lowering on 17's

1. Roper Established Member Joined: Feb 2006 Derbyshire Posts: 1815 Black 106 GTi Turbo

   #1 25th November 2006, 23:15

   hey today i fitted my Dezent type v 17's and i was thinking of lowering the car. how much you lower the car by? and how much arch work is needed to be able to lower it that much ? and yes i have tried searching for the answer lol. thanks in advance.
   lee
2. D_G_SAXO Established Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 1491

   #2 25th November 2006, 23:58

   i have lowered mine 60mm on my 17s and had to take the arches off and cut a bit of metal away if u can get hold of the saxo modding haynes manual then that tells u excatly what u need to do.
   
   i would say thre is quite a bit of arch work involved but nothing u couldn do urself mate.
3. Roper Established Member Joined: Feb 2006 Derbyshire Posts: 1815 Black 106 GTi Turbo

   #3 26th November 2006, 11:17

   cheers mate. is that one of them "max power haynes" manuals? if so, i aleady have one and just woundered how accurate the arch section was? so i just to do everything in the book.
   
   thanks again lee.
4. D_G_SAXO Established Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 1491

   #4 26th November 2006, 11:22

   yes mate it is one of those books and if u fallow it then u should be fine.
   
   glad i could help
5. Roper Established Member Joined: Feb 2006 Derbyshire Posts: 1815 Black 106 GTi Turbo

   #5 26th November 2006, 17:05

   cheers mate. rep.