H&R 40mm Lowering Springs & Wheel Spacers - My Experience

[simonds3135]

Hey guys, hope everyone is doing well. I am basically writing this post because I had wanted to improve the stance of my VRS since I bought it (18 months ago), but I'd always get put off by the thought of ruining the car and then chicken out of it. I didn't want to spend hundreds of pounds trying to make it look better if it was going to be scraping over speed bumps, the ride quality was going to be worse, the handling was going to be worse, I wouldn't be able to fully load it without the wheels rubbing, etc, etc... but so many people were seeming to do it without any issues, I thought bugger it I'm gonna do it too! Well all I can say is, if you are currently thinking of lowering/wheel spacering your VRS and you have the same reservations I had.... just do it! It's the best thing I've done to the car. Okay, maybe the pedal box & remap were the best thing, but this is definitely up there! The car looks so much better, ride quality is much improved in my opinion (even my wife agrees, and she hates cars and the fact I fiddle with them all the time ), and I'd say it definitely handles better. I'm so so pleased with the results and I urge you all to do it if you are thinking about it.

 

Lowering springs are H&R 40mm and the wheel spacers are H&R Trak+ 20mm at the rear and 10mm at the front. Probably could have got away with more on the front, but I was being cautious and wanted a fully functioning car on the awful backroads around where I live.

 

So this is the car when I bought it...

 

 

And this is it after lowering & spacers...

 

 

The difference is so subtle, yet massive at the same time, I love it! Here's another shot before lowering and spacers...

 

 

And then after...

 

 

Here's one where it had been lowered, but I hadn't put the spacers on yet...

 

 

And then after the spacers ...

 

 

And from the front, this one is with the car lowered but the spacers hadn't been fitted yet...

 

 

And then with the spacers fitted...

 

 

I'm so so pleased with how it turned out and I hope this puts your minds at ease if any of you are thinking of lowering but are unsure like I was. Any questions just give me a shout 

 

PS - You can still load it up and go to the tip no bother too! 

 

Edited 7 July, 2021 by simonds3135

[VrsDadWagon]

Thanks for sharing this, it's great info for all to see!

Only thing I have to ask is did you just put the lowering springs on the stock struts? Is this fine to do?

 

[vrs'burks]

Am i right in thinking even though they are 40mm springs the actual lowering is 25mm . . As the vrs is 15mm lower already from factory?.  

[simonds3135]

1 hour ago, VrsDadWagon said:

Thanks for sharing this, it's great info for all to see!

Only thing I have to ask is did you just put the lowering springs on the stock struts? Is this fine to do?

 

 

No problem, I'm glad some people find it useful hopefully! I think a lot of people recommend Bilstein B8 shocks to go with the H&R springs? They were out of my budget though so mine have been fitted with the standard shocks at the moment. I think that's fine to do and the car genuinely rides and handles better than standard 😁

37 minutes ago, vrs'burks said:

Am i right in thinking even though they are 40mm springs the actual lowering is 25mm . . As the vrs is 15mm lower already from factory?.  

 

That's exactly how I understand it yes 😊

[esoxecosse]

Very tidy wagon mate