Coilovers or Lowering springs?

Whos Adam? · Post by **Whos Adam?** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:23 pm

Looking to eventually get my 9n Lowered. Nothing drastic, But i have no idea what the difference is between coilovers or springs.

Performance? Quality? Looks?

Cheers, adam

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:09 am

You'll be able to get alot lower with coilovers. With suspension kits, it generally is you get what you pay for. If you buy cheap coilovers, they;re likely to be quite harsh, same as cheap springs. More expensive kits would be alot mor comfortable.

Although the Â£200 kits you can get from eBay are rather good for the price.

Whos Adam? · Post by **Whos Adam?** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:37 pm

Thanks! Relatively new to all of this.
Putting a lot of thought into what i want to do before spending the money

Trying to decide between stuff is so hard! 16's, 17's? Springs, Coilovers? New speakers/sub I just donttt knowwwww. haha

cheers mate

pip_polo · Post by **pip_polo** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:28 pm

how low do you want to go?
if you just want a small drop then go for springs. i used to have 50mm springs and without shocks it was a bit bouncy, but with shocks i think it would've been ok. the drop was nice to.
i'm currently on coilovers (the one tim mentioned for Â£200 of ebay and tbh if you get them you can't go wrong with them as you can raise the car/lower the car to your needs.

with 16" you can go that little bit lower than 17" but 17" can look cool.

Whos Adam? · Post by **Whos Adam?** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:14 pm

Well that's the thing, I'm not 100% sure, possibly 30-40mm

I think i am gonna put a set of 16's on it and see how it looks.
Just a massive amount to learn. Just used one of the tyre calculators and that made me a little worried. but 16's should be fine.

Don't want to over do it.

Your opinions on the following wheels would be greatly appreciated

I know its a very personal decision but i really need a hand!

chewy · Post by **chewy** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:57 pm

The 2nd or 4th set 17" ftw lol

Whos Adam? · Post by **Whos Adam?** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:02 pm

woo! I was thinking 17's but the money is an issue!

ANNDDD i dont want them too big. The whole speed - speedometer thing has put me off!

16's!!!!!!

chewy · Post by **chewy** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:12 pm

as long as the tyres are 205/45/17 the speedo will be right. I have 17s

Whos Adam? · Post by **Whos Adam?** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:13 pm

oh right! so 17's are an option now, just gotta decide which i prefer

ive got a mate who works at halfords, gonna wheel a 16 and 17 out and see what it looks like next to car.

I think thats the best way to find out what i like the look of most.

(sorry about double post

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mc_iver_9n · Post by **mc_iver_9n** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:08 am

You want 40 profile tyres tho not 45 ie, 205/40/17

I even got 195/40/16 on my 16's

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:44 pm

Whos Adam? wrote:
Your opinions on the following wheels would be greatly appreciated

4th ones

chrisjames · Post by **chrisjames** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:51 pm

4th set IMO

What colours your car?

Whos Adam? · Post by **Whos Adam?** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:18 pm

Red

adm · Post by **adm** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:39 am

I like the 2nd set.

on the 4th set, I'll warn you they're a bugger to keep clean - I have a set of them in 19" on my astra and the little nooks n crannys do my head in.