Re: [mk1] problems lowering car...

[Mark Peele <type53@yahoo.com>]

--- Feenix <feenix@javanet.com> wrote:
> rts@nol.net wrote:
> > 
> > Help...
> > 
> > trying to get my mk1 lower, proving to be
> difficult, I
> > currently have the yellow koni ajustables up front
> with
> > who knows what springs i bought them with the
> struts used
> > like 5 years ago. struts are fine. im running
> 17"x7.5 rims
> > and have about 2 fingers gap, no rubbing. I would
> like about
> > 1 finger or less then i plan to flare the fender
> lip out.
> > i just cut 1 dead coil of the bottom of my
> spring..well it
> > wasnt very dead and im afraid now surely those
> springs will
> > goto shit in a few months. they just barely sit
> inbetween
> > the perches now when unsprung. anyways even after
> doing that
> > im still at 2 fingers, so how the heck do i drop
> the car down?
> > am i stuck with taking the car to a shop and
> having them raise
> > the strut tower mount on the body? I just
> installed new upper
> > (bushings/bearings) also, are there sport or
> lowering ones
> > that will help my dilema? I dont want to spend the
> $$ for
> > coilovers untill way after my G60 is done, and the
> passat has
> > a chip and so on and so on.
> > 
> > any suggestions?
> > 
> 
> I have similar woes. As does my friend. Both of us
> have lowered our
> Mk1s. Me with Nuespeed springs, him with HOR. Still
> not low enough.
> Looks good in the back but the front still sits kink
> of high. So he did
> the same thing you did. Cut a coil off. Still too
> high and it rides like
> shit. So, thing to do is- coilovers!
> 
> Feenix
> 80 1.8

Another alternative for the front is lowering caps.

Unfortunately, they don't lower the front much (10mm).



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