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Offline pauld_88

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LOWERING!!
« on: 08 July 2009, 10:35 »
Shall i lower my golf by 60mm and put 16's on it or 35mm and put 17's on it obviously with the 60mm drop i will need arches rolled if i could get away with 17's and a 60mm drop i would?
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Offline Wayne

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Re: LOWERING!!
« Reply #1 on: 08 July 2009, 10:55 »
If the 17"s are 35 offset then you could run a 70mm drop front and 60mm rear, I did on mine, had to trim the rear arches back but was ok and only rubbed with a large amount of weight in the back.
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Offline Shady Pioneer

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Re: LOWERING!!
« Reply #2 on: 08 July 2009, 11:29 »
17s are too big for the MK3 in my opinion. I'm running 16s with around 90mm drop on the front and 80/75 on the rear. No arches rolled :)
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Offline Wayne

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Re: LOWERING!!
« Reply #3 on: 08 July 2009, 11:38 »
17"s with standard bodykit.



Without the bodykit and lowered more.

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Offline Ess_Three

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Re: LOWERING!!
« Reply #4 on: 08 July 2009, 11:50 »
Quote from: Shady Pioneer on 08 July 2009, 11:29
17s are too big for the MK3 in my opinion. I'm running 16s with around 90mm drop on the front and 80/75 on the rear. No arches rolled :)

I'm in agreement with you.
I had 17s on my last Mk3 and 16s on this one, and prefer how it looks and how it drives on 16s.
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Offline bratty

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Re: LOWERING!!
« Reply #5 on: 08 July 2009, 11:50 »
16" ftw :)
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Offline VR6-Joe

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Re: LOWERING!!
« Reply #6 on: 08 July 2009, 13:46 »
17's.. Lowered roughly 110mm front and 95mm rear (compared to original height on 17's).. 10mm spacers on the rear and rolled arches all round



Oh how I miss that car, my new one doesn't look anywhere near as special
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Offline bungwa

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Re: LOWERING!!
« Reply #7 on: 08 July 2009, 18:34 »
I'm running 17's with only a 35mm drop. There are alot of speed bumps where I live...
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Offline VW Mel

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Re: LOWERING!!
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Offline doely85

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Re: LOWERING!!
« Reply #9 on: 08 July 2009, 21:33 »
joe, dude your old golf looks mint!
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