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Hay people i joined over easter and havent posted much since really. Im at uni and its hard to make progress with the car but now im back here is an update with wats gone on.


first i gave the car a good clean and wax an took these shots.








I didnt want to look as if i was going off roading any more so i brough some coilovers off ebay. im really happy with the ride considering how cheap they where.
However the company that fitted them put the car too low! i want it sitting higher as it rubs in the arches over most bumps and i often carry 3 or four passengers and it just scrubbs. do other people scrubb this bad?

I have the C spanners is it easy to adjust the coilovers now they are on?

And the car is lower at the front than back, is this normal? as it looks a bit stupid to me :S i think i want it 15mm higher front and about 5 back?

What do people think?

heres picks!











Cheers guys

Looks real good, sometimes I wish my car looked more standard

front should come up a little, maybe 10mm and the back should come down a bit

take the wheel of to adjust the coilovers, and measure the thread so the fronts match and rear matches also.

looks good but you should get the back down a bit and front up a little bit

mines the same on the front but my back is lower than what your at i dont get no rubbing even with 4 heads in it it just scrubs on the front spliter when im hanging round a roundabout. but thats all good

Thanks for the comments guys,

Any idea why im scrubbing then gti21? what coilovers do you have? think i may regret buying cheap ones from ebay now! im going to adjust the front tonite so i will post picks of the changes later.

??? not a clue really, im quite amazed that i dont rub, ive only got a cheap set of coilovers made by jamex they were given to me from a mate who sold his gti but i cant fault them.

ive always liked cars to be slightly lower at the front

tomo87 wrote:ive always liked cars to be slightly lower at the front

Yup, combined with wide wheels gives an aggressive stance

I quite like how it is now.

Totally standard but slammed does look awesome

I'm not suprised about your rubbing issues though mate, it is quite low.