Having already paid-out on the traditional Eibach shocks and springs setup after vowing never to seriously lower another one of my cars ever again, my little Skoda is crying out to go down another 30mm.

Every time I get inside it, it goes "please, I'm still too high. There are gaps between my wheels and my wheel arches. I want to be raming your spine into the top of your skull every time I make contact with an imperfection in the road".

And it's true.

Does anybody make 60mm lowering springs for the Fabia PD100, and if so, does anybody know what the ride is like?

Thats pretty low for full time driving Jamie.

If you want to go that low maybe speak to Jason or Josh who use coilovers.

What you gotta remember is the height of the PD engine makes it sit low in the egine bay and your sump pretty vulnerable. Had you thought about increasing the wheel size to fill the arches? IIRC you will be running on 15's, Fabia VRS runs 16's and you can fit 17's

Jamie...

You know H&R Coilovers are the future:

*edited to say*:

I have done 4 months and 5k miles at this height - It'll be staying like this until the winter, when it'll be raised to stock height and the OE wheels will be put on, until the bad weather has gone... If I can bring myself to do it! :(

Didn't take you long to sniff that that one out Josh. :P

Id really watch going any lower, just look how little clearance you have under the plastic sump gaurd.......

You know H&R Coilovers are the future

Argggh. I know it! Just can't bring myself to fork out the cash when I'd love a remap and so many other things.

Thanks for the replies, guys. 60mm drop is low, and I note the comments about the sump and plastic undertray. I'm guessing there are no 60mm springs out there :confused:

Regarding wheel sizes, surely when you increase the size, you decrease the tyre profile to keep the rolling radius the same, so the ride height / wheel arch gap would stay the same?

Springs alone would be a bad move I think - not sure they even exist. A full coilover system would be the way forward. There's H&R like Josh has, and FKs like mine.... Just to rub it in a bit....

Regarding wheel sizes, surely when you increase the size, you decrease the tyre profile to keep the rolling radius the same, so the ride height / wheel arch gap would stay the same?

I'm sure you could increase a little bit to fill the arches.

Try this handy tyre / wheel calculator

http://www.chris-longhurst.com/carbibles/index.html?menu.html&tyre_bible.html

Just noticed actually he's updated it with some good suspension info to

Soooooo...

Does anyone do 60mm springs for the Fabia? If not, would Polo 9N TDI or current Ibiza TDI springs do the job?

The car was at Edition38 on Saturday and the general concensus was that the car needs to be lower. I look at it and wonder whether those Eibachs are actually 30mm down - the back is especially high.

My heart tells me that I should just save-up, sell the car and buy a good restored DS23. But my brain likes the Fabia.

Soooooo...

Does anyone do 60mm springs for the Fabia? If not' date=' would Polo 9N TDI or current Ibiza TDI springs do the job?

The car was at Edition38 on Saturday and the general concensus was that the car needs to be lower. I look at it and wonder whether those Eibachs are actually 30mm down - the back is especially high.

My heart tells me that I should just save-up, sell the car and buy a good restored DS23. But my brain likes the Fabia.[/quote']

Have you shortened the bump stops? When I shortened mine, the car (with Eibachs) dropped another few mm (hope to post pics soon).

What r bump stops?

Rubber things that prevent the spring from compressing too much. Problem is that if you fit shortened springs and not cut the rubber down it will 'smack' against it and you get a pretty nasty ride when the road is bumpy as it compresses for a bit, then smacks the stop, at which point you are basically going to be moving 'with the road'

Have you shortened the bump stops? When I shortened mine, the car (with Eibachs) dropped another few mm (hope to post pics soon).

:confused: I thought the bump stops were on the shaft of the shock absorber? Why would removing them make the car sit lower? Are we talking about the rears?

Found a 60/40mm lowering spring kit from a company called Postert in Germany. They seem like a big operation, but I've never heard of them.

:confused: I thought the bump stops were on the shaft of the shock absorber? Why would removing them make the car sit lower? Are we talking about the rears?

Found a 60/40mm lowering spring kit from a company called Postert in Germany. They seem like a big operation' date=' but I've never heard of them.[/quote']

See my thread here for more info about bump stops with Eibachs:

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/t32720-.html

OK, but if the bump stops aren't actually pressing on the top of the body of the shock, why would the car be sitting any higher than normal?

Here are mine...

And this is the car on a perfectly flat car park...

The front is OK (can sort of imaging it is actually 30mm lower), but the back looks like a moon buggy. It also sits nose-down (uggghhhhh!).

Hey, there's nothing wrong with a bit of rake!!

But yeah, your back does look high.

My mate Chris had some 30mm Eibachs for his Polo GTi that actually RAISED the car up from standard! He now has Eibach 50mm's on and it looks really good.

Rake sucks (on this car)!

Check this out:

There's something just not right there, I think. My inner bo' ragga feels a bit conned.

To give you an idea of where I am coming from, this was my previous ride:

I think you've been mugged mate!

I agree! But they are Eibach springs - took them out this evening just to make sure. And they don't make a 'non-lowering' spring... although they evidently do

I'm feeling the same after Trax today, its needs to be lower.

U sure they ain't just labelled that 'Eibach' ??? There is no difference in the rears at ALL man. Man I hope you din't get ripped off.

Weird - here are the springs on the car, before they were removed....

I always thought the front was too high and the back sat nice and low!

Chris

U sure they ain't just labelled that 'Eibach' ??? There is no difference in the rears at ALL man. Man I hope you din't get ripped off.

Definitely Eibachs, and a bargain at the price he paid

Chris

I agree! But they are Eibach springs - took them out this evening just to make sure. And they don't make a 'non-lowering' spring... although they evidently do

The correct Eibach springs for your car are part No 70-79-001-02-22. On Eibachs the part number is painted on the springs so you can check them. These should lower the car by 30mm front and rear. IMHO there must be something wrong with either the springs or the set up on your car to end up looking like it does. I suggest you phone Eibach UK for advice. Ring 01455 286524 and ask for Julian Gill or Rob Hodgson. They are really helpful guys.

When I fitted mine I measured before and after. Got the -25mm all round as promised.

Can you get to another PD100 and check the height against yours? Do you have Eibach lowering shocks as well?