Lude Generation

Hi all,

I'm looking to lower my 4th gen.. I have a set of lowering springs and shocks on my donor car but they are rusted to hell and I'm afraid the springs are gonna snap if I use them.

Obviously I have standard shocks and springs on my car already so I am wondering if anyone has any aftermarket lowering springs for sale that I could fit to my OEM struts ..or indeed any full shock/spring set up's?

Thanks in advance

I believe the things your looking for should be avoided. They're on ebay and are apparently quite dangerous.

Oh no, not those ~£40 cheap-ass coilover kits? I tried them in 2002 on my first 'lude.. was so low it looked amazing but the ride was harder than hell and had more bounce than Tigger on Red Bull. I agree, dangerous and unsuitable for road use.

I'm actually looking for a set of used lowering springs or used shock/spring combo's.. after my ridiculously lousy coilover kit I stumped up £400 and fitted Koni yellow's with Ground Control springs which were great, but I don't have £400 spare nowadays

Ahh I see. Could you get replacement springs for the ones on your donor car?

bb1boy wrote:had more bounce than Tigger on Red Bull.

Oh and awesome!

Yeah for sure, but I think they are OEM struts with aftermarket lowering springs ..and both are rusted to death, so I think it'd be just as easy to chuck a set of new/used springs on the struts currently on my car (if that makes sense)...

haha yeah awesome til you try and drive it! ..I even had the chopped-spring Saxo kids laughing at me..

Has anyone used these? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TANABE-DRESS- ... 4cf69d9943
2inch (50mm) drop, 10-15% uprated spring rate, made by Tanabe. All the others I've seen are 30-40mm drop and 30% uprated.. surely the 10-15% uprated ones will make my OEM struts last longer than the others and be a less harsh ride?

I was considering those Tanabe ones for a bit, but decided it was just going to be a bit too low for me (My drive), so I opted for Pi 40mm lowering springs. £139 on ebay (They do 35mm and 40mm).

Check out my Daily profile thread (Under my siggy) to get an idea of height.

40mm seems to be the average drop height on a set of springs.. am I right in assuming the only way to go lower is to spend big bucks on proper coilovers?

NafemanNathan wrote: Check out my Daily profile thread (Under my siggy) to get an idea of height.

That looks good mate, I'd say the back looks a little higher than the front - would you agree or is that an optical illusion created by the road not being perfectly level?