My new springs arrived the other day so got round to fitting them. Was a bit wet but overall not too bad to do

 

Pics of car finally lowered.

 

 

Before

After

How's the ride?

I have only done 2 miles but so far so good. Got a good run tomorrow to really test it out.

Give us an update when they've settled and had a good workout

Have you had the steering and suspension geometry checked?

Looks good lowered very nice

Wanted to do my fàbia vRS estate but never got around to do it

going in on Monday for geometry to be checked but wasn't going to pay for the garage to fit.

 

Will update on ride.

Only found out that my fab vrs estate was lowered when I went to skoda meet last week. I had no idea haha. Many thanks to sharkrider for pointing it out to me :-)

looks miles better

 

here's mine

 

Looks good!! What springs did you go for?

Went for the 40mm h and r from damian at DPM.

I wouldn't get your geo done till it's had time to settle down.

Went for the 40mm h and r from damian at DPM.

 

40mm and yet the arch gap now looks like that's how it came out from factory, no silly slamming, just perfect.   That's exactly the reason I recommended the H&R over the Eibachs in another thread. There's so much gap to correct for from stock.

The standard clearance for the vRS or Monte Carlo is given as 129 mm,  but some have less than this depending on what 

undercovers / guards are fitted and front Splitter arrangement.

 

So obviously depending on location location location, speed bumps, parking over or on kerbs you need to consider if reducing the clearance and the height of the Front contact points suits your needs and you can have style and function lowering the car.

 

Remember to maybe adjust your Headlights when altering the vehicles ride height if required & the lights performance are affected 

slightly.

Its maybe only an ickle bit, but sometimes you will notice a difference.

Edited 26 March, 201511 yr by goneoffSKi

I can update after having these on for approx. 1 month now that the car feels completely different. Has settled down perfectly and looks exactly as it should have done. I parked next to another VRS the other day (forgot to get photos) and looks much better. Cant believe that even the springs have made such a difference to the handling.

I can update after having these on for approx. 1 month now that the car feels completely different. Has settled down perfectly and looks exactly as it should have done. I parked next to another VRS the other day (forgot to get photos) and looks much better. Cant believe that even the springs have made such a difference to the handling.

Looks great, how's the ride quality? Did you use spacers?

The ride is very good and not to harsh. I didn't use spacers as think its sits ok. Next may be an RARB so should finish it off perfectly.