front lowering

bflower59947 · Post by **bflower59947** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:07 pm

i want to lower the front of my mk4 polo. i have standard shocks and springs all round and am interested in just lowering the front 40mm with springs. what will this look like guys? i want the car to look lower at the front will 40mm make much difference? will using springs on the stock shocks be ok and how will this effect driving etc? is it ok for your suspesion? sorry about the long post

Hardcore · Post by **Hardcore** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:18 am

oh my god. i was just coming into this place to post the exact same thing as this!

monkeyalan · Post by **monkeyalan** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 12:36 pm

it will look silly and drive terribly, maybe even dangerously.
shorter springs will have harder spring rates and are designed to be used in fours.

Biddle · Post by **Biddle** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:51 pm

Yeah it will look like you have slammed the brakes on when doing about 60 and the car nose drives. Also if the back is too low when your driving the car looks like a dog with worms (dragging it ar*e about the place)

NOZ · Post by **NOZ** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:39 pm

it'll look really dodgy and when braking dive even more so it's not worth it. I'v got a full set of Pi suspention for sale although one of the shocks is slightly bent. You can take off the springs and use the rear shockers with your standard front shocks. Its a 40mm drop kit and i'm gona put the pics on the forum asap. Let me know if your interested

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:22 pm

It would look something a little bit like this:

http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... hp?t=29514

As everyone has said, it'll look like you could only afford to have half a job done, and I wouldn't like to put money on how well it'll handle.

Do it properly if you're going to.

Hardcore · Post by **Hardcore** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:20 am

dont think ill be lowering mine at the front lol..

Biddle · Post by **Biddle** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:12 pm

Ah yeah I knew Id seen it somewhere on here before lol that was funny

jeci26 · Post by **jeci26** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:39 pm

I would go for a 60mm drop on the front and 60mm on the back. Quite a few spring manufacturers make a set up like this. H&R and Jamex do this setup. Watch out for rubbing, might be a good idea to get the shocks done too!!!!

jeci26 · Post by **jeci26** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:11 pm

Sorry been a little silly, meant 60mm on the front and 40mm on the back!!!

NOZ · Post by **NOZ** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:47 pm

jeci26 wrote:Sorry been a little silly, meant 60mm on the front and 40mm on the back!!!

Thats not silly

Mines lowered 100mm with the wrong tyres. Put 15s on with 195/45/15s n your laughing

Remeber 'if its not scrubbing, it ain't dubbing'