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Post by Andyjess666 » Sun Sep 30, 2018 6:07 pm

What's the best for make drop etc for a daily driver so you got the looks an you can still get over the speed bumps etc as there eilbach vogtland an Kilen offering a 30 drop an tein with a 30 front drop an 55 rear drop I be in a bb4 so any advice or photos much appreciated thanks

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Post by NafemanNathan » Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:22 pm

I wouldn't recommend more than 40mm drop on standard shocks. 40mm looks good and should cope with speed humps as well.

I ran 40mm Pi springs on my silver 4th gen. They're great quality and didn't break the bank. They're obviously not something you want to be to tight on.

H&R springs are great to.

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Post by Andyjess666 » Sun Sep 30, 2018 8:16 pm

You think a 30 drop wouldn't be enough

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Post by sol-lude » Sun Sep 30, 2018 8:56 pm

30-35 for springs I would say. Think mine are these ones doesn't say what drop they are.

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Post by Andyjess666 » Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:33 pm

I was thinking 35 happy medium I think

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Post by toadster » Mon Oct 01, 2018 12:20 am

Lo :D
I dropped mine 30mm on Eibachs.
Very pleased with them :mrgreen:
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Post by vanzep » Mon Oct 01, 2018 4:54 pm

I have koni/eibach's on my BB4 and can still make it over speed bumps on 15" (205/55/15) wheels - the konis are set at oem ride height. also had them with 16"'s on (205/50/16) and also had no issue
ive driven a 4th on 17"'s with apex lowering springs/std shocks and they rubbed going over speed bumps so wouldnt recommend them
got to say the eibachs are excellent and im sure ive seen new sets on ebay for around £150 which is quite a bit less than they used to cost so definately worth a look. :)
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Post by Andyjess666 » Mon Oct 01, 2018 6:49 pm

Cheers mate hard to get them right first time

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Post by NafemanNathan » Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:25 pm

vanzep wrote:I have koni/eibach's on my BB4 and can still make it over speed bumps on 15" (205/55/15) wheels - the konis are set at oem ride height.
So it's not lowered? :?
vanzep wrote:ive driven a 4th on 17"'s with apex lowering springs/std shocks and they rubbed going over speed bumps so wouldnt recommend them
That would all depend on the wheel width, offset and tyre size, not because they were 17's.

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Post by Andyjess666 » Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:39 pm

It is lowered but I don't no the drop but it is low plenty of scraping lol so looking to raise to a decent lowering height so not to much scraping if that makes sense :lol:

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