lowering my golf

ben k · Subject: lowering my golf Fri Oct 02 2009, 14:46

i wonder if anyone can tell me how long i can get my mk 3 golf before its sitting on the floor.
not sure wether to get just springs, springs and shocks or coilovers

mk3golfcab · Subject: Re: lowering my golf Fri Oct 02 2009, 15:24

coilies all the way mate.

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bravo211 · Number of posts: 215 Registration date: 2009-04-06

coilovers

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ben k · Subject: Re: lowering my golf Fri Oct 02 2009, 17:06

bravo211 wrote:

coilovers

how low do you reckon i could get it and do you know any second hand ones going about

bravo211 · Number of posts: 215 Registration date: 2009-04-06

ben k wrote:

bravo211 wrote:

coilovers

how low do you reckon i could get it and do you know any second hand ones going about

dont know how low u can go but mines low at the front and i scrape the spliter some times ,mines got to be 30mm or less at the front and i have coilovers , second hand ones are about on flea bay but not very often

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mk3golfcab · Subject: Re: lowering my golf Sat Oct 03 2009, 07:27

mate get hottuning ones go down 120mm and are around £160 delivered new on the bay, alot of people run them on here and for the price there a good bit of kit, never had problems with them personally!

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Ashley · Subject: Re: lowering my golf Sat Oct 03 2009, 11:28

to be honest a few factors determin how low you can get the car, an important 1 being the size of your wheels. Also do you want to get it as low as possible, or just to close the gap between the wheels and the arches?

You can get it as low as max's old 1 or vladimirr32's by winding the coilies all the way down, as long as your wheels don't stick out too far.

I've got mine as low as I can bear to go whilst driving it 40+ miles a day and I've got 1/2 cm left on the front coils and 4cm on the back

Liam B · Subject: Re: lowering my golf Sat Oct 03 2009, 17:56

hottuning are spot on for the money, i have them on my mk2, just make sue you greese them for the winter

ben k · Subject: Re: lowering my golf Sat Oct 03 2009, 21:17

sounds like hottunning coilovers our the way forward

billybug · Subject: Re: lowering my golf Tue Oct 06 2009, 04:38

hot tuning coilovers<3

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bob_drinks_beer · Subject: Re: lowering my golf Tue Oct 06 2009, 11:35

Liam B wrote:

hottuning are spot on for the money, i have them on my mk2, just make sue you greese them for the winter

yeah ive not had an probs with mine... apart from they're siezed solid cos i forgot to grease them! glad i dont wanna wind it down or up any more lol

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max · Subject: Re: lowering my golf Wed Oct 07 2009, 09:51

Ashley wrote:

to be honest a few factors determin how low you can get the car, an important 1 being the size of your wheels. Also do you want to get it as low as possible, or just to close the gap between the wheels and the arches?

You can get it as low as max's old 1 or vladimirr32's by winding the coilies all the way down, as long as your wheels don't stick out too far.

I've got mine as low as I can bear to go whilst driving it 40+ miles a day and I've got 1/2 cm left on the front coils and 4cm on the back

<3

depends how low you want to go, can get about 120mm on the back and 110mm on the front with no helper springs. your car will be slammed but will also be bumpy as fook.

if you want some comfort left id say go down about 80mm on some 15's. will look a sh1te load better then standard but wont sh1te you up everytime you hit a pebble.

BUTTTTTTT that said...... i say slam it

ben k · Subject: Re: lowering my golf Wed Oct 07 2009, 11:07

well i have a set of 14" p slots so i think im just gunna buy some coilovers and keep winding them down till i like it. just got to get the funds together and buy some now