Finally just picked up new 40mil springs to drop the vrs now to fit them

Good luck mate the fronts are a PITA to do need to drop bottom ball joint, and poss let driveshaft nut go. Also pinch bolt can be f@&£ing tight.

Ive done a few mk4 golfs so shouldnt be too hard

WHich springs did you get mate? In 2 minds on springs or coilies

Nearly new apex or spax they couldnt remember what ones the were

ECP do a set of amax made by apex for £78. You'll probably find your shocks are shot when you take them off like I did. Then starts the stress of getting shocks with the ARB mountings on. However if the shocks are ok then the ECP ones look good quality from what I saw when I got em.

Fronts have been done at somepoint as its got wrong springs on cos it sits too high

Glad Spax are doing them ,used them to lower quite a few times but I reckon I'll check the shocks first then decide on coilies or not

Finally just picked up new 40mil springs to drop the vrs now to fit them

Are these specific to VRS or generic springs for Octavia.

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Standard shocks probably a bad idea too...

What's the betting it ends up with a 14mm drop...

Mk4 golf ones nd itll have more than 14mm drop demonufo

Not if you've fitted generic springs it won't. The vRS is already a 26mm drop. The weight rating will probably be all to **** as well.

 

If it does drop more than 14mm, it's because they're not correctly rated.

Well i will see wen fitted

Plus as ive said above they wrong springs are already fitted and it sitting too high so atm any drop will do

Well, the DROP might do, but how about the actual spring rating...

Good luck mate the fronts are a PITA to do need to drop bottom ball joint, and poss let driveshaft nut go. Also pinch bolt can be f@&£ing tight.

Don't know what you've been changing but bottom balljoint and driveshaft dont have to be touched.

Just drop link removed

Sensor on left front iirc

Compress spring

Split hub (ground down on 2 sides 8mm allen key - insert and rotate 90 degrees)

Remove top mount

Compressed spring and it still wouldn't come out so had to pop bball joint out.

Easier just to undo the three mounting bolts for the ball joint, and leave the joint well alone.

Ive done plenty nd be fine doin then nd thanks for helping guys im doin them tomorrow

Easier just to undo the three mounting bolts for the ball joint, and leave the joint well alone.

Yeah that's what I did don't like messing with ball joints always risk splitting the boot.

Done and easy to do undo drop link,undo bottom bolt nd tap out must clamp spring stop it moving(easier),undo top mount bolt and out it comes nothing else to mess about with backs just undo bottom bolt get someone to stand on wheel to pull down pull spring out and put new in then jack up pop bolt through and do up all done easy as claening the car

Fitted ride height

What drop are they mate? With mine I want the rear up a bit more but the front's looking spot on and it should drop a wee bit more after a week or 2 as well