Hello, I own a 2001 skoda felicia combi and because I love styling and tuning, I have starter tuning my skoda. But I have hit a stumbling block. I can't find springs with which I can lower her.If anyone can help, my e-mail is [email protected]

Every information is useful so please if you have anything that can help me please contact me. Thank you

Hi mate, and welcome to the forum. There are many UK websites where you can get lowering springs. There are quite a few makes. On this site you will see springs listed for your car. Most lower 35-45mm but you are probably best getting shocks too as the increased stress from the lowered springs on the standard shocks will kill them.

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You can buy Koni shocks from a few places too. The ultimate suspension for the felly is the HP sporting coil over conversion which alot of people are wanting but its £350, whicj for coilovers is cheap and the quality of design is supposedly very good.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Al

Here's the thing.I'm not from UK.So even if I wanted to buy them there they probably wouldn't ship them to me.I was thinking more of a alternative springs.I heard that maybe golf or polo 6n might fit but because I'm on a budget I cant afford to experiment.So if anyone has any info please let me know.Thank you Skoda-Msport, but that unfortunately didn't help me much.

...If the springs are not designed for your car you wont really see any handling benefit. Could really damge your car.

Generally people buy and fit lowering springs that have been developed for the car they want to fit them on because they have been tried and tested. Its not really recommended to either chop the existing springs or fit springs from another car, specially without uprating the shocks too.

...Although there has been talk of Fiesta MK3 XR2 coil overs being adapted to fit.

the suspension on the felicia is totally different to any of the VW cars (cuz its a skoda not a vw) so non of the others are guna fit.

were are you based???

I really don't understand.My 2001 skoda felicia combi has a 1.9 liter diesel engine.The same engine Golf III has.The same parts.Everything.My skoda's engine and Golf's engine are completely the same!Lowering springs from Golf III fit skoda fabia just as well as she was a golf.Why will it not fit mine skoda?I really don't understand anything anymore.I'm from bosnia.Will anyone please tell me how much do felicia's original lowering springs cost and can anyone ship them to me by post or any other way?

the felicia is based on the skoda favorit, witch was designed before vw took control of skoda. when vw took control, they started to put vw engines (but not gear boxes) in skodas.

so the only part of your car that is vw, is the engine, and some of the electric switches.

the fabia was designed after the vw takeover. so vw used one of there cars to base it on.

hope this clears the matter up a little for you.

...Also the Fabia mk1 is based on the Polo chassis which is slightly altered. Its the Octavia which is based on the Golf chassis.

try "motorsportworld". they are a very friendly company who may be willing to ship to bosnia if you ask them? they are the cheapest as well for felicia lowering springs!

M-sport fella, have you a link to get myself a set of HP coilovers? was quoted £500 from Gaz but thats more paletteable... anyone know much about them, i.e. are the racing bred only or would they be comfortable enough to ride on-road?

cheers, and sorry for thread hi-jack!

Jhm butt-co lists them as £350 but that's in old catalogues online.

I know HP have a website but for the life of me I can't find it now...

Lowering springs from Golf III fit skoda fabia just as well as she was a golf.

aiy tis true, i reckon the front springs would fit yes...

strangely enough i reckon you could fit the subframe assemlby from a mk3 golf onto a fabia chassis too which could open up engine transplant possibilities like vr6 etc:O

Jhm butt-co lists them as £350 but that's in old catalogues online.

I know HP have a website but for the life of me I can't find it now...

got mine from butts.

the HP site is HP SPORTING hope you can read cz.

so how do you find them on your car, what do they ride like. and, importantly, how low do they go?!

wouldnt these work in a hatchback? Gmax / Lowering Springs / Felicia exc Estate 10/94>3/98 -35mm / Euro Performance Car Parts

the hp set say they lower the car up to 40mm (in three steps) but i think this as an average, cuz the back looks lower than -40mm and the front is a bit higher. there fine to ride on, i drive it to work every day with no broken back.

aiy tis true, i reckon the front springs would fit yes...

strangely enough i reckon you could fit the subframe assemlby from a mk3 golf onto a fabia chassis too which could open up engine transplant possibilities like vr6 etc:O

no tom!!!!!! down!!!

No one considered home made coilovers?

Rallydesign etc sell adapters for struts- cut off springplate and weld on adapters.

then you can get different rated 2.25" springs to alter the rates.

Using Gaz shocks may be plan to give damping adjustment along with the height control of the adapters.

As an added advantage- the very small spring platform would reduce possible fouling of wheels that were a different offset...

No one considered home made coilovers?

yeah, i've look at that, naff idea!!

Why buy homemade coilovers when you can have HP sporting ones for £350 (which is damn cheap for coilovers) and they are rally/race bred adjustable too.

yeah, i've look at that, naff idea!!

Take it the Q felly will have a set then?

HP sporting ones sound good!

the HP ones ent adjustable in the normal sense. they have three set platforms not the normal threaded design. this means you cant slam it right to the ground, so you have to have the car set up pretty much as HP want it. but, HP do know what there doing with a felicia and they set it up for the best handling.

the HP ones ent adjustable in the normal sense. they have three set platforms not the normal threaded design. this means you cant slam it right to the ground, so you have to have the car set up pretty much as HP want it. but, HP do know what there doing with a felicia and they set it up for the best handling.

...There are 3 different settings on them arent there?

the HP ones ent adjustable in the normal sense. they have three set platforms not the normal threaded design. this means you cant slam it right to the ground, so you have to have the car set up pretty much as HP want it. but, HP do know what there doing with a felicia and they set it up for the best handling.

Sounds interesting...

I'd always fancied threaded coilovers so I could slam a car for a show, then wind it up a touch for track/drag thrashing, then have a rideheight somewhere about -35mm on stock for day to day road driving

yer three positions.

the hp set say they lower the car up to 40mm (in three steps) but i think this as an average, cuz the back looks lower than -40mm and the front is a bit higher. there fine to ride on, i drive it to work every day with no broken back.

pah. i can get 40mm if i sneeze hard. not low enough :thumbdwn:

back to the drawing board...