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Offline Big Tone

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How low to realistically go on a daily driver?
« on: 19 May 2011, 08:35 »
As above, have hit the sump a couple of times standard, going for some coilies but donr knowbuy how much I
Should lower them, 35mm?

Advice, especially from fk owners appreciated.
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Re: How low to realistically go on a daily driver?
« Reply #1 on: 19 May 2011, 08:45 »
Personally I'm going to go -30. Then when I get drop links or a uprater arb I'm going to go -40. And this is my only car so a daily driver.
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Offline Wayne

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Re: How low to realistically go on a daily driver?
« Reply #2 on: 19 May 2011, 09:05 »
Around 40mm really for a day to day car.
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Offline daz veedub

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Re: How low to realistically go on a daily driver?
« Reply #3 on: 19 May 2011, 09:10 »
mines a daily decked driver  :laugh:
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Offline heelinder

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Re: How low to realistically go on a daily driver?
« Reply #4 on: 19 May 2011, 12:27 »


dont know much mines is lowerd by but shes a daily driver  :grin:
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Offline Dave_IOW

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Re: How low to realistically go on a daily driver?
« Reply #5 on: 19 May 2011, 12:41 »
mines wound down about 45-55 mm i suppose on FK coils with eibach front arb.

daily driver on crap roads.
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Offline gtti_234

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Re: How low to realistically go on a daily driver?
« Reply #6 on: 19 May 2011, 12:50 »
Mines a daily driver lowered 40mm with (18 40 235 tyres size) if it was to go any lower it wouldnt fit on r-tech rolling road!!!!
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Offline Dan_GTi8v

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Re: How low to realistically go on a daily driver?
« Reply #7 on: 19 May 2011, 16:08 »
my dailys lowered 40mm all round and it rubs on multistorys and some speed bumps, only on 15s though and the front splitter is quite a bit lower than the rest of the car. I'm hoping 16s will be the answer
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Offline Dave_IOW

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Re: How low to realistically go on a daily driver?
« Reply #8 on: 19 May 2011, 17:03 »
Quote from: Dan_GTi8v on 19 May 2011, 16:08
my dailys lowered 40mm all round and it rubs on multistorys and some speed bumps, only on 15s though and the front splitter is quite a bit lower than the rest of the car. I'm hoping 16s will be the answer

pics on 15's lol, must be tttiiinnnyyy!
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Offline Dan_GTi8v

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Re: How low to realistically go on a daily driver?
« Reply #9 on: 19 May 2011, 17:56 »
lol yeah sorry forgot I was in the mk4 section, its a 1.8t mk3  :cool: they are shockingly bad alloys though, D90's have been on my shopping list for a while  :grin:
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