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how low?
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:29 pm
by stuart321123
got a mrk 4 polo and thinking of lowering it.
how low do you recomend so it looks good but can still go over bumps (slowly)
thanks
pics will be good too see how yours look
Re: how low?
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:05 pm
by Dee-vub
stuart321123 wrote:got a mrk 4 polo and thinking of lowering it.
how low do you recomend so it looks good but can still go over bumps (slowly)
thanks
pics will be good too see how yours look
80
Very slowly
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:29 pm
by dragon_green
depends how big your wheels are!
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:00 am
by henry01
90!! i managed 95 on 14's for a while..speed bumps werent the problem, it was the random bumps in the road lol
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:22 am
by jason11
mines on 14s lowered 85 rear n 75 front
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:00 pm
by souf polo
mine are wound to the bottom on jamex coilovers, (80mm, roughly)
i took the helper spring out of the front ones a couple of weeks ago so i could go lower! i feel like a nodding dog!
like henry01 said, random bumps in the road are a problem! normal spped humps are fine, but the separated square ones (which my part of south london are flooded with!
) are the enemy! i have to go over a wheel on each square hump, or goodbye sump!
heres some pics, excuse the dirt!
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:33 am
by DanDiesel
my g/f has 15" brocks and is down roughly 80mm all round on FK Highsports and there is absolutely scrubbing!! (even on the rear with a sub and 2 amps and stealth shelf in the boot)
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:26 pm
by willriseley
120mm goes over speed bumps with a bit of grunt and scraping and gettin stuck
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:02 pm
by pip_polo
willriseley wrote:120mm goes over speed bumps with a bit of grunt and scraping and gettin stuck
LOL
thats the way forward that.
i though about a thin sheet of metal welded under mine so i could go low and still use the tracks i do now, i've already managed to rip my exhaust off, and the one i have now doesn't sound healthy lol.
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:09 pm
by MaxZ
80 probably best for going over slowly (1-3 mph), 60 for going over reasonably slowly (5mph)
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:29 pm
by polopaul
120....................and go the long way round
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:36 pm
by willriseley
polopaul wrote:120....................and go the long way round
nah thats bull$%&* 120mm and GO the hard way,just rip it over the bump till its over the other side then carry on
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:57 pm
by big_pete
ive got my highsports down as low as they go on 15's and i can take most ramps slowly, multi-storey car parks are a b**ch tho lol
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:28 pm
by shauni boi
i got 17s 205/40/17 felken ziex512 streached walls on my polo and im thinkin how low can i go is 40mm healthy? and the front wheels rub when on full lock dats wid out lowering! any idea?!
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:20 am
by 6NBen
i had the same tyre and same size wheels on mine 60mm down no probs.........