Lowering....

[scottyboy08]

another bit of advice needed guys...i am thinking of getting my Golf lowered but of course i want to spend as little as possible but dont want to harm my car in the process so i have heard springs are cheap but they will be bad for the shocks right? surely?
so what is the next best thing and how much roughly or are springs ok?

[T_J_G]

springs will wear out your dampers quickly. Will be ok for a while though.

You can get spring + shock combos from about £200 but they're fixed lowering.

You can get adjustable coilovers from ebay for about £179 and you can change them to how low or high you want!

Tim

[Rhyso]

decent springs can be had for £120 - look on Ebay for Eibach

i've just picked up a 2nd hand set which will hopefully be on the car next weekend

Ivor on here has lowered with just springs and i believe he's still on the original dampers

i always previously thought you'd need to upgrade both but i'm going to see how i get on with just the springs - hopefully get away with it and save myself a bit of cash 

[scottyboy08]

do normal garages fit them if i bought a spring and shock combo?

[Rhyso]

do normal garages fit them if i bought a spring and shock combo?

yep - should be no more than a couple hours labour