60/40?

[Shteifen]

so you've got a 60/40 kit in, if not, how low are you? may sound dumb but whats the duck bill you mentioned? i gather its a lip

there are import taxes if i spend over 1000 AUD? thanks alot man, ill definately keep that in mind

[Golfer]

may sound dumb but whats the duck bill you mentioned? i gather its a lip

There is no such thing as a dumb question, we are all here to learn. I believe Ray is referring to the small standard front lower spoiler that came out on ALL Australian-delivered Mk3's...

Sorry about the dodgy pics...




As opposed to the Euro-style front lip that came out on O/S GTI's and VR6's



Cheers
JHN

[rayray086]

Yep my bad. North American cars got a different stock lip so I'm just used to using the term duckbill for our stock lips.

I currently have coilovers on, but my drop is roughly at about 70/70 mm.

[Shteifen]

ahh ok i was wondering about the different lips that came out stock on cars overseas because i couldnt tell what car they were from originally. i looked at a VR6 the other day and even that had the same lip as mine and i thought it strange but that makes sense now that you say they all came with the same one. thanks!

Ray do you have any pictures of your 70/70 drop? are the coilovers very harsh? how do they compare siffnesswise to that mk5 gti? one of my mates just got one and we were talkin about how we wouldnt want pretty much any car we owned to be any stiffer than that thing. handles like a charm but almost need a kindey belt to make a long trip in it!

[rayray086]

Compared to the previous springs, they're firmer. I'm still using the same strut though but at a harder setting to match the coil springs more closely. I've had passengers on before, and they did not like it at all hahaha... but I prefer it more this way. It's a daily driver too but it's one of the things you'd get used to.

This is the height right now:

[ScienceVR6]

I want mine to look like that!

To Tein make springs / coilovers for golfs? we now deal in them at work, but i havent checked.

[rayray086]

GTsuspensions stock them as well I think but when I checked their range, they didn't seem to have the Golf listed. They're quite popular with Jap cars though, maybe in due time they'll have stuff for the Golf.

[cOS]

ray, 70mm! damn thats low man. in your picture have you got oem lip(duckbill) on or is that aftermarket?

[Soundofav6]

Shteifen, as golfer said all australian come out standard with a duck bill, perosonally love the look of euro lip. Nevertheless, there are plenty of after market lips avaliable, most probably serves no real function, only given your car a pseudo lowered effect, but it works well, enhancing the cosmetic effectively.

Re-enforcing others comments on "lowness" of car, it's one of those trades offs for looks and performance you will get use to it after a while. It is a different driving style and experience, surely you will not regret.

duck bill, stock height and a red faced embarrassment


euro lip and lowered.


My point is when you do have the funds to cup kit/coilove your car JUST DO IT.

[rayray086]

I'm guessing it's a 70mm drop as it sure looks lower than a 60mm drop! And yep, it's just the duckbill at the moment. Don't mind how it looks at the moment



As for such an aggressive lowering, it's purely for looks Sure it reduces roll, but handling-wise it doesn't do any good! Some discussion here.

[Water Boy]

I'm guessing it's a 70mm drop as it sure looks lower than a 60mm drop! And yep, it's just the duckbill at the moment. Don't mind how it looks at the moment



As for such an aggressive lowering, it's purely for looks Sure it reduces roll, but handling-wise it doesn't do any good! Some discussion here.

Ray is running the rat looks ha ha ha... Im loving it

[Water Boy]

Compared to the previous springs, they're firmer. I'm still using the same strut though but at a harder setting to match the coil springs more closely. I've had passengers on before, and they did not like it at all hahaha... but I prefer it more this way. It's a daily driver too but it's one of the things you'd get used to.

This is the height right now:

Drop it like its hot

[cOS]

I've heard of a thinner aftermarket lip. anybody know any?

hey louis, what type of grill is that you got there? bonrath?

[peedman]

The US had a thinner NA (north american) lip which looks pretty good. There are ofcourse other non-oem ones but i think they all look rubbish. Here a pic:

[Soundofav6]

hey louis, what type of grill is that you got there? bonrath?

thats just a normal badgeless grill from mattig.