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General => General discussion => Topic started by: vw_golf_nutter on 30 October 2013, 14:46
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hi,
so i got my car lowered yesterday on coilovers... i told the garage who did it to go as low as they could without the arches scrubbing.... big mistake.
today i went down a road with speed bumps!! the car literally got stuck on a bump. the sills are only an inch off the floor and had to drag the bottom of the car over it :sad:
now i realize i will have to raise it but if i raise it the cars going to have an arch gap again. how low have you all gone and how to you manage day to day with a lowered car?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v679/vw_golf_nutter/cars/1374835_10151829778518411_2053496885_n_zps6c63d857.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/vw_golf_nutter/media/cars/1374835_10151829778518411_2053496885_n_zps6c63d857.jpg.html)
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When i had my civic that was slammed always angle over bumps so not to get stuck and just avoid potholes low and slow :whistle:
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yeah i tried angling it but it was too thin and just wrecked the bottom of the car. ive always wanted to get a coilover kit and slam my car but now im thinking this is more trouble than it was worth. handles great but blimey its a pain in the bum. gotta drive everywhere 20mph looking for bumps in the road!
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Take them at an angle or if it's those silly square ones go between 2 of them so you don't catch underneath. The car looks great low, don't raise it :cool:
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Gotta say i love the look, i recently slammed my mk3 cabrio too, slow and low is the best way. I think it is actually illegal to raise your suspension once its been slammed.
I have about another 1 1/2 " on the front and 2" on the rear, but not brave enough yet, i find myself doing lots of three point turns and finding new ways to get to places without speedbumps/potholes.
on another note, what wheels are they ?
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It would look better with the back raised a little.
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Illeagal to raise your car after its been lowered??? :laugh:
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On a more relavent note i agree its need raising at the back a little and maybe raise it and get some bigger wheels??
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yeah i think im going to give it a go and raise the rear a little 2moro. thats if i can find a way of getting the jack under it!
the wheels are Brock B2s, they are 9" wide so look really wide, love em. They are only 16s though and with the really skinny tyres obviously without it being so slammed it gives a massive arch gap which is annoying. Maybe i might think of swapping the wheels at some point but i wonder whether i could put any bigger profile tyres on em? can anyone advise on this? At present they are 215/35/16
the speedbumps that gave me issues are the ones at shopping centres that are evil, all the way across the road and very thin but high so theres no angle you could go over at which wouldnt scrape. looks like im shopping online!
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I would also say raise the back end a touch. Would not look any worse and would clear. Mine scraped the same and when I changed my wheels I raised the back a bit and no probs now
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yours sits nicely Deano. Yours wheels are very similar if not the same too :smiley:
i hope that if i do raise the rear a bit it will clear em but it seems to be catching on the front jacking point area so not sure if thats going to make much difference. we shall see!
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Thats not low :grin: mine was much lower and I just dealt with it.
I couldnt drive any b roads with the sub frame hitting the road. Even driving through my town centre it bottomed out.
Everyone has the same problem as you and you overcome it with loud music, slow driving and paying more attention to road surface.
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yours sits nicely Deano. Yours wheels are very similar if not the same too :smiley:
i hope that if i do raise the rear a bit it will clear em but it seems to be catching on the front jacking point area so not sure if thats going to make much difference. we shall see!
Cheers Bud.....my wheels are 16" running 195 45 16's with 5 x 112 adapters and are 8j. Sit very nicely just rub when I put the kids in the back since I put my boot build in so going to have a look at either camber or arch rolling now. Its nice to go lower but it aint worth killing your car for !!!!!!
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Raise the back slightly and give it a bit of a stance rather than just dragging bits on the floor and having to drive everywhere at 20mph.
Lowered is great but once you ruin the car's main function you may as well walk.
As for getting a jack under it - I drive mine onto a block of 2x4 wood to make enough space for the jack :)
I decided that I couldn't go much lower than this without sacrificing function - that being loading two big dogs in the back, occasionally towing a trailer and driving on some of the worst roads in the country (Thanks East Sussex Highways!)
(http://ak3dgfx.com/photos/golf/stance.jpg)
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Illegal tints and cars lowered so far their function is massively compromised in one thread.
It's like f*cking Christmas in here. :grin:
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Illegal tints and cars lowered so far their function is massively compromised in one thread.
It's like f*cking Christmas in here. :grin:
No illegal tints on my car (I'm assuming that comment was aimed at me) :)
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Illegal tints and cars lowered so far their function is massively compromised in one thread.
It's like f*cking Christmas in here. :grin:
No illegal tints on my car (I'm assuming that comment was aimed at me) :)
The fronts look very dark to me.
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The fronts look very dark to me.
Not sure how you can tell, what with them being wound right down :D
FWIW, the rear sides are 85% tint and the rear window is 75%. The fronts (when you can see them) are exactly how it left the factory.
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Can go dark as you want with the rear windows! No different to a van. Perfectly fine that.
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Can go dark as you want with the rear windows! No different to a van. Perfectly fine that.
Yep, as I said, no illegal tints - we have the back windows (legally) dark for the benefit of the hounds who spend a lot of time in there. :)
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ive had the back raised an inch today, not sure how much different thats going to make. i took my daughter to nursery today and had to drag the car over the speedbumps. the big wide ones you can go over at an angle but the think high ones are pure evil.
im going to have to see i go because its cool it being low, everyone used to take the mick because of the arch gaps so not it looks tonnes better but i really dont want to damage the bottom of the car.
my friend today trying to convince me to keep it low said that he is wearing the subframe bolts his mk2 is so low!! :shocked:
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my friend today trying to convince me to keep it low said that he is wearing the subframe bolts his mk2 is so low!! :shocked:
Your friend is a dick!
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Lol or a chav
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oh how i missed threads like this
if you think your SWB golfs struggle imagine how peeps with lwb motors cope :whistle:
my old barge
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp359/chuffs69/DSCF3698.jpg)
and my mates daily which did a 70 mile a day commute ( and my 4x4 looking 'loon for comparision )
(http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp359/chuffs69/DSCF3946.jpg)
:grin: