MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: How can I go lower?
Post by: zenicman9 on May 28, 2013, 10:04:45 am

As above really, I have some coilovers which are about 80% down but not fully.

The rears are near arches and the fronts will rub if any lower any ideas?

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Title: Re: How can I go lower?
Post by: rich83 on May 28, 2013, 10:10:22 am

Streched tyres...

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Post by: jamiew on May 28, 2013, 10:16:13 am

get some 13 inch wheels

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Post by: Rob. on May 28, 2013, 10:35:45 am

Wheel specs? Front looks like it could go a load lower, but I'd wager you're going to want narrower profile tyres..

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Post by: Saintsteve on May 28, 2013, 10:53:23 am

Get some fat people to sit in it  :innocent:

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Post by: Joe_GTi on May 28, 2013, 12:22:23 pm

Fronts look fine? Mine are lower than that and I've got no problems??

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Post by: chrisr763 on May 28, 2013, 02:52:59 pm

Arch screw mod  :ashamed:

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Post by: Loooda on May 28, 2013, 03:56:07 pm

buy several bags of sand from your local builders yard...
place them on the back seat and in the boot and bobs your uncle!!

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Post by: RENNTAG on May 28, 2013, 05:05:45 pm

Yea front could go a fair bit lower. Toe tyres are a bit fat too, c0uld get something with a little bit of stretch  :ashamed:

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Post by: Adriano on May 28, 2013, 09:09:00 pm

change tyres Because looks like 'Balloons'

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Post by: Scrubadub on May 29, 2013, 09:53:41 am

you need some 205/40/17 or unsure if they do 195/40/17?

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Post by: Dan648v on May 29, 2013, 10:56:39 am

It's defo the tyres your running that's stopping you! They look to be too big a profile and might be too wide

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Post by: Loooda on May 29, 2013, 10:59:33 am

rubberless.. ???

cant garuntee a comfterable/legal ride... but you'd sure as hell get lower than most!

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Post by: tigerj360 on May 29, 2013, 11:21:13 am

As said above, get some stretched tyres. Those side walls are huge!

Will improve the look of the wheel x10 in my opinion too  :happy2:

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Post by: keano on May 29, 2013, 11:38:51 am

Yo tyres so fat they entered a fat contest and won first, second and third.

 :grin:

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Post by: Andy on May 29, 2013, 12:53:47 pm

Quote from: keano on May 29, 2013, 11:38:51 am

Yo tyres so fat they entered a fat contest and won first, second and third.

 :grin:

:signLOL:

Title: Re: How can I go lower?
Post by: zenicman9 on July 08, 2013, 02:39:00 pm

What tyres would you suggest?

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Post by: Rob. on July 08, 2013, 03:55:52 pm

It would help us with suggestions if you posted the wheel size/width/offset etc

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Post by: dmac1969 on July 14, 2013, 10:22:00 pm

I dont understand why people think cars with their arse dragging along the ground look good , maybe I'm in a minority of one but all that money thats spent on air ride etc to get your car on the deck is pointless to me - fair enough lower it a bit on decent springs and uprated shocks  to stop body roll on the fast corners , but I just dont get tuck or poke or any of that , IIRC its like the automotive equivalent of wearing those horrible jeans that show half your arse. Maybe I'm just old.