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springs will knacker your dampers, i did it to my 16v and my old dampers are now unusable, and i only had the original dampers on for a couple of weeks, that was on a 50mm drop. just be prepared to replace the shocks come MOT time.

also worth mentioning you will need the tracking doing after you lower it, and probably the camber too, so budget for that. whole lot should cost £50. coilovers are great for the adjustability, but if youre after performance you get more bang for buck out of a quality spring and damper set, if you c...

water ingress! window slot seals, door membranes, cabin filters, scuttle panels. everything can leak slowly so you don't notice until you have every problem, then you have to fix them all at once. pour some water on the windscreen and windows and check to see if ESPECIALLY the nearside rear footwell...

Water has been getting into my car ever since the heavy rain started back in november. It seems to only come into my nearside REAR footwell, the front is bone dry. It would seem that there are several problems that can cause this, window slot seal (replaced), scuttle panel drainage holes (cleaned), ...

I had this problem just this week, water in my passenger footwell, but mainly behind the seat, in the rear nearside footwell. I thought it was the scuttle, but it turned out to be the membrane in the door. It was all broken, which they often are in polos as the windows need fixing every 5 minutes, a...