What Else Needed?

[capoot]

What else do i need to lower my car 60mm on lowering springs? execpt the springs?

[tobz.]

Shocks with a shorter piston rod to ensure you don't punch any unwanted holes in your bonnet, shorter bumpstops, new strut mounts all round and a decent camber/tracking setup afterwards. Think that should be it.

[capoot]

is it not just a case of swapping the springs then?

[tobz.]

Nah the rod down the middle of the standard shocks will start to hit the end of the shock if it is lowered that much. eventually it will punch its way through and up into your bonnet. I think you can get away with a 40mm drop with standard shocks but again it's not advisable as the shocks aren't operating in the area of travel they were designed for. Shorter bump stops would be required otherwise you would possibly 'bottom out' the suspension quite frequently.

[Mr Blue]

ohh and another thing...
if you lower more than 40mm on standard shocks then they will have a short life

Ive seen mk2's dropped 80mm using standard shocks. never seen any holes in bonnets before. think your ok

[capoot]

lol any1 fancy doing this for me? im so confused now! it defo needs lowering now thou!

[tobz.]

Sorry for the confusion.
Blue had the people who had lowered 80mm on standard shocks changed the bump stops??? The whole point of a bump stop is to stop the shock travelling too far and destroying itself. Therefore it doesn't matter how low you go on a standard shock if it has the original bump stop the rod will never protrude from the top. You would however frequently bottom out the suspension when carrying passengers or on bumpy roads. This would quickly lead to the demise of your strut mounts.
I'm sure if you lowered 60-80mm AND fitted shorter bump stops on standard shocks then you be in for trouble.

I think the answer capoot is you could probably use the original shocks but they wont last long. If your suspension is coming off anyway you might aswell fit some suitable shocks at the same time as the springs.

[capoot]

tbh its all about cash, i thort the cheapest way was just change springs, but apparntly not. This whole bump stop thing confused me so much now, and my god i sound dumb! lol

[knobby]

look on ebay for a second hand set... Springs and dampers.. would go 40mm.. 60mm might be too much. what rims you running?

knobby..

[capoot]

14's, im bidding on sum 40mm springs!