Lowering Advise Requested....... - Page 2

Andy-M · 05-09-11, 10:12 AM

Cheers guys will give them a buzz lunch time and report back.

missfire · 05-09-11, 10:15 AM

i'd put it back to original height and put smaller wheels and bigger tyres on it! comfy as hell..

if you want your ar*e on the tarmac buy a go-cart, or a mini.

Andy-M · 05-09-11, 11:20 AM

Ive got the original 15" wheels with 60 series tyres. Cost to much in "Tyre Black"...........LOL

Andy-M · 05-09-11, 04:12 PM

Gave them a call lunch time and they can do a set of 4 lowering to any height and spec delivered for £165 or they can do something with your old ones if you send them to them to make them the lenght you require for £85.
Not sure about the second option but £165 for a full set not bad. Question is what drop do i go for. 25-30mm drop is a gestimate???

Hanuman · 05-09-11, 04:44 PM

£165 seems their standard price. He's a nice guy, and it seems to be a business with a lot of dealings in the suspension tuning world. So you can't go far wrong.

Looking at your car right now, it's already running low profiles, which is going to be felt, without stiffening up the suspension. My V8 on 17inch wheels is unbearable compared to 16inch, on local roads.
I'd imagine 25mm/30max would be bearable. Otherwise, you're going to hate it in no time, and where's the point in that?

Puglife · 05-09-11, 05:28 PM

I'd look at top mount condition and dampers if your getting banging on bumps... Lowering wont make the car stiffer unless the springs are either A. thicker coil diameter, or B. wound closer.

40mm looks fine and I suspect if you can get the suspension components in good mechanical order it will be fine at that.

john johnson · 05-09-11, 05:34 PM

Jay does mr Wilson still have the rs1700t in his collection ???

Puglife · 05-09-11, 07:26 PM

He certainly does, amongst a few others... Had a delacour Escort Cossie in for work the other week.

john johnson · 05-09-11, 07:29 PM

Oh dear ! He has some sexy cars ..... Are you allowed to take a picture of the rs1700t ( the blue fing )

Puglife · 05-09-11, 07:30 PM

Ermm I rarely go near the museum but I can see about popping in on lunchbreak for you. Photographs taken at work are monitored!

05-09-11, 04:44 PM	#15
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,006	£165 seems their standard price. He's a nice guy, and it seems to be a business with a lot of dealings in the suspension tuning world. So you can't go far wrong. Looking at your car right now, it's already running low profiles, which is going to be felt, without stiffening up the suspension. My V8 on 17inch wheels is unbearable compared to 16inch, on local roads. I'd imagine 25mm/30max would be bearable. Otherwise, you're going to hate it in no time, and where's the point in that? __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor

05-09-11, 05:28 PM	#16
Puglife ==>PUGSPORT!<== Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Leyland Posts: 1,544	I'd look at top mount condition and dampers if your getting banging on bumps... Lowering wont make the car stiffer unless the springs are either A. thicker coil diameter, or B. wound closer. 40mm looks fine and I suspect if you can get the suspension components in good mechanical order it will be fine at that. __________________ 1986 UR Quattro - (1982) Lombard RAC Group 4 recreation - #24 H.Demuth/J.Daniels 1981 VW mk1 golf GTi - now 5cylinder and RWD.

05-09-11, 05:34 PM	#17
john johnson Moderator of sausages Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 13,331	Jay does mr Wilson still have the rs1700t in his collection ??? __________________ Mr OCD http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t144/jsquatts/ Daily rs4 b7 with buckets that play havoc with my piles And if you are reading this as James may would say ' you're a cock '

05-09-11, 07:26 PM	#18
Puglife ==>PUGSPORT!<== Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Leyland Posts: 1,544	He certainly does, amongst a few others... Had a delacour Escort Cossie in for work the other week. __________________ 1986 UR Quattro - (1982) Lombard RAC Group 4 recreation - #24 H.Demuth/J.Daniels 1981 VW mk1 golf GTi - now 5cylinder and RWD.

05-09-11, 07:29 PM	#19
john johnson Moderator of sausages Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 13,331	Oh dear ! He has some sexy cars ..... Are you allowed to take a picture of the rs1700t ( the blue fing ) __________________ Mr OCD http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t144/jsquatts/ Daily rs4 b7 with buckets that play havoc with my piles And if you are reading this as James may would say ' you're a cock '

05-09-11, 10:12 AM	#11
Andy-M Grown up member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Reading Posts: 65	Cheers guys will give them a buzz lunch time and report back.

05-09-11, 10:15 AM	#12
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,154	i'd put it back to original height and put smaller wheels and bigger tyres on it! comfy as hell.. if you want your ar*e on the tarmac buy a go-cart, or a mini.

05-09-11, 11:20 AM	#13
Andy-M Grown up member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Reading Posts: 65	Ive got the original 15" wheels with 60 series tyres. Cost to much in "Tyre Black"...........LOL

05-09-11, 04:12 PM	#14
Andy-M Grown up member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Reading Posts: 65	Gave them a call lunch time and they can do a set of 4 lowering to any height and spec delivered for £165 or they can do something with your old ones if you send them to them to make them the lenght you require for £85. Not sure about the second option but £165 for a full set not bad. Question is what drop do i go for. 25-30mm drop is a gestimate???

05-09-11, 07:30 PM	#20
Puglife ==>PUGSPORT!<== Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Leyland Posts: 1,544	Ermm I rarely go near the museum but I can see about popping in on lunchbreak for you. Photographs taken at work are monitored! __________________ 1986 UR Quattro - (1982) Lombard RAC Group 4 recreation - #24 H.Demuth/J.Daniels 1981 VW mk1 golf GTi - now 5cylinder and RWD.