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Anyone fitted lowering springs to their GTI

Seen someone else with H&R 28711-2
User was peter007
Can find his posts in the photo gallery page, mid February

Just a little too low for my liking - prefer to just about see all the wheel in the arches.

Be careful when lowering too.
I'm sure there's a sensor attached to back wheels that is used for headlight alignment.

Very common for this to be broken OR people forget to reset the headlight alignment after

How do you reset the headlight alignment?

MattHGR wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:45 pm Seen someone else with H&R 28711-2
User was peter007
Can find his posts in the photo gallery page, mid February

I fitted the same spring kit kit on my GTi.
Sits well.
Will post some pics shortly.

Polo GTi

Polo TSi RLine with spacers

Unsure if the H&R 28711-2 fit on GTI's with the Sport Select suspension ("adaptive" dampers).

H&R seems to think so, but all retailers I've inquired at, disagree and claim they will not.

Who do I believe, the half dozen of retailers. Or the manufacturer.

phillos wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2019 7:21 am Unsure if the H&R 28711-2 fit on GTI's with the Sport Select suspension ("adaptive" dampers).

H&R seems to think so, but all retailers I've inquired at, disagree and claim they will not.

Who do I believe, the half dozen of retailers. Or the manufacturer.

My car has the sport select, my rline has it too.

No problems experienced.

Lowered springs on standard dampers shouldn't be a problem on cars.
It's a different story on bikes as they often use a rising rate linkage and lowering the spring (usually for short people to get a lowered seat height) means the damper is suddenly working in a different part of its range from standard.
So the ride can be ruined because the shock is sitting past it's softest part of the curve and can't cope with bumps any more.

On a lot of the big BMW bikes, you can alter the height of the seat, so no need to alter the springs.

Folks, I just fitted my POLO GTI 2018 model with H&R lowering springs and H&R Wheel spacers (15 on the back and 12mm on the front). After the fitment now I hav a error on my car damper sensor/ error appears on my car. None of the VW technician can help me.

Check if the sensor on the top of the two front struts is connected.
Maybe it's not.

Dube wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:41 am Folks, I just fitted my POLO GTI 2018 model with H&R lowering springs and H&R Wheel spacers (15 on the back and 12mm on the front). After the fitment now I hav a error on my car damper sensor/ error appears on my car. None of the VW technician can help me.

You should have it fitted at H&R South Africa in Boksburg.They the importers for H&R. They race in the Polo CUP on the weekends

I am two mind about H&R and Eibach, I would love to get a feel on how firm the springs are.