Lowering question

[James93]

My GTi was down 40mm all round, standard shocks on front (that's how I bought it) with apex shocks on rear, now the rear beam was shagged, rattling like a goodun and had camber on the OSR wheel, so bought a rear beam. The fella said was lowered 55mm, wanted to raise back to 40mm but one the anti roll bar torx screws are rounded so at midnight I really couldn't be arsed fannying about to sort it and just wacked it on the car.

if I'm honest the gap between the rear arch and front arch isn't too bad, but it's still sitting arse down which I don't like and probably will make the handling awful, I've been offered a set of spax springs and shocks on the struts for 70 quid which are a 60mm drop, will this be too low? Will it handle like complete shit compared to 40mm?

My old vtr was on the apex 50mm kit and handling was far superior than the GTi.. See enclosed photo for opinions, isn't too bad but reverse rake looks dreadful, also running lower strut brace, didn't have many problems at 50mm with it on the saxo!

[James93]

Bumpppppp

[chompy]

holy shit that was fucking pants to read.

Just buy them and try it. It'll be fine. Everyone's opinions are different.

[James93]

Wasn't the question I was asking "would it be fine" asking to go 50mm or 60mm as it's used on track aswell as road..

[kyle4256]

You would prob need a 60mm drop on front to get it to sit right I would personally just use coil overs going that low , should be fine to be honest

[chompy]

Originally Posted by James93

Wasn't the question I was asking "would it be fine" asking to go 50mm or 60mm as it's used on track aswell as road..

To be honest, I have no idea what the question was. I couldn't decipher it.

[James93]

If the anti roll bars torx bit wasn't rounded I would go back to 35/40mm, for handling as it is a track/fast road toy, just worried 60mm will be too low and ruin the handling to no end.. This is the question I'm asking

[Jizanthapus]

That's a statement, not a question!

[welshpug]

doesnt matter if the head is rounded, just twat a bigger torx bit into it, its only plastic ffs.

[James93]

Not the plastic one, it's the T40 or whatever it is, tried twatting a bigger one into it but still slipped