Lowering springs

damon · Post by **damon** » Tue May 19, 2015 3:30 pm

Hi, I lowered my golf on Friday night using 40mm springs, few people have said it doesn't look that low, so I emailed the company who have asked stupid questions anyway they ask what shocks am using so I said standard ones, they then said that's why it's not lowered. Is this right?

Craig_85 · Post by **Craig_85** » Tue May 19, 2015 3:42 pm

damon, sometimes when you lower a car and the new lowering springs are a 40mm drop, that is not taking into account that the existing springs may have sagged over time, so you end up with less than 40mm drop compared to what you had before. Although it is probably 40mm lower than when the standard springs were new.

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue May 19, 2015 3:44 pm

Ideally when you replace the springs for shorter ones, you should replace the dampers for shortened, uprated units.. that said, a shorter spring should lower the height of your car on standard shocks - unless the spring rate is too high or the springs are incorrect.. I can't imagine that the dampers are so strong that they eliminate the need for springs!

Did you compare the unsprung spring length of the new ones with the old ones?

EDIT* ^^ plus what Craig said!

damon · Post by **damon** » Tue May 19, 2015 5:00 pm

I understand what your saying guys thanks, didn't really want to buy shocks lol, iv lowered a lot of cars just on springs that's why I was surprised when the company said that, the car is lower but not as much as some say it should be.

damon · Post by **damon** » Tue May 19, 2015 5:14 pm

This is the golf with the springs on, I should of took a picture before I did it.

Post by **ek9sid** » Tue May 19, 2015 5:20 pm

Looks lower than my golf that I had

hondaman · Post by **hondaman** » Tue May 19, 2015 5:26 pm

It might also depend on if your Golf is a GTI and you've fitted non GTI springs because the GTI is lower to start with, just a thought, but they also will settle a little more once they've been fitted a little while

I'd say its looks similar to my old mk4 GTI with a Weitec kit fitted

Post by **ek9sid** » Tue May 19, 2015 5:33 pm

Mine was a standard gti 1.8t

damon · Post by **damon** » Tue May 19, 2015 5:42 pm

Mine is a GT TDI, I did ask the company if they would be ok, how long will they take to settle?

hondaman · Post by **hondaman** » Tue May 19, 2015 5:47 pm

Mine settled fully after few days, what make did you use out of interest ?