How low can I go?

I've recently purchased a Mk2 3 door GTi with the big bumpers, unfortunately it came with standard suspension and 17" alloys with 205 40 tyres on and as a result puts my old landrover to shame in respect of ground clearance.

At the minute I can't afford to change the wheels for the ones I want so was thinking about lowering it on the current wheels, does any one know how far I can go before having rubbing issues, oh and I don't want to have to fork out for arch work either.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers

I'd get some pics up if you can Gives people a little more clue on where the wheels sit now etc, plus offsets if you know them?

I'm imagine you could go down quite a lot - are you planning on using coilovers or springs/shocks?

Erm...Don't know off sets unfortunately

pics are here, don't know how to put them in properly.


http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=566841

With them tyres youll be abit limited, asweel as you say you dont wanna do any arch work. youll prob get away with 40oddmm from them pics but if i was you id get some cheap coilies and you can adjust it to suit.

my uncle used to have a mk2 with deep dish 17's, think his suspension was 30-40mm

I was thinking 35mm would be about it. I need to use it a fair bit as it's my daily so when I get round to putting some 15's on it I wouldn't be going any lower then that any way. Sawtry is speed bump hell.....

I might just stick some springs on there as that's what I want to drop it any way and if they rub I'll go back to where I was and wait till I can afford the wheels. I just have to learn to be more patient.

Unless of course any one has some cheep 15's they want rid of,

BBS

G60

Raddo 16V

I ain't picky as long as I can paint them black:D

If when you get your 15s, choose the right tyre and you shoudl be able to have plenty lows without any rubbing issues anyway

It's more the splitter and sump on these stupid little mound type speed bumps we have round here where your wheels straddle them and every thing underneath gets ripped off.

Haha thats just a price you pay m8 lol, them sort as usually best taken through the middle of the 2 or just 1 side over them indeed of head on.

Too true, the problem is I've lived here all my life and every car I've ever had cleared them, I just know one day I'll forget myself and leave my sump at the co-op

I know I should be patient, save for the wheels I want and some coilovers and the bra I want and the stereo and all the other stuff but it's just not in my nature

Im a great believer in coilovers and can't see the point in springs

im always whoring up this deal on golfgtiforum but here it is; http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=103405.0

yeah get some coilovers, hot tuning ones are cheap and are alright, i got mine for 160 on ebay and mk2/mk3 are the same, this shop sells em on there. plus then you wont have to spend more on new springs when the arch gap opens up when u get 15s

Cheers for the advise lads, looks like it'll be coil overs then