The rear dampers are a pretty universal design. You just find a shorter one from a light car and weld your spring platforms to it at chosen height.

You could lower the front platforms too,of course.

If you find shorter dampers for the front (off the back of a heavier car,with the bottom mount cut off),you'd then shorten and re-thread the strut to suit,but you shouldn't need to - and it may be best not to with a 6n sump..

I'm not looking at going too low, so sump issues shouldn't be a problem. Its ride comfort i'm concerned about, as well as cost (so call me a cheapskate!). As i've said, my cheap -40 is getting a little unbearable (as well as the top mounts wearing throught the damper thread!) so I want a similar low, but just more comfortable really

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I'm not looking at going too low, so sump issues shouldn't be a problem. Its ride comfort i'm concerned about, as well as cost (so call me a cheapskate!). As i've said, my cheap -40 is getting a little unbearable (as well as the top mounts wearing throught the damper thread!) so I want a similar low, but just more comfortable really

What? Have you just been winding people up for two pages? Its well known on here that you can run standard dampers on 40mm springs which,in my experience,gives a factory ride but with better handling at -40mm.

Cheap dampers are shocking. Get yourself some new standard ones,preferably the Billies I'm running.

No, I haven't been winding people up by silly low I meant -120. In looking for around a 60mm drop I should think. But the attraction of drop plates, besides the ability to keep standard ride, is that i can tailor the ride height to suit what I'm after too.

(as well as the top mounts wearing throught the damper thread!)

I've had that, turned out I'd left an extra washer in when I convertted from original early strut top mounts to single peice ones. The washer had sawn half way through the top thread when I found it.

Mine have just been a poor fit since new. Now I know about the 2p trick.

Prankstar do you know the dimensions of the rear stub axle holes please and do you have a drawing or diagram as this thread gave me an idea to help me sort a problem i have on my bready to do with clearance on the mk2 golf arches i put on.

thanks

I could measure them up, or I have a set of old drums your welcome too if that helps

yeah if you could measure the holes up for me distance between centres of top holes and distance between centres of bottom holes and then height from middle of bottom holes to middle of top holes i have done a quick pic hopefully it attaches.

also can you remember what bolt size they use M8 or M10 and would it be better to use stainless bolts or high tensile steel bolts.

thanks for the help.

rearstubaxleboltpattern.bmp

What are you planning on doing? Making some plates up? I can measure it up, bug the bottom holes are not as far spaces apart than the top (or vice versa). So may be hard to get it all v.accurate. Where are you located btw?

I live in Corby and i'm a fully qualified engineer and have access to all the machines i would need and i know how the bolt config is as i have already installed camber shims i just dont know the actual measurements between centres and don't want to go taking it all apart again to find out. and instead of making drop plates i'm going to make some plates to move the stub axle slightly forward by 10 to 20mm. the reason for this is because i have welded on mk2 golf arches they dont fit to the polo bodywork exactly central so my wheels are further back in the arches check out my thread for pics and so i want to move the wheel forwards in the arch so that i don't have tyre catching at the rear of the wheel and so that i can have wider wheels and they sit in the centre of the arch. Hope you understand and if you could get the exact measurements for me it would be amazing thanks.

Yeah mate, I get you. I'll try and get them measured up for you. Will pop them up on here when I have thm

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surely thats dangerous?

if it is feasible, then id want that plate triagualated to the rear axle, so it was nice and reinforced

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surely thats dangerous?

if it is feasible, then id want that plate triagualated to the rear axle, so it was nice and reinforced

I'm inclined to agree. ok so most of the forces involved are going to be up and down, but in hard conrnering, theres gonna be a fair amount of force applied sideways, across the plate, which i guess could bend it, if it wasnt thick enough. I would say its total overkill on a small drop like a 60/40 kit anyway. i'd be inclined to just use good quality std dampers. you'll just about get away with them on 60mm kit anyway.

40mm fronts and g40 25mm lower springs on std shocks is a good combo for a nice handling, yet comfortable ride. doesnt sit that low, but does sit nicely

With the right material, Design and reinforcement they're not going to bend.

But will the back part of the drum clear them bolt heads?

a friend of mine runs -5 deg plates on his mk3 golf estate, loads of camber and lowers the car a lot.

But there main reason is not to lower its to be able to wind the rear coilover back up into a better damping area while the car is still lowered. you can still obviously go silly low but you would need a way of matching the front ride height to look any good.

I have had a set made in 15mm steel plate which are pretty beefy, i did think about having two brackets made to support the plate overhang but haven't got round to them yet. And they will be going on my mk2 breadvan. And another set that i will need for my passat as well.

And they are not that expensive to make up.

cheers patch

The reason I want a set is because I want to tailor the rear height to the front without having to resort to super stiff coilies

Pictures? And how low are you going with them?

dont have a picture as of yet. will post one up soon.

Hopefully as soon as i sort out my front dampers i will try to get the polo pretty low down, but i only wanted to test them out really for when i have a set on the passat, I'm not looking to go major low on the mk2. just seeing if they do there job of keeping a good amount of damping in the coilover when there wound down.