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Offline aaran

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drop with 18inch alloys
« on: 01 March 2010, 21:04 »
just a quickie guys i was looking at dropping the golf around 30-35mm on either jom or supersport matched shocks and springs and i have seen some nice 18inch alloys come up cheap (18 with 225/40/18 and an offset of 35. just want to make sure it wont be left looking like a 4x4 or run into the wheels fouling the arches or spring cups issues.

dont fancy the coil overs as im looking for a progressive spring rate not a fixed one as the roads here are crap and full of pot holes, plus in the winter i want the 16's back on and a larger drop will sit the car on the floor and cause me issues with the speedbumps on the bottom of the hill :lol:

any advise is appreciated

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Re: drop with 18inch alloys
« Reply #1 on: 01 March 2010, 22:54 »
pics here......


18' wheels not lowered




After (35 mm)  :smiley:

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Re: drop with 18inch alloys
« Reply #2 on: 01 March 2010, 22:56 »
35-40mm is spot on for comfort and handling compromise IMO


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Re: drop with 18inch alloys
« Reply #3 on: 01 March 2010, 22:57 »
35-40mm is spot on for comfort and handling compromise IMO

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Re: drop with 18inch alloys
« Reply #4 on: 01 March 2010, 23:00 »
35-40mm is spot on for comfort and handling compromise IMO

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Re: drop with 18inch alloys
« Reply #5 on: 01 March 2010, 23:14 »
wazzer whats the ride like on your jom shocks?

35/mm looks like i wont have speed bump issues :)

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Re: drop with 18inch alloys
« Reply #6 on: 01 March 2010, 23:18 »
You def wont bud, no worries, even with a full car!
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Re: drop with 18inch alloys
« Reply #7 on: 01 March 2010, 23:19 »
You had to ask  :rolleyes:

Fronts are absolutely superb. rears are due to be changed at the weekend as they have started squeaking really badly due to the surface of the metal on the piston corroding. I'm not the only one either. Other than that they are a very good set of shocks/springs

Hopefully I won't get any more trouble from them but we shall see...

Now you'd better put that can of worms away quick...  :grin:


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Re: drop with 18inch alloys
« Reply #8 on: 02 March 2010, 00:07 »
35-40mm is spot on for comfort and handling compromise IMO

The man speaketh the truth  :grin:

+1 :afro:

+2  :smiley:

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Re: drop with 18inch alloys
« Reply #9 on: 02 March 2010, 09:21 »
You had to ask  :rolleyes:

Fronts are absolutely superb. rears are due to be changed at the weekend as they have started squeaking really badly due to the surface of the metal on the piston corroding. I'm not the only one either. Other than that they are a very good set of shocks/springs

Hopefully I won't get any more trouble from them but we shall see...

Now you'd better put that can of worms away quick...  :grin:

Put those worms away and buy some eibachs  :cool:
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