Lowered car Question.
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Decided nows a good time to drop my car a bit. so nice kit with 35mm drop springs and shortened shocks (so about 40-40mm drop overall) went on today.
As luck would have it its pissing down, so im being very causious.
Anyways, to the point.
when comparing lowered cars to standard form, which is more likely to brake away without warning?
in standard guise my car would corner on its door handles but wouldnt break away without alot of prior warning and was very easy to counter (it did like to over steer when thrown into corners with a bit of pace).
Now, im taking it easy with it lowered. It feels REALLY grippy in comparison butit just feels like its building up to a big spin.
So my question, Which is more likely to lose it without warning, standard suspension or lowered and stiffer suspension?
As luck would have it its pissing down, so im being very causious.
Anyways, to the point.
when comparing lowered cars to standard form, which is more likely to brake away without warning?
in standard guise my car would corner on its door handles but wouldnt break away without alot of prior warning and was very easy to counter (it did like to over steer when thrown into corners with a bit of pace).
Now, im taking it easy with it lowered. It feels REALLY grippy in comparison butit just feels like its building up to a big spin.
So my question, Which is more likely to lose it without warning, standard suspension or lowered and stiffer suspension?
Fair point.
The kit is a SuperSport spring kit. 35mm drop progresivly wound springs and 30% uprated shocks, Its on a german car (golf) and supersport are a german manufacturer. After looking at reviews many people in the VW world have said they are very very good hence me going with them. But im jsut curious as to what to expect if i push it to far. Will it just snap, or am i likely to get some prior warning?
The kit is a SuperSport spring kit. 35mm drop progresivly wound springs and 30% uprated shocks, Its on a german car (golf) and supersport are a german manufacturer. After looking at reviews many people in the VW world have said they are very very good hence me going with them. But im jsut curious as to what to expect if i push it to far. Will it just snap, or am i likely to get some prior warning?
bumps are definitely felt more, havent bottomed it yet so cant comment on that. the suspension has about 1-1.5 inches or travel before the spring rate ramps up a hell of a lot.
As for castor camber and to etc its all set to how it would be on standard shocks and springs, so its effectely the same configuration but lower and harder.
And yes the kit is TuV approved
As for castor camber and to etc its all set to how it would be on standard shocks and springs, so its effectely the same configuration but lower and harder.
And yes the kit is TuV approved
After 100 miles on this set up i can safely say handling has been improved.
There is still a bit of body roll, enough that when cornering hard the mud flaps (which are about an inch of the ground) are scraping very loudly against the ground.
The car already had lower front and upper rear strut braces so only thing left to do now is ARB's
With regards to anti roll bars am i correct in saying stiffer rear ARB increases over steer and a stiffer front ARB increases understear?
The car currently had a front ARB but no rear so if i was to get a front and rear kit would i notice a significant difference?
Also, the rear wheels are not independant, Instead they are connected by what is effectivly a solid beam with a hub either end.
is there any point in getting a rear ARB with the suspension being that layout or is it going to make the square root of f
k all difference?
And lastly, a reccomendation. If you have a golf and want to go low on a budget then supersport sprint kit is a good way to go. £175 for 30% uprated shortened shocks and 35mm lowering springs (progressivly wound). However be warned 35mm drop kit is NOT 35mm, its more like 60.
at low speeds the cars comfortable and will handle all bumps and pot holes well, throw it into some corners and the improvment is noticable.
There is still a bit of body roll, enough that when cornering hard the mud flaps (which are about an inch of the ground) are scraping very loudly against the ground.
The car already had lower front and upper rear strut braces so only thing left to do now is ARB's
With regards to anti roll bars am i correct in saying stiffer rear ARB increases over steer and a stiffer front ARB increases understear?
The car currently had a front ARB but no rear so if i was to get a front and rear kit would i notice a significant difference?
Also, the rear wheels are not independant, Instead they are connected by what is effectivly a solid beam with a hub either end.
is there any point in getting a rear ARB with the suspension being that layout or is it going to make the square root of f
k all difference?And lastly, a reccomendation. If you have a golf and want to go low on a budget then supersport sprint kit is a good way to go. £175 for 30% uprated shortened shocks and 35mm lowering springs (progressivly wound). However be warned 35mm drop kit is NOT 35mm, its more like 60.
at low speeds the cars comfortable and will handle all bumps and pot holes well, throw it into some corners and the improvment is noticable.
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