Lowering advice

[Lee]

My mate has a sticker on his golf that says 'if it aint scrubbin, then your not dubbin'

Im sure Mr Marshall broke a cav that had a sticker that said 'Any lower and ill be in the sewer'!

Nutters, the lot of em!

[azura]

Also bear in mind most suspension kits you'll buy will be for the GTe/GSi so a 40mm kit will actually lower yours around 55mm.

Exellent! thats one of the things I was a bit unsure of

Think I`ll get either 30 or 40mm springs, they sound about right for what I want then

so, will -30 -40mm springs fit on my exsisting struts ?

Thanks to all that have replied...

As for those pram wheels, yes they have to go

[rc]

yep they'll fit rite in the place of ur excisting springs.

if doing the work yourself make sure you use a spring compressor before you take the top centre nut off otherwise u'll have a hole in your garage roof! or ur face!

[JSeymour]

my advice would be to get a 60 drop spring and shock kit, if youve got decent profile tyres on and correct offset wheels, they wont rub, infact the arches wont even sit over the tyre/rim.

im saying this as when you park up next to another nova lower then yours or any over car lower then your your want to drop it even more!!

[lee coley]

60 on front and 80 on the back.with decent shokers

[Matt2107]

Definately get a spring and shocks kit... on standard shocks with lowered springs its quite probably that at full extension the springs will fall out at the rear.... ie mot time when they put your car up on a four poster.

Springs are a false economy really.
Ok so they may only cost ?60 but you can get shocks and springs for between ?180-?220.

If your car is just really a run around then I wouldnt worry about spending more than that. You'll be looking at G-max or PI spring and shock kits for that sort of money. They aren't really the best kits out there but good for lowering on a budget.

If you think you can push to a little more money then look towards Spax or Koni etc.

Its kinda the old saying... "you get what you pay for"