Wheels and suspension for MK1

[SpeciP3]

sounds good, i'll give you a ring 2moro.
not sure, only drove it back home but the guage was still reading a little high so dunno.. hope so tho

[Jarred]

I've seen that section boxed a couple times.

The method i would use if I had to [or may have to soon ] is to get some round MS pipe. roughly 2-2.5" dia.
cut the section from the rail, and use a half section of the pipe to join up the sections of the rail.

It's hard to describe without pics, but I hope this give a rough idea. I've never done it personally, but I like the theory

[MiKe1_golf]

sorry to hijack but... what are the other options for achieving the lowest legal ride height without coilovers, custom springs and shocks? the attractiveness of coilovers for me is the height adjustment but really i'd just want to be low n slow not a high performing suspension setup.

what suspension are you running SpeciP3?

[GoLfMan]

sorry to hijack but... what are the other options for achieving the lowest legal ride height without coilovers, custom springs and shocks? the attractiveness of coilovers for me is the height adjustment but really i'd just want to be low n slow not a high performing suspension setup.

what suspension are you running SpeciP3?

mate, you can get cheap coilovers for about as much as it would cost for shocks and springs and you can have it whatever height you want! all for about $800

[Jarred]

hottuning aren't what I'd regard as a 'high-performance' suspension set up. [ie not a track based suspension] it' is, imo atleast, a street based setup.

They give you upto 120mm of drop, which is about as much as most people want, [in fact heaps more than most people want] & are a stupidly easy option. More expensive would be a air bag setup. Around 8-10K for a custom setup, but you'll be able to park it on the deck.

all depends on what you want. The hottuning coils are a goood start I reckon. Hope this helps.

[SpeciP3]

what suspension are you running SpeciP3?

Wietec coilies mate, pretty expensive in relation to hottuning coilies but they ride VERY well
if your looking for some decent/cheap ones i'd go for the hottuning ones, i think evorobin and some others could get you a good set on here for a good price

[jayjay]

somewhere in between would be fk. they go 100mm drop...? i have photos of my mk2 on 100mm drop.. on 15s, there's about 1.5 inches of "wheel" tuck. lol.

the aussie dollar is doing very well against the pound at the moment. call the guys at venom in the uk..

[revnit]

The problem a lot of people forget when "slamming" their Mk1s is that they overlook clearance the body above the RHS driveshaft. The driveshaft effectively becomes a new bumpstop!!!
This is one I had in at work last week, hope the owner doesnt mind me showing this pic but it is a warning to others.

Just like to add to this comment people have to be careful of there sump!!! my mate dropped his GLD on 13s had about 1cm sump to road clearance! the drive shaft was the least of the worries