Lowering & Speed bump info

[deedaz]

Hi

(VW/Newbie)

Im just thinking about lowering the car at somepoint, but where I live (West London), there seems to be more speed bumps, then road now days!!!... So I wanted to know, if this modification would cause me problems, therefore not worth the aggro?

Any thoughts?

[AJP]

If you stick to Eibach or H&R you'll be ok. There's always the odd monster speedbump that might need a bit more care but no lower than a 30mm drop and you'll clear the majority without a problem.

Things get trickier when you go lower on coilovers.

[deedaz]

Great, thanks for the info

[RetroRaz]

Dee ill show you my car on Saturday which I've lowered on eibach sportline springs. Ill take you for a quick spin. I only catch on speed bumps if i have 2 people in the back but it dont catch that much

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[Greenman]

If you stick to Eibach or H&R you'll be ok. There's always the odd monster speedbump that might need a bit more care but no lower than a 30mm drop and you'll clear the majority without a problem.

Things get trickier when you go lower on coilovers.

What he said.

I work in a lot of council estates here in Bristol which have pretty much got speed humps on all the roads (pretty evil ones at that) and with my eibach sportlines i get over them just fine as long as i am careful, but i don't have to be overly careful...:)

[FJ1000]

I'm on VW Racing springs, and am also surrounded by speed humps - south London. I only catch the narrow humps you straddle if I have 4 or 5 people in the car.

Nice ride too, not far off OEM at all (the Mrs wouldn't have even noticed if i didn't tell her, and my parents didn't clock it was lowered when my Dad was driving it for a couple of weeks over xmas while they were visiting from abroad).

Perfect drop if you have to deal with lots of humps IMO.