much? When I had my stock 996 C2 aerokit, it would scrape on speed bumps and going up/down my driveway, but when I bought my much lower stock 996 GT3, it never bottomed out because of how much firmer the suspension was.
     
  12. J. Salmon

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    It scrapes and bottoms out for sure. I would prefer it be a little higher, but I bought it like this and the guy before me had it set up for track use (very well set up, I might add). I just let it scrape and bottom out! The steering.... Mmmmmmm...
     
  13. Felix Yuen

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    H&R spring is alittle stiffer ... I'd say it's the perfect firmness for my liking ..almost like a 911 gt car firm.

    Firm yet very comfortable and confident inspiring !
    I am still trying to figure out the perfect ride height where I won't scrape as much yet still got that modern stance.
     
  14. Eric C

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    When you guys mention scraping, do you mean that the tires rub inside the wheel wells? My tires rub the inside of the wheel wells bad but I lowered mine on stock springs. Seems there is a lot of movement/bouncing with my stock springs now.
     
  15. f355spider

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    Rubbing is a combination of lowering, wheel offset and tire width. Looking at your photo, you probably have a bit of all three contributing.
     
  16. Felix Yuen

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    i have no tire rub and i am using H&R 15mm spacers all around
    i do have some scraping from exiting parking lots..but the normal bumps that i scrape at during high speed, i don't scrape anymore because the H&R springs are stiffer than oem.
     
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    Leo seems pretty knowledgeable racing F430's and shocks/springs, may have a good recommendation
     
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    This picture is lowered ???
     
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