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General => Cosmetic and bodywork matters => Topic started by: Stu.750 on 12 June 2005, 18:45

Title: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Stu.750 on 12 June 2005, 18:45

Do you think a 40mm drop on 15s will be low enough ? without a gti bodykit on it ?

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Dinky on 12 June 2005, 18:47

get sumone to photoshop it for ya hun..but ive lowered mine by 40 on 17s..see chat related..4x4 thread.. :rolleyes: :laugh:

Dinx :kiss:

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Stu.750 on 12 June 2005, 18:50

i dont have a pic where my car is photoshopable(if thats a word) :evil:

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Dinky on 12 June 2005, 18:52

tbh mate..i reckon ud wanna go lower,at least a 60mm...but thats just my opinion..

Dinx :kiss:

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Stu.750 on 12 June 2005, 18:56

80mm ????  :undecided: :evil:

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Chris_D on 12 June 2005, 18:57

i went 55mm mate and its just right for me, with daily driving and all

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Dinky on 12 June 2005, 18:58

yeah mines a daily driver..n with all the speed bumps round here..im stickin at 40 on 17s like...

Dinx :kiss:

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Stu.750 on 12 June 2005, 19:01

mines a track car so i want it as low as i can n very stiff , cant affor coil overs right now

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: mrwotto on 12 June 2005, 19:09

my mk3 is dropped 50 on 15s and I have trouble with speed bumps

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Stu.750 on 12 June 2005, 20:10

but your mk3 weighs about 3 tonnes . so its natural weight will make it sit even lower 

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Organisys on 12 June 2005, 22:19

40mm on Eibach springs looks OK and handles very well. I have this setup on mine, I'd recommend it, oh I have 15" wheels.

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Dizzie on 13 June 2005, 00:22

personally I'd go for a 60mm drop. that's what I have now. maybe 80mm if you can get away with it.

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Mr Blue on 13 June 2005, 02:39

go for 60 you wuss :cool:

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: mrwotto on 13 June 2005, 10:27

Quote from: StuDubs on 12 June 2005, 20:10

but your mk3 weighs about 3 tonnes . so its natural weight will make it sit even lower

Its 3.321 tonnes to be exact

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Splinter on 13 June 2005, 11:23

40mm drop will be the optimum for handling and sporty look.

Any more will be a pain in the arse over speedbumps and would ruin the handling on Britains rough bumpy roads.

If you can handle your car scraping on speedbumps, struggling to get on the ramps at the MOT station, etc, etc then go for the 60mm + drop, but if I was using the car every day it would soon cheese me off.

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Horney on 13 June 2005, 11:39

I've got the 40mm drop on mine and I reckon it looks low but is still managable. I've had it loaded to the roff in a house move and still drove ok with no rubbing and I have 7j x15" alloys on it.

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/Horney_mini/DSC00020.jpg)

Nick

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: maximous on 13 June 2005, 13:29

on my mk2 Ive gone 80mm on 15s with 195x45x15s and never looked back

oh and that my daily drive - speed bumps are do-able.

If i were you i wouldn't make the compromise and go for coilovers.

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Stu.750 on 13 June 2005, 17:58

Think i want an 80mm Drop and some adjustable shocks just so i can stiffen it for track day fun

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: ...joe on 13 June 2005, 19:34

i just wound my coilovers down til it was level with the tops of the tyres, if your using it for track days it doesn't matter about spped humps really, or are you going to be driving/track day-ing it as well?

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: Stu.750 on 13 June 2005, 19:39

Driving/trackdayin/sprinting/hillclimbing/dragging/inevitably crashing  :evil:

Title: Re: Will a 40mm drop be low enough?
Post by: mix on 13 June 2005, 23:45

Quote from: StuDubs on 12 June 2005, 20:10

but your mk3 weighs about 3 tonnes . so its natural weight will make it sit even lower

PMSL :laugh:

/me heads to the corner and dreams of owning his own car one day