How low is 40mm then? How low is xx mm...

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:04 pm

will measure the night of floor to wheel arch on mine tommorow

i suspect that the 40 mm lowering springs on my mk4 are like 10 mm lowering springs in real life lol

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:15 pm

13twelve wrote:will measure the night of floor to wheel arch on mine tommorow

i suspect that the 40 mm lowering springs on my mk4 are like 10 mm lowering springs in real life lol

I think it would be better to get heights from MKIV owners then rather than MKV GTi's

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:36 pm

i plan to get a mk5 gti

i'm looking for a black 3 door with leather seats

and its proving tough too

and i'm trying to budget in what i want to do with it when i get it y'see

ttaw2 · Post by **ttaw2** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:01 am

13twelve wrote:will measure the night of floor to wheel arch on mine tommorow

i suspect that the 40 mm lowering springs on my mk4 are like 10 mm lowering springs in real life lol

You say that, but my mate drives a mk3 golf, and 90mm springs dumped his down 110!

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:47 pm

Would I be right in saying that after you've put new lowering springs on , you should generally give it a couple of weeks to settle down to the new level?

13twelve · Post by **13twelve** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:02 pm

the 40 mm springs on mine seem to have lowered mine to 58ish cm from ground at the back and 60 ish cm at the front

which is around 40mm at the back drop and 20mm at the front

hmm

cyhliu · Post by **cyhliu** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:50 pm

Si, you are right, you need to allow for some time for the new prings to bed, usually a couple of weeks depending on the amount you drive...you could also help the bedding process by adding some ballast into the boot...like I did...a tonne of rubble from the yard! ha ha ha!

The way I was shown to measure the drop is to measure the centre of the wheel to the edge of the arch...but you will need to have the measurements for a none lowered GTI/MkV and remember GTI are already lowered by 10mm on standard springs.