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Lower is Better
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:28 am
by ticki
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.

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:04 pm
by shantybeater
so what are you on now then??? and what rims you running on ?
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:57 pm
by Si_GTi
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
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:22 pm
by ticki
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:50 am
by ticki
Si whats happened to that pic?
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:42 am
by polopowah
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-
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:39 pm
by ticki
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:03 pm
by Si_GTi
ticki wrote:Si whats happened to that pic?
All in good time

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:12 pm
by ticki
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:47 pm
by Si_GTi
Mmmm yes, nice and low
I finally got that image uploaded from my home computer:

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:17 pm
by ticki
LOL nice pic.
I'm gonna lower the rear another 10-20mm I's thinks.

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:23 pm
by ticki
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

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:58 pm
by KennyG
Looks sweeeet!!!
