Lower is Better

ticki · Post by **ticki** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:28 am

Well I dropped the Polo this weekend by another 30mm on my FK Highsports, and I must say every thing has improved, handles like a go-kart, steering is giving better feedback from the wheels, and from the ride surprisingly more comfort.

shantybeater · Post by **shantybeater** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:04 pm

so what are you on now then??? and what rims you running on ?

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:57 pm

I'm at work, otherwise I would post the pic that goes with this statement:

This thread is worthless without pics!

As above, how low are you now?

Cheers

ticki · Post by **ticki** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:22 pm

Its hard to say because I have never had the car at standard to measure from. I have set the lower nut on the coilovers to 49mm from the bottom thread. I'm running 15" BBS rims on Yokohama A539 195/45/ R15's and there whould be a 30mm-40mm gap between top of the tyre to the wheel arch I guess.

ticki · Post by **ticki** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:50 am

Si whats happened to that pic?

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:42 am

ticki wrote:Its hard to say because I have never had the car at standard to measure from. I have set the lower nut on the coilovers to 49mm from the bottom thread. I'm running 15" BBS rims on Yokohama A539 195/45/ R15's and there whould be a 30mm-40mm gap between top of the tyre to the wheel arch I guess.

about -80mm then as an estimation, thats nice and low

-Ben-

ticki · Post by **ticki** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:39 pm

about -80mm then as an estimation, thats nice and low

-Ben-

Wow I didn't think it would be that low, I was guessing maybe -60mm.

I am surprised the ride is more suple over the the smaller bumps. I believe the FK's Springs are working better with the extra travel I allowed by lowering it.

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:03 pm

ticki wrote:Si whats happened to that pic?

All in good time

ticki · Post by **ticki** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:12 pm

Here we go I managed to get some quick snaps.

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:47 pm

Mmmm yes, nice and low

I finally got that image uploaded from my home computer:

ticki · Post by **ticki** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:17 pm

LOL nice pic.

I'm gonna lower the rear another 10-20mm I's thinks.

ticki · Post by **ticki** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:23 pm

CymruPolo wrote:Where's your splitter gone?

Ah ha! I was wondering when someone was going to notice that. I can't get on to my drive with it on, so I'm going to wait till till I sor something out

KennyG · Post by **KennyG** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:58 pm

Looks sweeeet!!!