Lowering and tires

Horse · Post by **Horse** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:12 am

I'm still a bit

here and have poor english, but i hope you'll untherstand me...

I have 6N a.k.a. mkIV (1997) and 15" rims with 195/50/15 tires. Now I am going to lower my car for 60mm in front and 40mm rear side.

Would it work with these tires? Boot is filled with 2x12" subs and 2 amps.

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:25 am

i would go for 195/45/15 tyres. lowering up to around 80mm is fine with these.

Horse · Post by **Horse** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:36 am

carmadaaron wrote:i would go for 195/45/15 tyres. lowering up to around 80mm is fine with these.

But I have new set of 195/50/15 and in Slovenia it is very hard to sell them... If /45/ goes to 80mm...

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:27 pm

If you're unwilling to sell them, you can always give it a try. You'll probably find that you need to take care when going over speedbumps and stuff.

Horse · Post by **Horse** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:52 pm

Speedlaw wrote:If you're unwilling to sell them, you can always give it a try. You'll probably find that you need to take care when going over speedbumps and stuff.

Thanx! You calm me down...

I'll post some pisc when the job is done..

BalinJu · Post by **BalinJu** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:45 pm

with 195/50/15 should give you no trouble, unless if you lower by more than 60mm. mine is 60mm low with 185/65/14, so should be ok with 50/15, but mind you, mine has a very very firm ride, so it also depends for what types of springs/shocks you are going.

anyone knows of a good suspension kit for 60mm lowering because mine needs replacement

and the only I found are 40mm

Horse · Post by **Horse** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 2:11 pm

BalinJu wrote:with 195/50/15 should give you no trouble, unless if you lower by more than 60mm. mine is 60mm low with 185/65/14, so should be ok with 50/15, but mind you, mine has a very very firm ride, so it also depends for what types of springs/shocks you are going.

anyone knows of a good suspension kit for 60mm lowering because mine needs replacement and the only I found are 40mm

Thanx for info!

The set I am going to order supose to be very hard. Allthough I am not a street-racer I can replace come confidence with looks which are given by lowering it low. 'scuse me french...

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:16 pm

I lowered my MK4 (6n - 1999) 35mm on Eibach springs and I had 195x50x15's on it and they rubbed like a bastard on the back of the car... Over even the smallest dips in the road.

BalinJu · Post by **BalinJu** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:41 pm

mine is lowered by 60mm and once I managed to get 7 people inside, without any rubbing at all. That's the beauty of stiff springs, but then you have to forget all about comfort. In Malta (where I live

) the roads are hopeless, and I really mean hopeless, so I really drive slowly on the roads, but, when I get to our very small track, that is where I enjoy my self most

Btw josh, is it that bad on eibach, I was hoping to get a set of those springs maybe with bilstein shocks. If it rubs a lot, I have to forget it then

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:51 am

the same lowering amount can rub in some cases and not others - because the tyres can have a lot of effects...

the same size tyre from one manufacturer may not rub whereas another one will. My BF Goodrich tyre will rub if on the back, but the cheap ones I had originally did not.

basically, 195x45x15's can sometimes fit inside the rear arch..... so you can go very low..... so I am guessing that a 50 profile could cause trouble depending on the tyres you use

cruisin_chris · Post by **cruisin_chris** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:26 pm

try a falken tyre, with better tyre wall for lowerd cars, prevents rubbing on arch

Mac · Post by **Mac** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:27 pm

The F451's are designed with a sloping sidewall and are essential when oversizing your wheels (in my experience).

cruisin_chris · Post by **cruisin_chris** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:44 pm

along same lines of topic, what is the correct offset ET for 1.4cl 97 polo? im hearin few different ones, which fit and which wont?

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:32 pm

cruisin_chris wrote:along same lines of topic, what is the correct offset ET for 1.4cl 97 polo? im hearin few different ones, which fit and which wont?

That depends on the rest of the wheel sizes. In general, you'll be fine with an ET of 38 to 43.

cruisin_chris · Post by **cruisin_chris** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:07 pm

just as i thought, thanks mate!