19 hours ago, Kahunajb said:

Pics of spacers fitted please.

Top pic is with 12-20mm spacers 

bottom one with 12-12mm spacers 

car lowered on H&R.. 

had on for 50k miles now and no problems with shocks or bushes or drop links... car was set up on hunter alignment rig after springs fitted 

My 230 on a adjustable H&R Monotube set - dropped 25mm front and back, 8,5x20 ET45 Zito SZ05. 

Perfect ride, car sits beautifully on the road nice and tight, slightly harder ride than original but barely noticable

That's more than 25mm from standard vrs height. Maybe 25mm from highest setting on those coilovers?

7 hours ago, Alencogold said:

My 230 on a adjustable H&R Monotube set - dropped 25mm front and back, 8,5x20 ET45 Zito SZ05. 

Perfect ride, car sits beautifully on the road nice and tight, slightly harder ride than original but barely noticable

 

This looks really good, but so low! Don't you scrape on anything? How long is the front bumper from the ground?

Edited 2 May, 20179 yr by mabnz

On 9/9/2014 at 20:50, airscool said:

I have had a very similar experience puting H&R lowering springs on my Elegance. I was very unhappy with the ride height visually and the general handling performance, even with a 1.6 TDi up front.

The downsides pretty much match up with NotSoSimple but that would go for any car running 'sports suspension'. We recently completed a 2500 mile road trip to Denmark and back from Leeds, loaded up with two bikes, luggage and camping equipment and didn't have any problems with the ride height sinking any lower.

I find I can now drive the car pretty hard into corners with no understeer or drift. This is obviously helped along by upgrading the 17" Teron to the 18" Turini. I also bought my springs from a German company on eBay for a similar price. Please note non VRS models use the part number 28833-1.

 

Just to add. The car has not bottomed out once and doesn't feel like it ever will. The ride is stiffer, but using the same depth of suspension if that makes sense? I also haven't used any spacers, as the Turini alloy is specifically designed for the Octavia with the correct offset in the wheel. You could, if you wanted a wider stance, easily use some.

Here's a few before and afters:
 

 

 

 

What company did you use on ebay? 

You guys that have had yours lowered for a while and also spaced, how has your tyre wear been? i ask as i really want to do mine but i lowered my mondeo st along with 20mm spacers and the thing chewed tyres, every 6-7000 miles due to the added neg camber.

Hi

Does the link work for anyone currently? http://www.dm-cartuning.de/

I know this is an old thread so maybe the website does not exist any more

I'm looking to lower my Mk3 approx 40mm so would appreciate any sources for purchasing coils/shocks, though preferably non-UK based shops due to additional VAT etc..

thanks