I've had my otavia rs for a couple of years and I've always thought about lowering it and tunig the engine. I'm just wondering how low i can go on the standard 17's without ruining the car. Any lowerd octavia pictures would be great. Cheers

Get yourself some coilovers and then you can adjust the ride height to whatever you like,peoples opinions vary on how low to go but ultimately the choice is yours

aw why not lowered on KW v'3 Coilovers i reckon around 20mm down on front and a tad more on the rear from standard vrs, still goes over speedbumps fine

I did this a couple of weeks ago. It cost me about £30 from B&Q and consisted of eight bags of gravel and ten bags of sand. Cheap and effective.

front needs lowering lol

I did this a couple of weeks ago. It cost me about £30 from B&Q and consisted of eight bags of gravel and ten bags of sand. Cheap and effective.

Really wish I'd got a picture of my rather ambitious slate chippings run in mine this summer :eek:

ya gotta love the octy... such a workhorse at times i remember doing a similar lanscaping trip, with my rather large and heavy mate also in the front.... still flew up a rather steep hill in 4th no probs, my mate was :eek:

I did this a couple of weeks ago. It cost me about £30 from B&Q and consisted of eight bags of gravel and ten bags of sand. Cheap and effective.

I found that filling the back of my estate with t&g chipboard flooring had the same affect. Not sure I took a picture though :-(

ya gotta love the octy... such a workhorse at times

Very true. It has a hard life at times does the old girl. One week it's a flatbed truck, the next a removal van, after that a rival for my mate's ITR then back to a commuter car. A good all rounder really.

To get back onto the theme of the thread. I wondered at the time how if the car was already lowered, would it have coped with my full load of building materials?

i slammed my octy on on coil overs 60mm on aftermarket alloys 17" low profile tyres found no wheels rubbing and body roll is completly gone

comes i very handy on the track or street only problem is speed bumps and curbs as i found out in mcD chassie was fine needs a bit of metal reworkin not knoticeable

i say lower the better but be warn there are probles

http://briskoda.net/octavia-i/thinking-going-18-a/127829/

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weitec coilies.

This was mine lowered all the way down on Coilovers.