Coil-overs are in!!!!
Unfortunately I cannot take full advantage of them and drop the car by much. Can only manage to drop the car an additional 15mm from what I had before with my lowered springs ( so total from stock about 50mm ) before I get to the point where the car is un-driveable due to wheel clearance in the front guard - initially I dropped it about 20mm from what I had before and turning out of the driveway the tyres scrubbed badly on the wheel arch - took a nice bit of paint off and slightly dented the guard too so I had to raise it another 5mm. So currently it looks like this -
As it is now I have no issues with any bumps as long as my wheels are straight and can take the occasional small bump on turns - still not ideal as I'll be in real trouble if I hit a severe dip while turning so I'm going to look into getting the guards rolled and flared , may as well since I need to get them repaired and painted anyhow.
For anyone interested my wheels are 18"x7.5" with an offset of 45 and I'm running 225/40/R18 tyres. Will look at getting new wheels in the future with a higher offset and this combined with the pumped guards should allow me to drop the car more.
With regards to the ride I can report that its fantastic! Even at this lower height Its certainly much softer and plush then when I had just the lowered springs but having said that its not quite as nice as a stock - I would say its kind of in between factory standard and lowered springs.
2007 Black Magic VW Golf GT TDi, Latte Leather, Sunroof, Bluefin Superchip, 18" Detroits, APR lower torque arm insert, APR Carbon Fibre Cold Air Intake system, GTi sideskirts & front lip, R32 Rear Bar, GTi Steering wheel, RNS-510,Infinity BassLink Subwoofer,stubby antenna, R8 Oil Cap, Golf R front calipers, slotted front rotors, ceramic brake pads, LITEC LED tail-lights, Dension Gateway Five, Rear Emblem Reverse Camera, H&R Ultralow coil-overs, Badge-less front grille
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