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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: dubsport on 06 July 2007, 11:03

Title: Lowering the old gal
Post by: dubsport on 06 July 2007, 11:03: Yo,

need some help with lowering my car, could someone tell me if these springs would do the job http://www.rennsport.co.uk/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=1818 (http://www.rennsport.co.uk/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=1818) or would i have to buy shocks and dampers as well? has anyone used Gmax before?

also could someone possibly give me a rough price a garage would charge to fit them?

thanks smiley
Title: Re: Lowering the old gal
Post by: dabill on 06 July 2007, 12:03: presuming your car is either a 1.0 or a 1.3, then they should be fine, you can use the original shocks etc, but ride quality is reduced as compared to a full set of shocks.

i've a couple of cars lowered by garages, usually around 40Ã‚£ for each end, maybe a little less.

not hard if you know someone with spring compressors and do it yourself...

rob
Title: Re: Lowering the old gal
Post by: dubsport on 06 July 2007, 13:12: mines a 1.6 ... there isnt any springs for sale that will drop 60mm for a 1.6 :undecided: ... i dont think any way.

I would do it myself but i f@kin' hate working with springs of any size lol guess il be giving Power and Performance a bell.

would you guys reccomend i go for new shocks and dampers then?

thanks for your help.
Title: Re: Lowering the old gal
Post by: Organisys on 06 July 2007, 13:19: avoid gmax or spax, imho the ride and handling are crap. I had some Spax on my G60 when i bought it and they were Rubbish.
Title: Re: Lowering the old gal
Post by: dubsport on 07 July 2007, 08:55: ok thanks, what lowering springs would you recommend, does anyone have a link to a good site? :smiley:
Title: Re: Lowering the old gal
Post by: Mew on 07 July 2007, 10:52: Quote from: Organisys on 06 July 2007, 13:19
avoid spax, imho the ride and handling are crap.

As much as i disagreed with you when i put my Spax springs on and you said that to me, i now agree after living with it for a year! They give a very harsh ride, back-breaking sometimes :embarassed:
Title: Re: Lowering the old gal
Post by: Organisys on 07 July 2007, 11:12: Quote from: dubsport on 07 July 2007, 08:55
ok thanks, what lowering springs would you recommend, does anyone have a link to a good site? :smiley:

EIBACH Springs!

Just awesome.
Title: Re: Lowering the old gal
Post by: Organisys on 07 July 2007, 11:14: Quote from: Mew on 07 July 2007, 10:52
Quote from: Organisys on 06 July 2007, 13:19
avoid spax, imho the ride and handling are crap.

As much as i disagreed with you when i put my Spax springs on and you said that to me, i now agree after living with it for a year! They give a very harsh ride, back-breaking sometimes :embarassed:

not to mention stupid handling, where they dreampt up their spring rates from I have no idea! the back end of the car was waaay to stiff.
Title: Re: Lowering the old gal
Post by: dabill on 07 July 2007, 11:50: if it were me i'd but a whole new seet of springs, shocks and dampeners, the whole shabang! no point in buying something thats gonna make your car handle worse... even if it does lower it a couple of inches.

and i fully agree with the spax and gmax, had 2 cars with them on and neither handles half as well as my golf with eibach, not even close.

rob
Title: Re: Lowering the old gal
Post by: herbster on 07 July 2007, 11:57: :smiley: Hi,
Won't a set off a gti lower for you, I thought the gti was 20mm lower than the rest of the range, if so then I think you'd find it easy to find a full set ready made from someone on the forum or ebay if it came to it, as long as some history came with them I suspect you could get a few years usage out of them, cheaper than 80 quid for just springs anyway, but if you paid 200 quid for a set of springs and shocks you always got the option if something does go wrong round the corner, you could almost get your money back on a decent set. :wink: