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I’ve had many people tell me that if I want to lower my polo by more than 40mm I will need new springs and shocks. Also if I go any lower I will do damage to my wishbones. I wanna lower my polo about 40 to 50mm with some lowering springs, the wheels I’ve got on are 15''. Will lowering it by 50mm do any damage to my car and will I have to do any cutting to the bodywork to make the car drivable? My cars a 1997 polo 1.4cl….

Essex6N wrote:I’ve had many people tell me that if I want to lower my polo by more than 40mm I will need new springs and shocks.

Nope - but it's not ideal to just use springs as the damping will be a bit weak

Essex6N wrote:Also if I go any lower I will do damage to my wishbones.

nope again - can drop it 80m plus and not damage the wishbones

Essex6N wrote:I wanna lower my polo about 40 to 50mm with some lowering springs, the wheels I’ve got on are 15''. Will lowering it by 50mm do any damage to my car

Nope but you will need to get your tracking done or it will cut tyres out real fast

Essex6N wrote:and will I have to do any cutting to the bodywork to make the car drivable? My cars a 1997 polo 1.4cl….

Nope as long as your wheels are same width and ofset as std and you haven't overtyred it you will be fine

Sig pic is 50-55mm on springs only with 15 inch BBS BTW

ok ive decided that im gunna get sum springs n shocks 2nite or 2moz! which ones do u think i should get?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-Polo-94-99-60m ... dZViewItem

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/sports-suspension ... dZViewItem

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/sports-suspension ... dZViewItem

any opinions would b great. thanks!

Dont buy the 3rd ones I got them on my watch


The first ones are by streetline so at least you know the make. The other ones are unclear but on the 3rd set the 80/60 drop is awfully tempting.

I cant decide myself either on which ones to get...so Im no help!

lol no worries mate. i just been lookin on teh gerry ebay, quite cheap if my guestimation of the coversion into £ from ...... damn no euro button lol! bit dodge tho coz its all in german n stuff :S

Yeah I been looking on german bay... they wont send anything to UK.
I translate the stuff in google, its quiete funny translations...

lol i didnt think of that

If it were my choice, I'de didn't buy any of these, I'de go for a FK, H&R, Koni, KW or Weitec set. Maybe costs more, but you'll be sure it won't rust like hell, and that you've purchased some good quality goods.

But from these 3 I'de go for the second option, why? Cuz I don't feel to good about the brands of the others, and the second one is brandless

i would like to get sum FK or eichbach (spelling), any1 know a cheap place to get em, and cna any1 give me a guestimation of how much it would cost 4 a garage to fit em?

Rimstyle do them

http://www.rimstyle.com/catalog/custome ... p?cat=4821

You get 5% discount if you sign up to porka. (Ill get back to you on that one)

(I dont know if these things are worth the money tho.)

that second i posted says FK at the end of it, dunno if it means its FK and for £150? sounds bit dodge to me, but i'll email em n c what they have to say. any1 got any opinions?

you should be fine matey as long as you dont go mad with the width,,mine are 7x17s on a 50mm drop and i have very little scraping if ever,,go for it.

ye think im gunna get em, need to get a wuote from my garage man first to c how much it will cost 4 fittin and trackin n new brake pads, coz im gunna order my new rims 2moz so wanna try n get it all sorted in one day

Just read this thread so might be late, but ive got a set of g-max springs and shocks -50mm (its called the sport kit if you want to look it up) for sale, cost me £210 in january only done 7000 - 8000 miles, its a pretty good kit imo and the only reason im selling them is because of a coilover upgrade £100 if you want them but would have to be collected from manchester or maybe i could meet you part way if youre not that far away?
pic in sig shows how low they are with 14" wheels

bah, i live in south west wales so would b quite a way for me soz mate.
oh yeah just found out those springs i was thinkin of gettin r FK so might order them 2nite . what do peeps think? yey or ney?