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Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:54 pm
by mashmarriner
little bit of an update, first mod to the Lasses car, debadged the back, tryed to convince her to de-wipe it, but had none of it lol, she not as silly as me
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:38 pm
by CANDYMAN
mashmarriner wrote:am very upset to admit this but i have done my maths wrong, my car is not 160mm
a dunno whether it was coz i have never had coil overs before, or am just a young lad who things he knows everything, but really knows nothing but it it only 75mm front and 80mm back,
so ppl who said it wasnt 160mm your were right and i was wrong am sorry
, feel like a right ***
i only have really worked this out, today as my lass has just picked up her new 10plate polo moda 1.2 with A/C in red
pics of her car are under my lowering facts..
1) my lowering facts and how i was so bloody wrong,
i thought with coilovers, when they stated on the box, "120mm movement on coils", i thought they meant 120mm from standard high up or down, not 120mm altogether, as this means 60mm up or down from standard height, if you know what i mean,
so these me thinking my car was 120mm lower then standard and in fact it is only half this at 60mm
i then got the helpers out which i thought took it 20mm lower, when in fact it was only about 10mm, so i thought it then sat at 140mm drop when in fact it was only about 70mm drop from standard
then the wheels i thought took the car another 20mm with the tyre and wheel combo, when in fact it was only 5mm to 10mm lower, so i thought it was then 160mm drop, but it fact was 75mm to 80mm
like so...
my lasses standard height (225mm from floor to top of front bumper)...
my car height now (150mm from floor to top of front bumper)...
as you can see it is only a 75mm drop at front and the back is 80mm from what i can measure..
IF ANY OF THIS SOUNDS WRONG PLEASE HELP ME
its just me thinking ano it all when in fact i am all wrong, but you live and learn, and i am really disappointed with my self
but in my defense i am only 19, this is my 2nd car and i have never owned a set of coil over before
When you say you have taken the helpers out, what are they? are they not there for a reason? What about cutting lock collars off? So if the coil kit says lowers front 50mm and rear 55mm would this lower 50 mm from standard. Am thinking of getting Kw v2 kit. Sorry for so many questions but im coming from classic vw lowering world
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 3:14 pm
by mashmarriner
CANDYMAN wrote:
When you say you have taken the helpers out, what are they? are they not there for a reason? What about cutting lock collars off? So if the coil kit says lowers front 50mm and rear 55mm would this lower 50 mm from standard. Am thinking of getting Kw v2 kit. Sorry for so many questions but im coming from classic vw lowering world
aww mate dw it fine, i am the same as you lol.
on this pic i have the helpers, which are the red springs their job is simply to keep the main springs seated at full drop. When the car is at rest on the ground, helper springs arent really needed. the silver thing on the left is the rear adjusters i believe, these act as the seat for the rear spring and this is how the rear is adjusted, so now my spring sits on the frame of the car instead, by this i risk the spring poping out, but never ever heard of this happening, just something, ppl who dont like what you are doing say. and the silver thing on the top of the helpers i believe is the lock collar, this just locks the spring into place, but i dont think it is used if the coils are all the way down anyway, all this lowers the car a extra 15mm+ or so, and will continue over time to keep dropping because of vibrations, as there is nothing now from stopping the spring from dropping (lock collar).
bare in mind if you do this there is no way of going higher again, you cant raise the car as the coils are now F.U.C.Ked really. be really unsafe to try lol
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:07 pm
by mashmarriner
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:08 pm
by mashmarriner
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:11 pm
by mashmarriner
off to secta north east charity cruise @the big one
ready to go
driving down
some snaps people took and emailed me
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:43 pm
by jakovdub
its amazing how the ride height changes the complete look of the back in that pic of both of you next to each other! yours looks completely different mariner!
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:06 pm
by mashmarriner
mad as f**k init
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:16 pm
by mashmarriner
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:57 am
by NeilMcConville
New electric Polo is it? Haha
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:15 pm
by mashmarriner
NeilMcConville wrote:New electric Polo is it? Haha
hahah yea the new model
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:20 pm
by mashmarriner
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:23 pm
by mashmarriner
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:25 pm
by mashmarriner
Re: Black *Polo 6R Moda* Build Thread DAILY RIDE
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:28 pm
by mashmarriner
