THE EASIER WAY TO LOWER MY POLO

vwpower · Post by **vwpower** » Tue May 06, 2003 8:31 pm

My polo was made in Brasil and I don`t know if only there are kind of taller compared to the height I have seen over europe.
So I need to lower my polo the fastest way before I save for a better Kit.

So I found this spare parts that they say you can lower your car. I have some friends that they already used them and they say the work great. So I decided to try.

So this is how it looks before ... ...Kind Of tall
http://www.gtstreetracing.c.net.gt/vhg/ ... b20035.jpg

So this is what this kit do. It only compress the springs

And the Final work look like this. Compare with a picture of a before and after

I took measures before and after
And on the rear i get low about 33mm = 1.3 Inches
And on the front about 38mm = 1.5 Inches

The suspension gets a little hard. But not to much. I went to try it on some roads and you could not believe how well it handles now.

And how mouch it cost me ?
I got to get 4 kits of those. One for each spring
One kit costs me $7.8 Us
total $30 us

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Tue May 06, 2003 10:55 pm

Wow!

That's looking good!

Cheap too!

des_pd_ tdi · Post by **des_pd_ tdi** » Wed May 07, 2003 11:12 am

Thing is how long will that type of modification last for.

I have to admit your car looks better for it but I'd be a touch nervous clamping down your springs.

polo2k · Post by **polo2k** » Thu May 08, 2003 11:14 am

if i were you id take those off and invest in some springs to put over the stock dampers because you have now got a spring with a load of conflicting forces and also some huge chunks of metal in between the coils so if you hit a big bump its going to compress the spring onto theese clamp thingies and then try to crush the clamps
i cant really go into much more deatail because i have to go work on the car but if you want i can after inters

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Thu May 08, 2003 11:52 am

I'd have to agree with the guys on this one...

It looks better, but I'd consider this to be a temporary mod only. I'm pretty sure you'd be much happier with a complete kit in the long run.

Other than that, it does give you an idea on how the lowering looks - not bad, now does it?

vwpower · Post by **vwpower** » Fri May 09, 2003 7:49 pm

Yes I know all the cons. of installing this things but as I said
Is provisional, I just want to see how it will look lower. Over here in my country is to difficult to find accesories for VW. So is allot more of $$$$ not just to get them but to bring them all over UK- So I`m Saving some money for the coiollovers.