lowering golfs

[MarkS]

lowered mine on eibachs about 30 and increased the dampening a lot. Generally the car is fine but can crash a lot over pot holes. The stereo also now rattles around a bit but it makes up for it with the handling gain

[tom26]

mine handled worse when at its lowest (100mm + drop) loads of understeer and zero clearance - but it looked awesome.
If you wish to improve the handling go for a ride height of between 30 - 50mm lower than standard, and add a decent set of anti roll bars.
things will obvously be affected such as vibration levels and ride comfort, but this really depends on what you wish to achieve from your car?
My advice would be buy the best set of coilovers you can afford, and experiment with ride heights.

[AdamMk2]

Only bad thing is lowering a 4wd golf Ive heard as it completely messes up the geometry on the Syncro stuff I believe?!

...so that would mean that all Rallye's that are lowered have messed up geometry ! Interesting.

I think this is a very good point!! Ive only ever heard it mentioned about Mk4's really  Maybe its one of these "If you lower it more than...." things  Anyone know??

 

[kittie]

A sensible amount of lowering is a good thing 

I've gone for -30mm and certantly haven't had any extra squeaking!

[GOLF_STU]

my brothers mk2 is lowered on coilovers and apart from banging about on rough roads its fine and his wheels sit in the arches.

[JC]

no comment from DH yet 

[Organisys]

Impact on lowering depends on if you purchased your lowering stick from either GSF or ECP and how hard you hit the car with it.