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How low and what on? Basically I think we could have a thread where users post a few pics of the cars and state how much it's been lowered by and what size wheels and tires.
I think it would be a great source of info for new members like myself and old alike.
if you go to suspension vs coilovers, you should get a better idea on what your after !! but - i had coilovers ( ok, paid £200 for a set from germany ). done 600 miles and sold them on. ( maybe i didnt have them set up right ??? honestly dont know, but they were dangerous for my style of driving.. ie - heavy foot, hard cornering etc. i felt that i had no feel of the road whatsoever so for the nationals, i decided to drive there and back on the god knows how old originals, and actually felt more relieved. ( i like to feel the road/ what the car is doing etc. i have ordered a set of -40mm spring all round suspension kit. gas shocks -40mm springs. new front top mounts. backs are good enough. will let you know how they feel once set up properly.
Scirocco Shane
84 cosmos blue storm - mafia car choice 2015 rip
84 Havanna Brown Storm -
You should be fine on -40mm drop handling wise and comfort I find great at this height.
Any lower and you will bash everything under the car on speed humps and Kurbs.
To be honest I miss the comfort of my original springs so may return to the original spec.
I'm running eiback springs with standard bilstein shock inserts but find it too bouncy.
Best I had for smooth roads and tracks was my £180 JOM springs and shock kit.
Held the road really well on my car but removed them as the council have put loads of speed humps in my neighbourhood so getting over them was a nuisance
mines currently on some 15 tsw evo rs and lowering springs (-40 i believe) but i will soon be swapping them to coilovers (hopefully this weekend). so ill get some pics up of it then as well.
Mines on 15" bullet sixties with coilovers on front wound down about 60mm and weitec shocks/springs on rear which I think are 40mm but I could be wrong. Coilovers ready to go on so I can go lower and will put another pic up when I get round to it
Spax rsx for me. wound about half way down on some bbs from a mk3 cabrio 195/45/15 handles lovely apart from airborne moments over ranmore (closely resembles the moon in places)
Cheapo eBay coilovers, £200, no idea how much lower than stock, just dropped till the gap was acceptable. They are very firm but I've had worse and she only comes out to play every now and then. 15" Mini wheels with 195/50x15's on the rear and 165/50x15's on the front
Whichever colour it is, its a belter! Has to be said, Sciroccos did seem to have the best pick of the colours! Cobalt/Cosmos/Royal blue, Tornado/Flame red, theres even a green I liked! Todays colours on todays cars? meh
