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mc_iver_9n
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Cheers dino lol... looks alot lower on yours! 
Yorks your car sucks man.............
Hehe jokes!
It does look spot on stance wise.... I have seen many examples of the stilt look though on polo's with large wheels. Something about your wheels that makes it look really smart. Plus I think the kit helps with the larger wheels.
Yorks your car sucks man.............
Hehe jokes!
It does look spot on stance wise.... I have seen many examples of the stilt look though on polo's with large wheels. Something about your wheels that makes it look really smart. Plus I think the kit helps with the larger wheels.
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M7
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on the discussion about handling,
just from my own experience as i think i am one of the only polo drivers to run 17's then drop down to a smaller rim, 15's.
when i had my 17's i used to fling the car about quite about, the tyres were 215/45/17's and it was lowered 40mm on apex.
i found on the 17's the car would go round corners quickly but then got the feeling through the wheel that the car was begining to slip a little
then when i moved on the 15's, 195/45/15 size tyre on the same suspension set up i found the handling to improve dramastically! if you think about it the laws of physics state that the lower the centre of gravity, the harder the object is to tip over.
before a car rolls over, you get body roll as the centre of gravity raises and the car looses its state of equilibriam.
so with the smaller wheels on, the centre of gravity is around 1" lower as i lost 1" from the diameter of the wheel. this then means in theory when the car corners at speed providing both sets of tyres offer exactly the same amount of grip the smaller tyres will help the car perform better.
but then when i mentioned grip from the tyres, that is a major factor. mainly the reason for the poorer handling i found from my 17's is due to the budget tyres i had. forgetting about body roll for a second and just concentrating on the amount of grip the tyres actually provide.
the 17's had the cheapest tyres on the market and also had 2 differment makes on, whereas the 15's were all of the same manufacturer and slightly higher up in the market.
so in my experience i find that yes smaller wheels do handle better due to the lower centre of gravity for the car, thats a scientific fact but when it comes to the grip the wheels actually offer, that depends on what tyres you are running.
after all its only 4 chunks of rubber holding you to the road, so that should be the deciding factor.
there is probably somthing i've missed here, late night doesnt help my thoughts
oh, and sorry for the essay
just from my own experience as i think i am one of the only polo drivers to run 17's then drop down to a smaller rim, 15's.
when i had my 17's i used to fling the car about quite about, the tyres were 215/45/17's and it was lowered 40mm on apex.
i found on the 17's the car would go round corners quickly but then got the feeling through the wheel that the car was begining to slip a little
then when i moved on the 15's, 195/45/15 size tyre on the same suspension set up i found the handling to improve dramastically! if you think about it the laws of physics state that the lower the centre of gravity, the harder the object is to tip over.
before a car rolls over, you get body roll as the centre of gravity raises and the car looses its state of equilibriam.
so with the smaller wheels on, the centre of gravity is around 1" lower as i lost 1" from the diameter of the wheel. this then means in theory when the car corners at speed providing both sets of tyres offer exactly the same amount of grip the smaller tyres will help the car perform better.
but then when i mentioned grip from the tyres, that is a major factor. mainly the reason for the poorer handling i found from my 17's is due to the budget tyres i had. forgetting about body roll for a second and just concentrating on the amount of grip the tyres actually provide.
the 17's had the cheapest tyres on the market and also had 2 differment makes on, whereas the 15's were all of the same manufacturer and slightly higher up in the market.
so in my experience i find that yes smaller wheels do handle better due to the lower centre of gravity for the car, thats a scientific fact but when it comes to the grip the wheels actually offer, that depends on what tyres you are running.
after all its only 4 chunks of rubber holding you to the road, so that should be the deciding factor.
there is probably somthing i've missed here, late night doesnt help my thoughts
oh, and sorry for the essay
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TimGti
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Did u have any problems with the driveshafts runbbing on the ARB with coilies on being so low?LowLife wrote:What? KW variant 2 coiloversTimGti wrote:This looks spot on. What are you lowered on and by how much mate?
How much? all the way down with adjusting system removed in te back to drop another 2 centimeter