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Jul 12, 2016 16:25:14 GMT
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I recently bought a mk2 breadvan and I want it to be a bit lower. The only problem is I need to use it to drive back to uni in September and it will be fully loaded up inside and also have 2 heavy (roughly 15-20kg each) mountain bikes either on the roof or on a tow bar mounted bike rack. I'm leaving the steelies on so they're nice and skinny to try and minimise rub.
I've found someone selling 80mm shocks and springs but would that be too low when it's fully loaded? Would it be better to just go for 60mm?
My mates are trying to convince me to get coilies but I'm pretty skint so unless I can find some pretty cheap that isn't really an option
Cheers, Sam
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Jul 12, 2016 16:36:31 GMT
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I wouldn't go 80mm drop it will give a really rubbish ride as well as messing with steering geometry.
40mm drop is meaningful but keeps the car usable 60mm will work but does make the ride poor.
You can find coilies for about £120-140 on the bay of evil but they will be poor.
You could run some wider wheels/tyres without too many problems, especially if you use some VW family items, but again its about being sensible as to how far you go.
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Needs a bigger hammer mate.......
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Jul 12, 2016 17:08:45 GMT
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If you are a student at uni living away from home during term then before you do anything ask your insurer if they are happy with you "modifying" the car by lowering. You might find their reply is such you decided to keep standard ride height to avoid invalidating insurance if you lower without informing insurer.
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Jul 12, 2016 21:58:41 GMT
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Don't bother use the money to buy beer to weigh it down for budget lows
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g40jon
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I wouldn't go 80mm drop it will give a really rubbish ride as well as messing with steering geometry. 40mm drop is meaningful but keeps the car usable 60mm will work but does make the ride poor. You can find coilies for about £120-140 on the bay of evil but they will be poor. You could run some wider wheels/tyres without too many problems, especially if you use some VW family items, but again its about being sensible as to how far you go. Find me a set of mk2f polo coilovers for £120-140 on ebay and I will buy them. Why? Purely because i could punt them straight on for £300! adjustable coilovers for the early polos have always been expensive due to the whole front strut having to be replaced. A 40 mm drop will make the car it how it probably hould have when it left the factory. The best drop for the mk2 and mk2f models has and always will be a 60/40 kit. i.e. it lowers the front 60 and the rear 40. Why the difference? If you lower 60mm all round it will look like it is dragging its botty on the floor. reverse rake. Not a great look. I will agree that an 80 mm drop is rubbish on cheap lowering gear. Spend big bucks and I'm sure you could get a good ride quality, but barely worthwhile on an old polo (this is coming from someone who have owned lots of them!).
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Current project bready has an 80F/60R drop on a very cheap kit. It looks a bit silly even with nothing in - but put anything more than a packet of fags in the boot and the wheel fully contacts the arch... not good!
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Jul 13, 2016 11:03:52 GMT
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Cheers guys, I'll probably go for 60/40 then.
I'm new to this site... Is there any way to get notifications when someone replies to my topics?
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