Wagon lowering experiences?

[schoona]

My R36 couldn't even make it up the driveway without scraping, so I got some King springs custom made to fix the problem - raised 15mm from R36 ride height (or 10mm lower than standard Passat). I still have an as new front pair of King springs with the standard R36 spring rates which I found too soft at this height and uprated. Make me an offer if you are interested.

Phil (0434) 667 410

You bought an R36 and then bought King Springs ??

[GHW]

The driveway is a bit steep like many driveways in Brisbane - but the R36 also scraped the front bumper at many other places around town in the first few weeks before getting the new springs.

Yep, same problem when I had my Bora. No matter what angle I tried, front, back, whatever it scraped. In the end I built a ramp from Marine Ply to make it flexible and it just "scraped' in (sorry, bad, really bad...).
The R36 only just manages to get in now by millimeters.
I'd be curious as to how it looks raised?

[R36]

You bought an R36 and then bought King Springs ??

Yes - their factory is on the Gold Coast which was much more convenient to develop and test the custom solution than others brands with locations in southern states. I was originally seeking Eibach or another European brand, but I couldn't find any that lowered the standard V6 height by only 10mm-15mm.

[Brownie]

Are the H&R springs lower than the standard R36 ones? If so, by how much? I've just put some 19" wheels on and the Tyres are 255 35 19 which have raised the car around 5-10mm. I want to get it back to original height- or there abouts..... Roughly how much were the springs?
Thanks in advance!

[RF 4MOTION]

Brownie, check out the ride height on my car from the pics on www.photobucket.com/rf4motion.

I had the standard sports suspension (15mm lower than standard), youre right, the car raised back to a standard level, the H&R's have lowered it at least another 30-40mm.

[gead]

looks great....what rubber did you end up going with?

[Brownie]

Hey RF, nice height for sure! What size Tyres? I'm getting a little rubbing on the rear but just needs a little adjustment under the guard. I went the Mitchelin Pilots....massive improvement over standard! Roughly how much for the H&R springs? Cheers!

[RF 4MOTION]

The H&R springs were approx $500. The tyres are 235/35 x 19 Lexani N3000. They are an American brand, I am pretty sure they are of Korean background (as they have silica compound), I was a bit sceptical as I have heard of the Lexani brand making big wheels but they have obviously commisioned one of the Korean companies to make tyres for them. The tyres have been great, handling, noise, wet weather etc. I have done 22000kms on them now and they still look brand new.

When the springs were first fitted they rubbed pretty bad on the metal tab that joins the plastic bumper to the metal inner guard, I bent these tabs up out of the way and it is fine now, they rub a bit on the carpet inner guard over extreme bumps, no damage caused there.

[Brownie]

hey RF, you in Melbourne?