Lowering Passat

[schoona]

yeah but i can probally get some kings springs rather cheap, and ride quality doesnt phase me too much.
for the money of coilovers i'd rather look at getting bags...

Besides still gotta get some sweet rims yet

If you have to do something RIGHT NOW, sure go the king springs. Or be patient and get quality european stuff designed for your car in mind and be 100% happy.

Bags done proper are 5k+ (kit, shipping, gfitting, engineering)
See Dom's "BEST" B3 wagon thread, Mason-tech nad Bagyard do a lot of VW stuff, though i'd figure your kit would need to be fully custom.

Just be patient and get a high quality set of damper/height adjustable coils. Mine in my mk3 were 550 landed and sure its "fun" when its absolutely slammed, buit raise it and it feels very very nice, better than my mates pedder/pedders or pedders/kings combos for sure..

[Joel]

yeah moneys really not much of an issue so i figure im risking $300 or so to potentially save $1000 is a fair bet.

i get what you saying about the handling and stuff, though realistically I dont see a turbo diesel passat as a 'sports' car so thats not too much of an issue.

if it doesnt work out and i hate it, its really on $300.

[marckhor]

The passat is a "big" car. 18s will look undersized. Why spend all that money on 18s for it to still not look "right"?

I guess you are right. better to go 2 sizes up. Only concern is the ride.

Got quote for H&R springs that will drop 30-40mm. $817 incl install in Melb. Eibach is $880 installed.

This forum errs towards H&R

Any thoughts?

[schoona]

I guess you are right. better to go 2 sizes up. Only concern is the ride.

Got quote for H&R springs that will drop 30-40mm. $817 incl install in Melb. Eibach is $880 installed.

This forum errs towards H&R

Any thoughts?

Yeah but again, passat s big car, guards can accomodate the "proper" sized tyres. Yes your aspect ratio will have ot change to keep your rolling diameter the same. Though if it is a little bit larger your speedo will be more accurate.

Either aren't a bad price. There are heaps of combinations, a lot of the US tuning sites have different options. They are probablky the 2 "premium" breands of springs. BMW or MB, much of a muchness (essentially)

Could even look at neuspeed at www.rennenhaus.com
he is a forum sponsor and could get you a better deal, at least on puchase price?