Dropped the Wife's Dub

[jcuadrado]

Dropped the Passat using H & R Sport Springs...around a 1.7 drop in the back and 1.8 in the front....

Ride quality isn't as bad as I thought....much tighter in the turns....eliminated body roll....but you could feel the road bumps a little bit more..

Pics of Passat

 

[iamwiz82]

My lowered car has a bone jarring, bladder shaking, tooth filling loosening ride.

 

[Rogodin2]

Looks good!

I'm going to lower my Viggen, B+G Springs and Koni adjustables.

Rogo

 

[purbeast0]

My car is a 20th anniversary edition and came w/sport suspension on it, which is 1 inch lower than the non-20th anniversary ones.

my prevoius car I had dropped 40mm in rear and 60mm in the front. definitely one of the best things you can do to a car for the gains you get out of it.

 

[sygyzy]

I thought DUBS are big wheels. How do you drop a wheel?

 

[fleshconsumed]

You wouldn't want to lower your car if you live in IL because the roads are so bad. Hell, even having 17-18" wheels hurts you.

 

[jcuadrado]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
My lowered car has a bone jarring, bladder shaking, tooth filling loosening ride.

what car....how'd you lower it?

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: jcuadrado

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
My lowered car has a bone jarring, bladder shaking, tooth filling loosening ride.

what car....how'd you lower it?

Miata with Flyin' Miata Stage II suspension and solid bushings.

 

[deerslayer]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I thought DUBS are big wheels. How do you drop a wheel?

I think he's referring to a Volkswagon, also known as a VDUB (VW).

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Still on stock struts?

They will most likely blow out in short order as the valving in the stock strut was not designed for the abuse it will take.

I'm riding on Eibach progressive rate springs and Koni yellow adjustables. Add in the spherical rod end links with poly bushings and larger rear sway bar with poly bushings and it's a firm but great ride. Body roll is nonexistent.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I thought DUBS are big wheels. How do you drop a wheel?

Pick it up and let it go

 

[jcuadrado]

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Still on stock struts?

They will most likely blow out in short order as the valving in the stock strut was not designed for the abuse it will take.

I'm riding on Eibach progressive rate springs and Koni yellow adjustables. Add in the spherical rod end links with poly bushings and larger rear sway bar with poly bushings and it's a firm but great ride. Body roll is nonexistent.

Yep...still on stock struts...currently shopping for new though...now I'm leaning towards Bilstein Sports...

How long do you think the stock struts will last...of course if you could predict that play the lotto too...but just an estimate? The car/struts have/had 60k miles on them.

 

[PaNsyBoy8]

Originally posted by: jcuadrado

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Still on stock struts?

They will most likely blow out in short order as the valving in the stock strut was not designed for the abuse it will take.

I'm riding on Eibach progressive rate springs and Koni yellow adjustables. Add in the spherical rod end links with poly bushings and larger rear sway bar with poly bushings and it's a firm but great ride. Body roll is nonexistent.

Yep...still on stock struts...currently shopping for new though...now I'm leaning towards Bilstein Sports...

How long do you think the stock struts will last...of course if you could predict that play the lotto too...but just an estimate? The car/struts have/had 60k miles on them.

Did you install the springs yourself? Its generally a better idea to do both at once so you don' have to pay twice to get it installed, but if you installed it youself, no worries there, just time.

i rode on bisteins and neuspeed sports, 2in drop all around on my golf, and it felt fine. i'm now on coils but bilsteins are great and i'd definately recomend them.

 

[Mashed Potato]

Did you really drop the car orrrr......

 

[jcuadrado]

Originally posted by: Mashed Potato
Did you really drop the car orrrr......

yeah I did...the photochop was to see what it would look like...

it was actually dropped on Monday....good catch though

 

[Mashed Potato]

Originally posted by: jcuadrado

Originally posted by: Mashed Potato
Did you really drop the car orrrr......

yeah I did...the photochop was to see what it would look like...

it was actually dropped on Monday....good catch though

I remember looking at the photochop post, I was going to attempt but you already had a few people who did it. The car looks good though, nice job.