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Offline Tuffy

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Very disappointed
« on: July 02, 2010, 09:21:46 pm »
Hi all
Had the Gti lowered today on eibach pro kit and to be honest very disappointed as cant notice any drop at all  :sad1: Looks the same as when i dropped it off on wednesday!
I know they wouldn't give me as greater drop as the sportlines but was hoping to notice the gap between arch and tyre close up a little.
 Clutching at straws but hoping they may drop a bit as they bed in if not could be a watse of money  :ashamed:

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Re: Very disappointed
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2010, 09:30:44 pm »
I have no experience with lowering a golf but my Focus st did take a few miles to drop, that said you could tell it had been done

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Re: Very disappointed
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2010, 09:35:29 pm »
I have no experience with lowering a golf but my Focus st did take a few miles to drop, that said you could tell it had been done

I've had many a different make a model lowered inc 205 Gti 309 Gti, cosworths, Rx8, mk3 and mk4 Gti's and i too noticed the drop straight away, but not this time  :ashamed:

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Re: Very disappointed
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2010, 09:36:35 pm »
Eibach Pro-Kit on the GTI is notorious for giving very little lowering effect unfortunately  :sad1:


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Re: Very disappointed
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2010, 09:41:02 pm »
Eibach Pro-Kit on the GTI is notorious for giving very little lowering effect unfortunately  :sad1:

Bl**dy great!!!  :scared:

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Re: Very disappointed
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2010, 09:49:09 pm »
Hi Tuffy

I have mine lowerd on the pro-kit springs, they have probably closed the wheel to wheel arch by 1cm tops!

But on a possitive note, they do sharpen up the handling quite nicely :wink:

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Re: Very disappointed
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2010, 10:14:23 pm »
same here mate

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Re: Very disappointed
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2010, 10:34:49 pm »
Hi Tuffy

I have mine lowerd on the pro-kit springs, they have probably closed the wheel to wheel arch by 1cm tops!

But on a possitive note, they do sharpen up the handling quite nicely :wink:

Every cloud i suppose. Do you have any pics i could see to compare buddy?

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Re: Very disappointed
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2010, 08:55:55 am »
whack them on ebay and buy some sportlines.

Managed to find some for £117 including VAT at Larkspeed. 

Awesomegti also vowed to price match.   :evilgrin:

Good luck  :happy2:

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Re: Very disappointed
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2010, 07:07:57 pm »
Here you go Tuffy



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Re: Very disappointed
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2010, 12:49:41 pm »
Well, if it's any consolation, I put Koni FSDs on my previous mk5 and it actually raised the suspension  :grin:

Some mk5s seem to sit lower than others as mine had standard springs on along with VZ033 wheels and people were always asking me if it had been lowered.........until I put the FSDs on........
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