Hello!

Over the years I have noticed how loads of people on various forums have lowered their cars themsleves...I have read guides and everything but am still not confident enough to do it.

Is there anybody here who does it for others at a good price? There is no way I am paying the prices at the garage, lowering is just not worth it then!

I am based in Birmingham..a few beers and a couple of quid should cover it! It is a VW Lupo 1.4s btw...just looking to see if I can get a hand,have not ordered anyithng as parents say I am just wasting money on cars!

Thanks,

Irfan

Suspension no a Lupo is surprisingly easy to do! Shame your so far away or else I could have been more than happy to help.

Cheers dude.

It's just that if it is wrong then the car be mashed! I have never seen anybody do it before, just pictures really. Still no upto it though, its too crucial a thing to mess up!

mate go for it, i had never done anything majour to a car and never even looked at suspension but i did it fine, its very very easy :) gd luck

I'm on my way to Wolves now Higgo!

mate id be more than happy, since doin my own I've done a mk4 golf, lupo, bora, another mk4 polo and a corsa so id be more than happy to help, just chuck in a crate of beer or sumat :)

woah you must be quite the expert now!

Are you close by to Chemix?..to get the camber etc done...don't wanna drive home to Brum and noticed my tyres are poop when i get back!

yeah theres a chemix not too far with a tracking flat bay, I'm not back from uni till the 12th which is a slight pain in the behind but after that i would be more than willing to do it for you matey

Cheers Higgo..I will keep you posted then! YEAY!

Any idea how much a set of coilies are for the Loop?

Cannot see any PhilJ's for Lupos..

I want to lower the car with my standard wheels..I like this look!

Anyway is 60mm too much with the steelies?

Seen some -40mm springs which are pretty cheap!

nah mate 60 will b sweet, i shall ask my mate where he got his from, they were off philj tho I'm sure, send him a pm n see what he says!!!!

and we can always ajust it to suit, thats the beauty of coilovers :)

Having second thoughts on coiles dude, as 60/60 is what I want, I will never want to go lower as roads round here would not let me!

PhilJ coiles for the loop £205 + 15 postage

Gonna PM him about Springs and shocks kit, if he has them they should not be more than £130 + 15 postage, what do you think? As I am certain I would not want to go lower than 60/60....have you fitted these kits before?

Cheers!

nah but i know how to, its pretty much the same, if not easier i believe, i had never fitted coilies b4 and now I'm a pro ahaha lmao, i can get help of a mate who has done it anyways, but its up to u mate, i would defo go coilovers, what if 60/60 leaves massive arcg gap and u can go lower!!! u will b pissd, or 60 may b too low!!! coilovers are best bet imo!!!

Ok cheers Higgo,

done a pic request on Club Lupo so hopefully I will get to see what height would suit me!

Also how easy is it to adjust coilies once they are on?

Thanks.

Ill come and help, give me a text if this goes ahead dan

There is no rush on this project, Higgo do you have Jan exams? I got a feeling I will have some spare time after them..thanks Dan!

Btw so far people are saying get coilies!

definately get coilies i have them on my lupo and me and higgo fitted them a few months ago,iw ould be happy to help aswell,the camber would be easy to sort anyway i did it on mine atr work and had no trouble since,pm me if you wanna know any more

yeah yeah no worries dan and rich u guys can come give us a hand, or just make cups of tea hey Dan lol

erm i have exams in jan yeah, after then tho i could come back up home for the wekendno probs, wld b nice to come back again anyways, so yeah defo mate just let us know, and do get coilovers :)

Wicked guys!

Will keep you posted..coilies should be coming in the next installment...you know, that one for all my text books...:)

Edited 30 November, 200817 yr by AK47

thats why we have student overdrafts!!!! :)

wikid mate

Higoo what do you say to new top mounts? PhilJ says that they wear over time and if we are replacing the legs we may as well replace them anyway..what you think?

Dude I am only going for it because I have a Mr Fitter! Otherwise no way would I do it!

ask rn1988, i dnt think we changed them, how many miles you are car done?? they normally fine, i neva bothered either, my mate did when we did his bora but on all the other cars we did we neva bothered, he just wants more money outa u hehehe

:)

haha thats what I thought so thought it would be best to ask the expert..

W plate 2000, 66k miles.

should b ok tbh, how much do they cost tho for the sense of peace of mind???

id change them tbh the car is geting on for 8/9years old so might aswell,literally like 2mins to change them while they are off the strut and you would have to take the old ones off anyway so it would probably save time