Well it looks my wheels could be sold so i have some free funds.

Now do i just buy h&r springs and leave it at that or do i buy a rear anti roll bar aswell or is it pointless of its been lowered.

Or do i take the extra money to ibiza with me and buy a few rounds in the huddle bar

I'm not convinced that the Mk2 is so desperatly in need of the RARB as the Mk1.

Though if I was keeping mine long term the springs as desperatly needed.

The springs are very worth while

Damian @ DPM Performance

Well it looks my wheels could be sold so i have some free funds.

Now do i just buy h&r springs and leave it at that or do i buy a rear anti roll bar aswell or is it pointless of its been lowered.

Or do i take the extra money to ibiza with me and buy a few rounds in the huddle bar

Well it looks my wheels could be sold so i have some free funds.

Now do i just buy h&r springs and leave it at that or do i buy a rear anti roll bar aswell or is it pointless of its been lowered.

Or do i take the extra money to ibiza with me and buy a few rounds in the huddle bar

Just H&Rs will sort out the 4x4 look and it handles better.

My personal opinion is that the car will undoubtedly benefit from fitting a rear anti roll bar. The difference when fitted to a complete stock car is most noticeable. When fitting one to a lowered car, the difference isnt so pronounced. The areas where you will really notice the benefits of a rear anti roll bar are in high speed direction changes and tight hairpins.

A fair few guys on the Mk1 forum have said that when their cars were lowered they found the whiteline rear ARB never made much difference as it wasnt stiff enough, a few then changed to the thicker/stiffer Jabbasport rear ARB and noted a marked improvement in comparison.

Personally i've always thought it wise to upgrade both front and rear anti roll bar as a package, as it will maintain the neutral balance of the car, but that isnt an option on the market right now.

Mines getting AST Coilovers and F/R ARBs fitted soon, once the measurements are taken and the parts developed.

My personal opinion is that the car will undoubtedly benefit from fitting a rear anti roll bar. The difference when fitted to a complete stock car is most noticeable. When fitting one to a lowered car, the difference isnt so pronounced. The areas where you will really notice the benefits of a rear anti roll bar are in high speed direction changes and tight hairpins.

A fair few guys on the Mk1 forum have said that when their cars were lowered they found the whiteline rear ARB never made much difference as it wasnt stiff enough, a few then changed to the thicker/stiffer Jabbasport rear ARB and noted a marked improvement in comparison.

Personally i've always thought it wise to upgrade both front and rear anti roll bar as a package, as it will maintain the neutral balance of the car, but that isnt an option on the market right now.

Mines getting AST Coilovers and F/R ARBs fitted soon, once the measurements are taken and the parts developed.

I'm not surprised Sy seeing the way you drive on video ... lol

That wasn't me, it was the stig

Sy are the parts beimg developed on you car going to be going on general sale?

That wasn't me, it was the stig

LOL !

I meant to ask you, why do you have a passenger with you whilst on the track ?

Surely an extra say 90kg will blunt performance a little ?

LOL !

I meant to ask you, why do you have a passenger with you whilst on the track ?

Surely an extra say 90kg will blunt performance a little ?

Balance maybe?

LOL !

I meant to ask you, why do you have a passenger with you whilst on the track ?

Surely an extra say 90kg will blunt performance a little ?

14 stone? That's a light person lol

Sy are the parts beimg developed on you car going to be going on general sale?

Yes mate. Suspension around £1200 but they are two way adjustable kits, brakes the same, 2 piece discs and 4 pot calipers. Not sure on the ARBs but I think about £300 for the pair

LOL !I meant to ask you, why do you have a passenger with you whilst on the track ?

Surely an extra say 90kg will blunt performance a little ?

Lol, the day passes faster with two of you. Plus mikes about 5'6" and about 11 stone. Don't even realise he's there lol

14 stone? That's a light person lol

If you get lowering springs fitted by the dealership will they correct any adjustment points on the suspension that effect the tyres wear/contact with the road (is it camber Im waffling on about)

Edited 29 February, 201214 yr by Wilko251088

If you get lowering springs fitted by the dealership will they correct any adjustment points on the suspension that effect the tyres wear/contact with the road (is it camber Im waffling on about)

Il be getting mine fitted at a VW dealership my da works for so ilet you know once its been done

If you get lowering springs fitted by the dealership will they correct any adjustment points on the suspension that effect the tyres wear/contact with the road (is it camber Im waffling on about)

When lowering your car your wheel geometry will change and the lower you go, the larger the difference from stock.

This is where you run into problems(Well not huge problems) with lowering a car. Dealerships/average alignment garages will setup your wheel alignment/geometry as if it was a stock car as they are the only settings they know.

Back when i had my coilovers on my Octavia i wanted a full alignment check done as i could tell it was out. Normally i use WheelsinMotion or Centergravity who specialise in setting up cars running modified chassis geometry. This wasnt a possibility at the time as i was in Germany, so i got a Skoda dealership to do the work as they had the same top end equipment as the previous two companies above.

It took them nearly 4 hours of playing to get it somewhere which was near what it should be but they couldnt get it right. I had it like this for a few months until i revisited UK, then let WheelsinMotion get amongst it. They sorted it in an hour and it drove much better with it. They ran completely different toe and rear camber to what Skoda had tried to get it. This i guess is expected. WheelsinMotio are a company who specialise in geometry of cars. The dealerships have a guy who have experience of setting up cars in the way dictated to him by Skoda built not really anything else. Id also bet they dont use the equipment anywhere near as much as the specialists either.

This is probably an extreme case as my Octavia was running pretty low at the time(about -40mm) (time for some pic whoring lol)

The Skoda lowering springs dont go that much lower iirc, so it might not be as much of an issue, but its still not going to be the ideal geometry setup as its not stock ride height.

If your interested in wheel geometry have a read though these

This is a thread started a while back in the OctyII forum by them. http://www.briskoda....__fromsearch__1