Proud owner of mk1 caddy... how to go about lowering it??

Hey guys I?m a bit of a newbie to this vw caddy scene!
I have just brought myself a mk1 caddy? which I am so pumped about!
I am going to lower it with coil over?s on the front can any one tell me how hard this is to do?

In fact if anyone has any pics of them lowering there caddy?s or just of there lowered caddys!! Would be pretty cool to have a look.

Cheers stoopher

 

Flip the rear axle and coilies at the front, for a good amount of slam. Due to the leaf springs at the back, its tricky to get a little lowering, by flipping you're kinda committed to 3-4" or whatever it is.

What do you need to haul or is it just for use as a car? If its low at the back, might not cope too well with livestock, fert, feeds etc.

Well done on getting the caddy man!!

Congratulations on a cool buy!


 

cheers for the quick reply

i am just using the caddy as a car i have no real idea how to flip the back axle i know it has to go on top of the leaf springs.
i was going to try and do the coilies myself and maybe get some one else to do the back axle depending on how hard it is.

You will probably be interested in the caddy foroum as well …

http://www.vwcaddy.com/index.php 8)

There's this coilover fitting guide for the cars, I think the Caddy front set up is the same :
http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=46

you cant lower the front suspension no more than about 100mm as the drive shaft fouls the chassis leg,  but fitting small tyres on small wheels also lower it no end.

cheers lads this has been real helpful thanks for your time and advice