Polo ride height & wheel fitment thread

[nomadx38]

Its the way it's designed by stock - the back always has more clearance to compensate when you load it up with stuff.

The gross weight for the car is about 1500kg (tare is 1080 average). 2 people in the front (140kg), 3 people in the back (210kg) and about 150kg in the boot for goods - most people lower the car so that the back doesn't sit so high because having bags of concrete in the boot to keep it low is bad for performance

You might struggle to find raising springs for these cars though, they are not exactly attracting 4wd owners...but then again you could look at the springs from a cross polo

[Cainus83]

Anybody know the weight of the polo range? the h&r springs are either up to 929kg or over 930kg.. I have a 77tsi 4 door sports MY12

[car_nut]

Setup: Springs, Eibach Pro-Kit/Sportsline
Wheels Front and Rear: Team Dynamics Pro-Race 1.2 Anthracite 8 x 18 ET35 5x100 57.1DB
Tyres Front and Rear: Khumo 225/35
Arch height to ground (to centre hub) Front: 625mm (328mm)
Arch height to ground (to centre hub) Rear: 643mm (343mm)

Not as low as I would like but NO TYRE RUBBING and less stress on std. dampers + improved ride quality and handling.
Body down from std GTI ride height: 33mm rear and 16mm front

[Gusman]

Anybody know the weight of the polo range? the h&r springs are either up to 929kg or over 930kg.. I have a 77tsi 4 door sports MY12

You will need the <929kg springs, 77TSI is quite a bit lighter in terms of front axle load. It's in the manual somewhere towards the back. My 6spd manual is something like 880kg FAL (from memory, which my wife tells me fails me constantly).

[d_train]

Car: Polo TSI (Comfort)
Setup: KW Street Comfort Coilovers
Wheels: Advan RS 17x8.0 ET37 (Dark Gun Metallic)
Tyres: Continental Premium Contact 2 215/40R17
Arch height to ground Front: 624 (+/- 1mm)
Arch height to ground Rear: 629 (+/- 1mm)

Thanks to Damien (Gusman) for helping out with my choice of coilovers. Couldn't be happier at the moment. Have rebound damping dialed in at halfway between soft and hard. There is room to go lower but my brief for the Polo is OEM+ setup with practicality. Love this thread as well as it helped me out in deciding my setup. Let's keep it going

[jamie88]

who is running helper springs in front and who isnt?

im running fairly low, and im sick of the ride quality, its way to harsh without helpers.
will having the front helpers reinstalled, and raising her up a bit soften things up? im looking at moving to a 2 finger gap, as opposed to a no finger gap.

[MrDeathLad]

UPDATE TIME!!!!!



Gear; KW V1, rear adjusters and rubber perches out, ~10mm thread left at the front (helpers in), arch liners still in (unmodified)

Wheels;
Oz Racing Chronos
Front & Rear; 17x8 et35

Tyres;
Nankang 205/40/17

Arch to ground;
Front; 575mm
Rear; 585mm

[MrDeathLad]

check it....

Same suspension/tyre set up as above...

Wheels:
Hoshino Racing Impul RS...

17x8 et51 (running 20mm spacer for et31)
17x9 et53 (running 15mm spacer for et38 )

[BenT]

Personally I think it looks ridiculous if you lower your car so much that the curvature of the wheel arch looks significantly different to the wheel. You need at least 18s.

Unfortunately the design of the polo is such that this means anything more than an inch is too much.

IMHO

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[nightphotographer]

Personally I think it looks ridiculous if you lower your car so much that the curvature of the wheel arch looks significantly different to the wheel. You need at least 18s.

Unfortunately the design of the polo is such that this means anything more than an inch is too much.

IMHO

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Get outtttt!

That's what wheel centering plates are for.

[ATYPIC]

The issue you speak has nothing to do wheel size at all. It relates directly to the design of the rear bar arch which does not flow with the contour the quarter panel arch or wheel/tyre for that matter, like it should.

So the more you lower the more pronounced the issue becomes as the wheel moves forward under the arch and therefore the gap at the rear becomes even larger.

Does that make sense?

[ATYPIC]

That's what wheel centering plates are for.

No can do on the 6r.

[nightphotographer]

No can do on the 6r.

That sucks - I assumed the MK4 ones would fit?

[ATYPIC]

That sucks - I assumed the MK4 ones would fit?

Yep it does...I was so keen fix this eyesore.

[nightphotographer]

Yep it does...I was so keen fix this eyesore.

How different is the 6R set up to the 9N3? Mine only goes slightly off centre when I'm the lowest I can possibly go (I'm talking helpers out, bump stops cut and 3 spare wheels in the boot!) on 17's. Maybe it's the bigger arches on the 6R that emphasise it more