Lowering Options in Australia

[BrashDaniels]

This is how it is at the moment...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/93387706@N08/sets/72157632930015890/

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Awesome mate. Must do some new pics of mine. I've reduced some of the excess decals and added a few little bits. Not as stealth as yours though. Very nice.

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[mmmRacer]

Eibach do a 30mm lowered pro kit for the Fabia. Got mine for my kombi from Eibach Australia last week. Talked to John from Eibach and he had a set of springs delivered to my work from Germany in just on a week. At the time of our chat he still had a set for a hatch in stock. For the hatch or the kombi it was $379 delivered in the Sydney metro area.

Hope this helped. Now I just need to find some time to fit them.

[belegur]

Lowering Options in Australia

I have since acquired some VWRacing springs for a bargain. They'll be going on with a few other bits in around three weeks or so. Not much of a drop, so I'll see how they sit, and how driveway clearance etc goes before deciding to go further with the Eibachs or H&R's.

Would like to see some pics before and after if you get a chance.

[Dutch77]

Might be worth noting that using lowering springs in isolation can shorten the life of your existing shocks.

I know for Golfs the rule of thumb is anything up to an inch shouldn't cause an issue, and products like VWR guarantee not to shorten the life of shocks. I would guess a similar measurement would apply to the Polos/Fabias, although I understand why some would want to lower further given the much larger wheel gap on these cars (my other half has a Polo 77TSI with sports pack and its bigggg).

[Rubbadub]

The guys on Briskoda don't seem to think Eibach lowering springs (at least) will prematurely stuff the shocks, which surprised me a little. Then again, maybe no one has done enough kilometres for them to take a toll?

[group 3]

All being well I'll be fitting H&R springs to my combi this weekend, they're meant to give about a 40mm drop, I got them direct from Germany for around $300 delivered. I'm also fitting Bilstein B8 shortened struts/shocks at the same time, will try to do some before and after pics.