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lowering vrs
This is a discussion on lowering vrs within the Maintenance & Performance forums, part of the General Motoring Discussions category; hi all, has any of you guys lowered your vrs? if so how much? and had any problems? such as ...
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25-12-2004, 18:39
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|  lowering vrs hi all, has any of you guys lowered your vrs? if so how much? and had any problems? such as speed bumps etc etc cheers chris
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25-12-2004, 18:49
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|  I think the main problem you may encounter is bottomed out front spoiler, or if you got too far adverse handling effects to do with the angle of the front suspension, i could be more speific but i am pi$$ed after xmas lunch!
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25-12-2004, 19:08
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| lol.... think we all are! just that friend is in germany and he offered us a set for the car! and with the front being so low i thought that if it went any lower then the bumper was gonna get a bad knock if to low down! ahwell stick to buying the 18's instead! lol
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25-12-2004, 19:13
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| There's plenty of lowered Octy RS's on here. Almost all have been done with properly designed coil-over kits and not cruise-muppet style with a set of lowering springs from a similar model "that will do"  |
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25-12-2004, 19:58
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| yeah i hate them cowboy lowering jobs!!!!! you can tell aswell. they look really crap
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25-12-2004, 20:55
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| I think the biggest problem would be the risk of damaging the sump. I know a few have ripped them off running OE suspension..... |
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25-12-2004, 22:39
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| im currently running on a set of coil over the cheap ones from ebay (£259) its down about 40mm at the front and coudl go alot more.. its gone about 35 at the back and stil llodas of room... never catches even with a car full.. currently running on standard 17" wheels.. upgradeing in Jan to some 18" wheels they shoudl go straight on and i will strill still have no problems... so go for it !! oh and what wrong with just replacing the springs!? its a cheap effective way of lowering a car....cutting your orginal springs is the bodgers way of doing it Joel
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26-12-2004, 13:28
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| thats what i was thinking the spring kit is 35mm drop and there jamex springs!
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