A bit clueless on lowering my car...

[jeynesey]

Hi all, having (provisionally) got myself some new wheels Iv'e been looking into lowering my car...
Now im not exactly an expert so what would people advice? Ive seen a few ppl have used eibach springs, but what do i NEED to do the job? Is it just a straight swap of springs and thats it or is there more to it?
Does it cost a lot more to have the height adjustable?
How much am I looking at price wise?

Sorry for the noob post  :embarassed: lol

N.B I was only going to drop about 20mm as I still need to use the back seats every now and again.

Thanks,
Nick.

[Gloves88]

Its always best to replace both shocks and springs at the same time. Just replacing springs can cause early failure of the standard shocks and bad handling.

I'm pretty sure you can also get away with a 40mm drop with out having probs with a load.

I'm assuming its for a mk4, not that clued up on them but sure someone else will be along to give you more info

[dan_apps]

reeeet,
dependant on purse strings and if its just for 'the look' then you can get a lowering spring kit, which is only springs and go onto your existing dampeners etc, usually around £150 off the interwebz!
next up is the spring and shocks kit which looks similar to your existing setup but improves handling and lowers the car usually about 20 - 30mm. GOOD kits are usually about 5 - 600 sheets for your car.
the last option is coilovers where as the name suggests the spring coils tightly around the strut, these are usually fully adjustable height and dampener wise and give the car alot more 'feel' than the other kits mention, used on track and street! price wise looking at a couple more hundred on top of the above price for a good set.

HTH

[boneybradley]

You need a guide for that..... so click on this link that should explain a bit more http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=68845.0 I made it for us mk3 boy's but will give the low down on options
(I do know lowering the mk4 more than 30/35mm (I think?) can give driveshaft/a.r.b issues and sometimes need some new special drop links?)

[JC]

mk4 section, loads of lowered supetankers in there 

[dan_apps]

mk4 section, loads of lowered supetankers in there 

[Thom89]

mk4 section, loads of lowered supetankers in there 

Ive never ever been in the Mk4 section, what's it like.....
Tom

[dan_apps]

Ive never ever been in the Mk4 section, what's it like.....
Tom

i hear there is some kind on initiation

[kells]

20mm is not enough....not by a long chalk - may aswell not bother

(i use my mk 3 as my daily/ and as my events pool car, its dropped 70mm, and has no issues,  for example - tonight its carrying 3 people and 3 full record box's to a illegal do about 35  miles away from where i live..)

id say drop it at least 35 -40mm

[boneybradley]