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Title: Would i need to lower my car??
Post by: richardhammond on 11 March 2008, 20:26

Hi i have just bought some 16" alloys for my mk2 driver and have just thought if it would look like a 4X4 unless i lower it!! The suspention does look quite low with the standard wheels on what with it being 16 years old but as i said what do you thing here is a pic of my car on the standard wheels
(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg3/Richard1hammond/27022008135.jpg)
(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg3/Richard1hammond/27022008136.jpg)

Title: Re: Would i need to lower my car??
Post by: ToddyGTi on 11 March 2008, 20:57

Err YES!  :grin:

Title: Re: Would i need to lower my car??
Post by: golf8v on 11 March 2008, 20:59

slam it mate!! :smiley:

Title: Re: Would i need to lower my car??
Post by: richardhammond on 11 March 2008, 21:02

But Do in NEED to i want to but have no money so it would be a real strugly to pay for it!!!!!!

Title: Re: Would i need to lower my car??
Post by: JC on 11 March 2008, 21:15

you dont need to do anything mate - unless you want to


But


I would slam it first - then worry about wheels later.  :wink:

Title: Re: Would i need to lower my car??
Post by: OakeyDoak16v on 11 March 2008, 21:15

Whats it look like with the new wheels on? :smiley:

Title: Re: Would i need to lower my car??
Post by: Diamond Hell on 11 March 2008, 21:30

You absolutely do not need to lower your car.

You might want to for aesthetic reasons, but it is not necessary for fitment of the larger wheels.

If you're doing it right and 'plus sizing' the tyres (fitting lower profile to the larger wheels to keep the rolling radius the same) then you will take some of the suppleness out of the chassis as the tyres will have stiffer sidewalls.  By lowering the car you will lose further compliance in the ride - it'll feel like a demon on a billiard table surface, but you'll have to slow right up and drive like a girl if the road gets rough (which it does a lot in the UK).

At the end of the day it's entirely up to you.  If you like driving then lowering might just put a dampener on your fun.

Title: Re: Would i need to lower my car??
Post by: richardhammond on 11 March 2008, 21:38

Dont know what it looks like with the wheels on the bloke only droped them off to night so will find out in the morning!!
But what i was wored about was if the car would look like it was on "stilts" or would it roll in the courners?

Title: Re: Would i need to lower my car??
Post by: ToddyGTi on 11 March 2008, 21:42

it won't roll anymore than it does now, and the gap between the arches will be the same as what it is at the moment.

Title: Re: Would i need to lower my car??
Post by: richardhammond on 11 March 2008, 22:10

K thanks will put them on tomoz and see how they look i just hope it look ok as i said money is low!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Would i need to lower my car??
Post by: OakeyDoak16v on 13 March 2008, 00:53

I think it'll look fine without lowering. One step at a time anyway dude :smiley:

Title: Re: Would i need to lower my car??
Post by: Neaty on 13 March 2008, 02:03

with 16 inch wheels I thnk -40mm springs would look good without sacrificing the ride comfort too much

Title: Re: Would i need to lower my car??
Post by: russ-vdub on 13 March 2008, 10:23

40mm drop will look and handle better, providing you uprate your shocks as well :) scrubbing is easily solved with a little thing known as an angle grinder