I want to go lower...

MrSix · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:02

Every time I look at my car I want to make it sit just a bit lower...then I'd be totally happy with how it looks...

Fireskull · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:06

Do it then? would look good lowered.

saitrix · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:06

Get it lowered, I just ordered springs for mine to lower it an inch for £104 delivered.

Booner! · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:07

Stock brakes? or you just painted them? is it a GTI/1.8T/?

MrSix · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:08

I've not got spare cash to do it at the mo, plus I don't want to spend money on coilovers so lowering springs would be the way forward. Then I've got to problem of extra stress on the dampers so they'd need replacing and blah blah

MrSix · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:08

Booner! said:
Stock brakes? or you just painted them? is it a GTI/1.8T/?

1.6 S

Gilly · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:09

Looks fine to me. Any lower it'd start to look daft.

MrSix · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:09

You did notice that it HAS been lowered in the big pic and that the little pic in the corner is as it is now.

Jez · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:10

Cosmetically it needs larger rims and fog lights. Do them then think about lowering if you are to keep the car.

MrSix · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:10

Bigger rims and fogs?

Double-yoo-tee-eff?

Duke · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:11

It would look good dropped as shown. Put some Eibach springs on mine a few weeks ago and am very happy with them

Jez · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:11

It looks as though it is missing equipment from the front? Big black plastic bits?

Also the rims look quite small?

loltim · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:12

Just get a higher profile tyre, that'll fill the wheel arch gap

[TW]Fox · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:12

Looks a bit bottom of the range.

MrSix · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:13

Jez said:
It looks as though it is missing equipment from the front? Big black plastic bits?

Also the rims look quite small?

They're vents, the one on the side nearest the camera is where my cold air feed runs from. All mk4 golfs except the R32 have them.

The rims are 16" and they're nice and light, any bigger and handling and performance would start to be compromised.

MrSix · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:13

[TW]Fox;11236754 said:
Looks a bit bottom of the range.

Shut it you.

Matt82 · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:14

does the 1.6 have an arb that hoops over the driveshaft and link to the front of the wishbone?

Jez · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:14

Handling and performance on a 1.6 golf? Are you joking?

MrSix · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:15

Matt82 said:
does the 1.6 have an arb that hoops over the driveshaft and link to the front of the wishbone?

Yeah it does, I noticed that yesterday when I had the wheels off for their bi-annual wash n wax.

MrSix · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:16

Jez said:
Handling and performance on a 1.6 golf? Are you joking?

No, it's a car that has handling a performance characteristics.