Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec

[SweatyOmnivore]

Hey Guys.

I have a Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec 2002 and I'm quite interested in improving the handling in my car to give it better aggressive cornering. I also want to improve the look on my car but i hate body kits so is there anybody who can make some suggestions? Ty in Advance.

 

[obi_waynne]

Hi there sweaty omnivore and welcome to TorqueCars. Your username is a curious choice?

Anti rollbars, coilovers and a 35-40mm drop should sort your handling out. Its also worth getting some larger rims and fitting low profile tires, aim to keep them the same height overall.

 

[pgarner]

hey and welcome

 

[SweatyOmnivore]

Yeah every 1 thinks the name is.... unique haha. Dont cars already have anti-roll bars or are these better after market parts. I dont know much about cars so what are coil overs and are will lighter rims make any difference?

 

[thexav]

Few cars have anti roll bars. Some of the sporty models do but it does improve handling a lot. Lighter rims will help you its something to do with "unsprung weight" but to be honest I dont know much about this.

Coil overs are spring/shocks that are one unit and you can twist the top to change the ride height/spring rate.

 

[SweatyOmnivore]

im pretty sure my car has all ready got one becuase i heard a ford engineer i know talking to me about it when i was getting my car serviced. ill check it out. thank you for the advise i just ordered some new 17" team dynamics pro race 2 rims with uniroyal rainsport 205/40/17 tyres last night cant wait for them to turn up.

 

[obi_waynne]

They will look nice. Do post up some pics for us. (When you are past the 10 post limit!)

 

[SweatyOmnivore]

haha well i guess this is one more! btw if i have bigger wheels on is it still ok to lower the car or will i get problems with the driveshaft angle as in mentions in the torquecars article on lowering.

 

[pgarner]

as long as you dont go stupid with the drop, you shouldnt have any problems - 40mm max