Lowering Options in Australia

[LunchboxVRS]

If your just doing springs you should be fine not sure there a kits for that. Chamber can't really be adjusted on them from factory anyway.

[belegur]

OK... so I measured my wheel arch gaps as accurately as I could, with a full tank of fuel. Front 80mm, Rear 75mm. Looks like my fears of the H&R kit looking stupid with 25mm front and 40mm rear were right.

Now the 40mm front and rear that the Briskodians seem to be using is making more sense.

Will have to keep looking for other options I think.

[LunchboxVRS]

The fabia guard and or shocks must be differerent to the polo. Is yours a RS?

[belegur]

Yeah... an RS Hatch mate.

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[belegur]

This is how it is at the moment...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9338770...7632930015890/

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[BrashDaniels]

This is how it is at the moment...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9338770...7632930015890/

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Awesome mate. Must do some new pics of mine. I've reduced some of the excess decals and added a few little bits. Not as stealth as yours though. Very nice.

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[mmmRacer]

Eibach do a 30mm lowered pro kit for the Fabia. Got mine for my kombi from Eibach Australia last week. Talked to John from Eibach and he had a set of springs delivered to my work from Germany in just on a week. At the time of our chat he still had a set for a hatch in stock. For the hatch or the kombi it was $379 delivered in the Sydney metro area.

Hope this helped. Now I just need to find some time to fit them.

[belegur]

I have since acquired some VWRacing springs for a bargain. They'll be going on with a few other bits in around three weeks or so. Not much of a drop, so I'll see how they sit, and how driveway clearance etc goes before deciding to go further with the Eibachs or H&R's.

Would like to see some pics before and after if you get a chance.

[Dutch77]

Might be worth noting that using lowering springs in isolation can shorten the life of your existing shocks.

I know for Golfs the rule of thumb is anything up to an inch shouldn't cause an issue, and products like VWR guarantee not to shorten the life of shocks. I would guess a similar measurement would apply to the Polos/Fabias, although I understand why some would want to lower further given the much larger wheel gap on these cars (my other half has a Polo 77TSI with sports pack and its bigggg).

[Rubbadub]

The guys on Briskoda don't seem to think Eibach lowering springs (at least) will prematurely stuff the shocks, which surprised me a little. Then again, maybe no one has done enough kilometres for them to take a toll?