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Title: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: monzablue16v on 07 April 2008, 11:22
Fitted the Hot tuning coilovers on Saturday. This is my stance  :cool:

(http://www.monzasphotos.co.uk/Gallery/Huddersfieldvagapr08/medium/0001.jpg)
(http://www.monzasphotos.co.uk/Gallery/Huddersfieldvagapr08/medium/0002.jpg)

Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: eightyeightmph on 07 April 2008, 11:25
Fook that's low! :grin:

The back needs a tweak upwards to sit level with the fornt though?! :huh:

Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: Horney on 07 April 2008, 11:26
Blimey! Is it driveable that low?

Nick
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: Simpson on 07 April 2008, 12:39
thats sweet like what you have done to the wheels, mk 5 stylee  :evil:
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: dubsport on 07 April 2008, 12:42
HOW LOW  :shocked: :drool: thats sweeeeeeeet dood!

Best Estorils i have seen!!
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: lewis1641 on 07 April 2008, 12:52
that looks great! how does it drive?
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: monzablue16v on 07 April 2008, 13:13
Thanks guys :)
Handles Like a go kart haha :laugh:
It's driveable I just have to watch it when going into driveways and such!

88 wrong way round I dropped the front to match the rear :cool:
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: Len on 07 April 2008, 13:28
Agree with 88, the back looks lower than the front!
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: clipperjay on 07 April 2008, 13:31
Needs to be lower!
Any rubbing on the archliners yet?
I find when your turning tight corners the tyre clips the arches unless they have been rolled properly!
But any hoot looking low and rude MkII's need coilovers defo!
 :cool:
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: monzablue16v on 07 April 2008, 13:39
Agree with 88, the back looks lower than the front!
You can't talk with ur 4x4 Len! I lowered the front after I took that picture to get it sat level it's my road thats a hill!!

Needs to be lower!
Any rubbing on the archliners yet?
I find when your turning tight corners the tyre clips the arches unless they have been rolled properly!
But any hoot looking low and rude MkII's need coilovers defo!
 :cool:
I can get full lock without scraping and take tight corners quickly without catching so I'm a happy dubber :) Coilies are the way forward!
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: dubsport on 07 April 2008, 13:42
how is your oil sump holding up ?  :evil:

Once again those alloys look amazing :afro:
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: clipperjay on 07 April 2008, 13:44
Agree with 88, the back looks lower than the front!
You can't talk with ur 4x4 Len! I lowered the front after I took that picture to get it sat level it's my road thats a hill!!

Needs to be lower!
Any rubbing on the archliners yet?
I find when your turning tight corners the tyre clips the arches unless they have been rolled properly!
But any hoot looking low and rude MkII's need coilovers defo!
 :cool:
I can get full lock without scraping and take tight corners quickly without catching so I'm a happy dubber :) Coilies are the way forward!

Right defo not low enough LOOL!!!!
You need to fill the arches some polished D90's would look mean on your motor! But like the ones you got also!
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: boneybradley on 07 April 2008, 13:49
looking  :cool:
now I must get round to fitting mine!! .....soon.....
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: monzablue16v on 07 April 2008, 14:02
how is your oil sump holding up ?  :evil:

Once again those alloys look amazing :afro:

Thanks buddy :) Sump is alright it's the mid section of the exhaust that gives a little Ding if I go over a driveway or on my way out of the garage. :laugh:

Agree with 88, the back looks lower than the front!
You can't talk with ur 4x4 Len! I lowered the front after I took that picture to get it sat level it's my road thats a hill!!

Needs to be lower!
Any rubbing on the archliners yet?
I find when your turning tight corners the tyre clips the arches unless they have been rolled properly!
But any hoot looking low and rude MkII's need coilovers defo!
 :cool:
I can get full lock without scraping and take tight corners quickly without catching so I'm a happy dubber :) Coilies are the way forward!

Right defo not low enough LOOL!!!!
You need to fill the arches some polished D90's would look mean on your motor! But like the ones you got also!

I have the right offset with them been original mk2 wheels so I can go lower if I had the adjustment. I've been thinking of taking off the helper springs but that might just be a bridge too far!
D90's have adaptors and I don't like them they're evil!!
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: clipperjay on 07 April 2008, 14:16
I would never put D90's on unless i had 5*100 hubs already modded to take porker fitment.
Spacers are only dangerous if you stick with the original 4*100. Its fine from 5*100.
The problems with spacers is the strain you put on your bearings due to the weight and off set.
Plus the rear MKII suspension set up allways sits at a slight negative camber I think?
You can get adjustable cambers, but aren't cheap to get that balanced ride!
 
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: JC on 07 April 2008, 15:01
are they the same coilovers that they are advertising on here for £179 direct

but your advertising a group buy fot £150  :grin: :grin:

Just wondering like  :wink:

PS. Car looks the mutz nutz -  :cool:
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: Neaty on 07 April 2008, 15:47
'kin hell thats low!  :cool:
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: mark3valver on 07 April 2008, 16:05
you guys might find this a bit controversial, but I really think a car lowered that much looks cack.

It doesn't have a proper stance, losing half the back wheel looks like an old citroen which obv isn't a good thing!! lol

When ever I see it I just think of the MK2's I used to see down McDonalds where some 17 yr old had cut his springs in half and then stuck 4 other people in the car, driving round really slowly dragging the cars arse around.... its obviously just my opinion, as are all things to do with styling/taste. For the record I love the colour and also the wheels, just not the low-ness of it!!!!

I also doubt very much that having a car that low, with coilovers wound down to the bottom with pretty much no travel left is better for the handling and or ride quality.

Just my 10p worth anyway, if your happy then thats what counts......
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: monzablue16v on 07 April 2008, 16:45
I hate the gap between wheel and arch it offends me! :laugh: Admittedly mine is maybe a tad too low for "normal" driving but once your going for it a bit on corners it's great fun! there is actually a bit of travel left in the shockers and I find the ride less harsh than when I had cheap shocks and lowering springs on. Plus if I get bored I can always wind them up a bit :)
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: MarkS on 07 April 2008, 17:14
'kin hell Scott!  :laugh:

How's it handle?
Better than standard?

I can't decide between springs & shocks and coilovers  :undecided:
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: gti_technik on 07 April 2008, 17:24
top work looks sweet  :cool:

i need these in my life!  :laugh:

group buy still on?
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: MowatGTI on 07 April 2008, 17:56
Fook me till I fart!

Whats it like driving underground??
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: monzablue16v on 07 April 2008, 18:44
It handles Great bit harsh but driveable :laugh: I think I'm going to raise it up a bit though, I think it's more the look how low I can go effect! might not though as it looks sweet :)
Deffo coilovers buddy, springs and shocks worked out more expensive than the £150 delivered I paid through the group buy, theres another one on at the moment.
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: monzablue16v on 07 April 2008, 18:47
Fook me till I fart!

Whats it like driving underground??

HAHA now got coffee all over my keyboard :laugh:
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: MarkS on 07 April 2008, 19:49
Ahh sweet if the handling's improved it's all good :afro:

It'd look sweet with the arches resting nicely just on the wheels  :cool:
Loving the rims!

Shame I always miss the HuddsVAG meets now  :sad:

Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: monzablue16v on 07 April 2008, 19:52
Aye even Dinx showed her face, it was snowing and loads of people had gone, there was just the few stragglers stood talking in the snow. I thought she had come all the way from the toon to a meet :laugh:
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: MarkS on 07 April 2008, 20:43
 :shocked: What was she doing down this far?
 :grin:

Gonna be missing most of these now due to work  :cry:

Had a gander at the pics and looked like a good meet!
(Apart from any snow obviously  :laugh: )
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: boneybradley on 07 April 2008, 23:32
I will go to one of these huddersfield meets one day.... (all though last time I worked in hudds i caught 7 shop lifters in 1 week!! and maybe I'm not welcome to the town now?? :grin:) and is that beatties store still there in the kings center??
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: monzablue16v on 07 April 2008, 23:33
Yeah Beatties is still there :) I hate it it's full of orange ladies and designed to get you in and not out again!!
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: boneybradley on 07 April 2008, 23:37
sounds about right oh and i trained over 100 of the original staff!! thought it would of gone bust by now  :grin:
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: Mr Blue on 07 April 2008, 23:41
thats sweet :cool:
Title: Re: coilovers are on and it's low down dubbin!
Post by: Hurdy on 08 April 2008, 01:12
Loving the lowrider look :cool: