Lowering!!!

[Juan_Mk4]

Hi Guys

I'm Just About to drop my polo with some new coilovers... The question is.. How low ?
i want the car to look great, but i got a problem... Speed Humps... There are loads arround my area...

How low should a go so that i can Achieve that great look as well as not having to damage my car due to the humps????

all Comments and Ideas welcome.. Thanks

Juan

[16vMoose]

drive slowly over speed bumps- problem solved

[ticki]

As above drive slowly and also try snake over the speed bumps. Come in at angle.

Try keep at least 100mm clearance from the ground when lowering your car. iirc

[Tim_GTi]

Just go with the flow, it's hard telling somebody what's a great height that looks good and will not have issues with speedbumps, everybodies car is different and everyone has a different oppinion.

Get a stance that you like the look of first. Then take it for a drive a see how it goes, then just adjust accordingly. That's the beauty of coilovers

[NOZ]

Exactly what Tim said ^^

All depends on your personal preferance and situation. It also depends on your rims/tyres etc. Most of the locals have their polo's about 10-20mm lower then mine but then again I drive around sith 5 adults in it quite often so I won't lower it any further. I also have enough trouble scraping the gas tank guard against bumps so its a sign I should stop lol.

Just go with what you can manage and prefer and make adjustments to suite your driving needs.

[kipper]

i got to compromise with my height. cant be to high cause it dont like it but cant be to low cause my gfs drive has a dip and if its to low i will scrape my front bumper and exhaust so ive made it low enough so the arch gap all round the wheel is the same and i have 15" alloys with 45 profile tyres on.

[Tim_GTi]

you should see the lane I have to drive up to get up to my house!

[Juan_Mk4]

i got to compromise with my height. cant be to high cause it dont like it but cant be to low cause my gfs drive has a dip and if its to low i will scrape my front bumper and exhaust so ive made it low enough so the arch gap all round the wheel is the same and i have 15" alloys with 45 profile tyres on.

How Low have you got it then. I got 15" and 45 profile too.