Lowering my gti

[shepgti]

cheers guys, soz shep misread u, i'll take a look at these raceland collies..

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=103405.0

[christomk3gti]

cheers m8, so there the same ones i was lookin at just without the postage of 18.99 sounds goooooooooooooood to me.

thanks I'll be getting some of them

[fidget]

Ive been thinking bout lowering my 8v GTi . What else is actualy involved in lowering with coil-overs , Ive only used uprated springs and shocks in the past and had someone else fit them for me.I would like to have a go myself this time round but if its beyond doing on a drive I'd get a garage to do it. Do mk3's have adjustable camber with the eccentric nuts on the strut bottom? .

Obviously it would pay to have everything re aligned by a garage after fitting , but do you have to do this every time you change the ride height ?.

James

[shepgti]

Ive been thinking bout lowering my 8v GTi . What else is actualy involved in lowering with coil-overs , Ive only used uprated springs and shocks in the past and had someone else fit them for me.I would like to have a go myself this time round but if its beyond doing on a drive I'd get a garage to do it. Do mk3's have adjustable camber with the eccentric nuts on the strut bottom? .

Obviously it would pay to have everything re aligned by a garage after fitting , but do you have to do this every time you change the ride height ?.

James

is pretty simple, just need new front top mounts (can be found on ebay) then just jack the car and fit them. http://www.ottawa-vdubbing.com/info/techtips/coilover/index.htm

[spunkymonkey]

Ive been thinking bout lowering my 8v GTi . What else is actualy involved in lowering with coil-overs , Ive only used uprated springs and shocks in the past and had someone else fit them for me.I would like to have a go myself this time round but if its beyond doing on a drive I'd get a garage to do it. Do mk3's have adjustable camber with the eccentric nuts on the strut bottom? .

Obviously it would pay to have everything re aligned by a garage after fitting , but do you have to do this every time you change the ride height ?.

James

Yes, adjust the height to how you want it, leave it a couple of weeks to settle then readjust. When your happy get the camber tracking set up.

[Wayne]

Ive been thinking bout lowering my 8v GTi . What else is actualy involved in lowering with coil-overs , Ive only used uprated springs and shocks in the past and had someone else fit them for me.I would like to have a go myself this time round but if its beyond doing on a drive I'd get a garage to do it. Do mk3's have adjustable camber with the eccentric nuts on the strut bottom? .

Obviously it would pay to have everything re aligned by a garage after fitting , but do you have to do this every time you change the ride height ?.

James

Link to my fitting guide: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=68845.0 very easy to fit, best to replace the rear top mounts as well.