lowering springs

hi, jus need to pick your brains! i am running bilstein shocks and springs all round on my golf mk1 gti which i think are 40mm lower than standard and i have just put some 15'' ats cup alloys on running 195/45 tyres, it is sitting abit high, so i want 60 mm lower than standard. Would this be about right for my car with these wheels? and would any springs do or would i need bilstein ones? if i do, who sells them?

cheers adam

some bilsten kits keep the standard ride hieght. best find out what drop, if any, you have at the moment.

why dont you try coilovers mate.

I take if you are running the Streetline kit at the moment?

I personally wouldn't advise a drop of 60mm on "standard" spec dampers, even if they are crem-de-la-crem Billies.  If you are going down 60mm you ideally want lowered, uprated dampers.

At very least, you want to use cut down bump stops, otherwise you'll run out of travel and end up doing a very good impression of a speed boat.

I believe you can also buy lowered top mounts which give your spring/damper more room to operate.  You could consider these with your exisitng 40mm kit as this will give you a 50mm effective drop at the front.  It'll also help counter the classic nose-high stance most Mk1's seem to adopt.

If you are going to use cut down bump stops, either obtain polyurethane (powerflex/etc) items or, if you intend to cut down standard ones (as I suspect you'll have to at the rear anyway) cut down new ones, not your aged, brittle ones already on the car.

You might find at a 60mm drop that there is some scrubbing, especially on that wheel/tyre combination.  I personally don't recommend rolling arches as it created an inherant water trap and they rust.  If you have wheel/body contact, fire up the grinder and the MIG.

Oh, and don't bother with coil-overs unless you are going to go to the trouble and expense of getting them corner weighted.  A car equipped with a properly aligned fixed height lowering kit will out handle most adjustable coil-over equipped cars as no one spends the time or money setting them up properly.

If your care has a rear brake compensator valve, remember to re-position this after your ride height has been dropped.

ye i think it is the standard height im running on the bilstein shocks. Can i get any make springs that are 40mm lower or do they have to be bilstein. Do bilstein do them?

Hi
    I'm running on bilstien blacks lowered 40mm but want to drop mine lower, they ride MINT dont they! What did you find out with ur suspension could you drop 60mm or did it cause issues? Bilstien dont manufacture springs, they either use eirbach or h&r.

Do you have some pictures of your car dropped? if so could you sent to me! It would be very much appreciated  

neil1987g@hotmail.com

Thanks
Neil

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