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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: MiiTCH-GOLF on 20 January 2011, 14:28
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It's slammed to the max on coils but it just needs to be that bit lower and way of doing this thanks!!
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Remove the helper springs
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Get a fat girlfriend,or as above :grin:
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Lol lol lol!!! How much more will that give me?? And Is the ride worse??
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Lol lol lol!!! How much more will that give me?? And Is the ride worse??
It lower it more and the ride will be a lot harder
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Or some lowering top caps which should lower 5mm - 10mm
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let the tyres down.
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Or some lowering top caps which should lower 5mm - 10mm
Sounds better that's all I want really!! Just my back sits perfect and the front is a tad higher thanks :)
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Lol lol lol!!! How much more will that give me?? And Is the ride worse??
Depends how big she is, as for the ride i always found them to be more gratefull :laugh:
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Cut the top of your strut's off. Go to scrappy and cut some from a car about 20mm lower than where you cut your's. weld them on your car and there you are. 20mm more lower.
Lets start with how low do your coilovers go? may only be 80mm max?
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Dont mean to but in but what are helper springs?
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Look at a picture of coilovers and there will be two springs on one shock. the smaller one is a helper spring. It's softer and when that is fully compressed the larger spring will take the load.
removing them will give you a much harder ride. cir
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Cut the top of your strut's off. Go to scrappy and cut some from a car about 20mm lower than where you cut your's. weld them on your car and there you are. 20mm more lower.
Lets start with how low do your coilovers go? may only be 80mm max?
Apparently 120mm well my down pipe is about an inch max from the floor :) if that helps I'm running 15s
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http://s1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee361/Mitchel-golf/?action=view¤t=aa8596c5.jpg&evt=user_media_share
Hopefully this pic works don't know how to do it??
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Car looks Tidy!!!!
But from them photo's, you are officially running DickH3ad Low Pretty much like me :)
The car looks on an even keel though? If you lower the front anymore you will have more than a burst sump!
I think the front wheels need to be spaced 3-5mm to make them fill the arches better, but thats just me :)
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(http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee361/Mitchel-golf/aa8596c5.jpg)
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Any lower and you'll end up destroying your sump and ripping your exhaust off....is it really worth it? :huh:
***EDIT: If you want serious lows then you need to look into air
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iv got the helpers out and its not worth it! ride is alot more bouncy (could be because of my tyres though too)
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if you haven't removed your helpers do so, it'll give you another 20-30mm to play with.
if you have already, you may want to look at cutting your bump stops down, if this doesn't help you will need to look towards more drastic options, air ride should get you there if not raise the turretts or look into custom coillies.
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Any lower and you'll end up destroying your sump and ripping your exhaust off....is it really worth it? :huh:
***EDIT: If you want serious lows then you need to look into air
^^^Dom is bang on, that is low enough :cool:
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(http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee361/Mitchel-golf/aa8596c5.jpg)
(http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee361/Mitchel-golf/3aed6546.jpg)
(http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee361/Mitchel-golf/7aa4c38d.jpg)
(http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee361/Mitchel-golf/image.jpg)
how did you upload them?
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Car looks Tidy!!!!
But from them photo's, you are officially running DickH3ad Low Pretty much like me :)
The car looks on an even keel though? If you lower the front anymore you will have more than a burst sump!
I think the front wheels need to be spaced 3-5mm to make them fill the arches better, but thats just me :)
im gonna get some mate just no money yet :) thanks for comments though :)
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I'll make the point that if you are already all the way down on the coils that you should focus more on getting the wheels sitting that little bit flusher as going any lower won't be impressive unless it either sits really nice on the wheels or tucks like a motherf**k*r. Your car looks great at the moment and at that height but as jonnypolish said a bit more spacing on the wheels or wider dishes would make a world of difference.
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Your sump will be fine, will probably hang above the subframe only thing you should be worried about is the cat dragging but then just get a de-cat :D looks pretty sweet but as said i would focus more on getting the wheels sorted, if you wanna go lower without helpers chop the bumpstops down to about 10mm, mine run fine like that and then if you want more travel in the coilover drop me a PM ;)
Dan
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Cheers lads!! I will get spacers but just don't know how big might go for 5mm first to see what it would be like. I got 5 on back so I'll stick em on the front to see what's occurring lol
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Thats about same as mine but I have abit of thread left :huh:
I can't get pics up otherwise I would. I sold my old car on here and had to text pics of my car for someone to post up lol
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Thats about same as mine but I have abit of thread left :huh:
I can't get pics up otherwise I would. I sold my old car on here and had to text pics of my car for someone to post up lol
I wish someone would tell me how to upload them!! :smiley:
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Space the wheels out as been suggested, then see what you have to play with.
You don't want the rears flush with the arch and the front inside the arch, would look silly in my opinion!
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Space the wheels out as been suggested, then see what you have to play with.
You don't want the rears flush with the arch and the front inside the arch, would look silly in my opinion!
Gonna order them asap!! I always thought that i would need more than 5mm spacers but after looking closely today it would be about right just hope it don't scrape the arch because I should of got the fronts rolled too.
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Seems odd that you had dropped it 120mm, doesn't like it in the pics.
I'd raise the back to match the front and space the wheels out til they're flush :cool:
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Seems odd that you had dropped it 120mm, doesn't like it in the pics.
I'd raise the back to match the front and space the wheels out til they're flush :cool:
I would raise the back but it sits nice I'll sort the front out first :smiley:
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Thats about same as mine but I have abit of thread left :huh:
I can't get pics up otherwise I would. I sold my old car on here and had to text pics of my car for someone to post up lol
I wish someone would tell me how to upload them!! :smiley:
Forum Guidlines mate! :rolleyes:
As you already have a photobucket acc. all you need to do is select the pic you want and use the bottom most link to copy and paste onto here! Simples!
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(http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee361/Mitchel-golf/61232244.jpg)
Thankyou very much!!
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Forgot, It's VR's that eat Sumps :afro:
Mine just plays with the middle box + CAT :D
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Seems odd that you had dropped it 120mm, doesn't like it in the pics.
I'd raise the back to match the front and space the wheels out til they're flush :cool:
I would raise the back but it sits nice I'll sort the front out first :smiley:
Would improve the ride and it will look sweet when you space the wheels out. If you sit the rear wheels flush at that height, you'll need serious arch work.
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If you take the suspension off completely...then you will be seriously low! :cool: :grin:
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Seems odd that you had dropped it 120mm, doesn't like it in the pics.
I'd raise the back to match the front and space the wheels out til they're flush :cool:
I would raise the back but it sits nice I'll sort the front out first :smiley:
Would improve the ride and it will look sweet when you space the wheels out. If you sit the rear wheels flush at that height, you'll need serious arch work.
My wheels are flush at the back I had my arches done :)
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My last mk3 was wound fully down on 100mm coilies... yours doesnt seem 120mm? maybe helped that it had the vr weight?!
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I've found that all manufacturers seem to be different!
(http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab223/jonnypolish/Mayfairslam.jpg)
Mine at 60mm... LOL and thats no joke..
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Cheers lads!! I will get spacers but just don't know how big might go for 5mm first to see what it would be like. I got 5 on back so I'll stick em on the front to see what's occurring lol
Bust out the measuring tape and see what kind of room you have to work with in mm. How wide are your wheels at the moment?
If you take the suspension off completely...then you will be seriously low! :cool: :grin:
In Ireland the Audi A4 has become a chavwagon of choice in recent years. An Irish guy with an awesomely stanced Bora got talking to a chav about how low his A4 was. Turned out he wasn't running springs at all :shocked:
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I've found that all manufacturers seem to be different!
(http://i866.photobucket.com/albums/ab223/jonnypolish/Mayfairslam.jpg)
Mine at 60mm... LOL and thats no joke..
What coilovers are they??
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Koni's ftw!
They only go 60mm down :laugh:
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Mines on JOM coilies and I think the drop is 120mm. There is 170mm of thread and I have like 10-20mm left and my splitter sits an inch off the floor.
Seems odd how it sits with a 120mm drop all round. If you really, really don't want to raise the back, then your going to need to remove the helper springs from the front coilies. Will probably bring it to sit about where you want it. Then space the front out to match the rear (in terms of flush-ness).
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There are cheapo's says 120mm front and back and I got lenso bsx et20 and 7j wide with 185/45/15