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help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:24 pm
by Flattley
Im lookin at a 40 or 50mm drop, but i cant seem to find any springs on the internet. can any1 help me find any?

cheers
ian

Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:57 pm
by Flattley

Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:02 pm
by Tim_GTi
Check out Venom:

http://www.venommotorsport.com/

What's your price range?

Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:19 pm
by Torq-Al
^^^^^^ As Tim's put, look on Venom. Loads of choice there. If you go over 30-40mm on springs alone, your shocks won't last very long. Go for a spring/shock package, or even a set of coilovers.

Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:52 am
by braindeadhmster
I wanna lower mine 40mm, can I do that with just the springs or will it break my dampers?

Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:07 am
by Tim_GTi
40mm should be fine. Depends on the condition of your current setup of course. General rule of thumb though being don't go more than 40mm on standard shocks.

Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:41 pm
by braindeadhmster
Thanks Tim, How far will 40mm be, will it make a visual difference. For the price will it be worth it.

Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:43 pm
by Tim_GTi
In my oppinion no, it wouldn't be worth it. I'd go down at least 60mm (for me much more). The 6N2 is a skyscraper, and really needs some lowerige to get it looking good.

Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:27 am
by braindeadhmster
If i lower it 60mm i`ll need lowering shocks to match, wont i? Any one got a pix of it lowered 40mm and 60mm.

Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:51 pm
by stuart1903
this is mine lowered on 40mm springs with standard wheels
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Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:09 am
by braindeadhmster
Thanks alot mate. It isn`t that high. If i put 15" alloys on it`ll look good. Cant go too low my area has more speed bump than people.

Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:26 am
by stuart1903
mine's now on 17s
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Not much lower than standard now, but i already had the wheels from my brother. Thinking of going 16s or 15s at some point.

Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:36 am
by Tim_GTi
15s won't make much of a difference to the arch gap in that picture, as the rolling radius will be the same (near enough). As the wheel gets bigger, the tyre will get smaller, therefore evening out. So that picture is a good reflection of the arch gap you'll be left with.

Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:49 pm
by braindeadhmster
I was told anything bigger than 16" with very low profiles wouldn`t fit.

Re: help! im watngin to lower my polo

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:38 pm
by Tim_GTi
braindeadhmster wrote:I was told anything bigger than 16" with very low profiles wouldn`t fit.
Realistically yeh. 17"s do fit but just don't look right at all. They're way too big for the shape of the 6N2.