Hi everyone!

Quite new mwmber just got my new black Octavia 4x4 estate reprogammed by ABT at 193hp. It's quite high so a bit of lowering is a must any suggestions? If i only change the springs will i lose steering feel, or should i also change suspension?

Octavia II or 'old' Octavia - like mine?

Old one of course!

The new one is now on sale in the UK. Moving this thread to the Octavia workshop forum. A few members have lowered their 4X4s so you should get some good advice.

If you seriously want to do a good I would recomend KW V3 suspension, its on mine & Im very impressed. V2 is Ok but the 3 offers a lot more adjustment & is slightly superior overall.

Piccies of mine "THANKS AGAIN DENNIS" for hosting them

http://www.briskoda.net/gallery/showimage.php?i=1357&c=500&userid=19

And yes its a 4x4, Saloons are a tadge rare

It can actually go about 15mm lower & still be within KW tolerances but this is definately IMO low enough, its probably Rs level or slightly lower

Thanks Stuart! nice car btw!

I really liked the pic too. I have heard that the spring ratings for the 4x4 are different to the rs.

What was the price overall, is it just 4 springs, did you fit them yourself.Is the saloon same underneath and overall as estate apart from longer length, ooer..

Getting stuff 4 my old octavia is time consuming as its all new stuff to me..

Im interested to know what the car goes like overall compared to standard spec..

Cheers Jay Ivey..

I really liked the pic too. I have heard that the spring ratings for the 4x4 are different to the rs.

What was the price overall' date=' is it just 4 springs, did you fit them yourself.Is the saloon same underneath and overall as estate apart from longer length, ooer..

Getting stuff 4 my old octavia is time consuming as its all new stuff to me..

Im interested to know what the car goes like overall compared to standard spec..

Cheers Jay Ivey..[/quote']

Saloon & Estate 4x4's are the same underneath, Because of the transmission the 4x4 is slightly heavier than the RS so spring ratings, certainly on the rear will be different. KW do a system specifically for the 4x4

I changed the complete suspension to KW variant 3's, from memory they are around

i have stuarts old KW V2's, makes a big improvement i think. handeling is much better now. i have also done a *few* mods performance wise, some that stuart hasn't but am missing some he has the thing does moce well but me being me am already wanting more

mine was dyno'd at 226bhp and 256lbft running on 95 RON fuel with the boost controller not quite on full as the fuel couldn't handle it, once i got some super in it boy did it fly

i have done some cheap and dirty runs 0-60 with my bro and a video camera and on a dry day we we're getting around 6secs which is quite good for a plain white estate