Lowering My Car

**Turn10** · 09-07-2008 07:59 PM

What and how would any of you recommend on lowering my car. If there is any information like what brand would you say is the best and what do I need.

What's all I should Purchase:
Cost of it all: (I have the 18 inch rims on order from OZ they are sick)

Any help or comments are greatly appreciated.

OZ

Also just remembered because of the other thread, are there any replacement lights for the reverse lights?

**06B7audiA4** · 09-07-2008 08:35 PM

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=213313

**akasch** · 09-07-2008 08:53 PM

you can get lowering springs(cheapest), coil overs(pretty expensive), bags(I'm guessing ridiculously expensive), or just cut your springs (dirt cheap but extremely extremely extremely not recommended haha)

**autoverruckt** · 09-07-2008 09:20 PM

do a search. Topic has been beaten to death. I will add my 2 cents: Labor will be the same whether you just get springs (~$250) or spring/shock combo (~$800) or coilovers (~$1000). All the same stuff has to come out and then back in no matter what choice you make. Labor can run $250 - $700 depending where you go!

Getting just springs - ok if labor is $0 and don't plan on keeping your car long.

Spring and shock - no adjustability but many don't care and just want to remove fender gap. Running aftermarket wheels with non-oem offsets 'might' have potential rubbing issues.

CO's - adjustable, highly recommended. I would have gone this route but took a gamble on my oem shocks and lost.

**Turn10** · 09-07-2008 10:04 PM

Ok sorry about adding this thread, I should do a search from now on.

**muffinman** · 09-07-2008 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by autoverrückt

do a search. Topic has been beaten to death. I will add my 2 cents: Labor will be the same whether you just get springs (~$250) or spring/shock combo (~$800) or coilovers (~$1000). All the same stuff has to come out and then back in no matter what choice you make. Labor can run $250 - $700 depending where you go!

Getting just springs - ok if labor is $0 and don't plan on keeping your car long.

Spring and shock - no adjustability but many don't care and just want to remove fender gap. Running aftermarket wheels with non-oem offsets 'might' have potential rubbing issues.

CO's - adjustable, highly recommended. I would have gone this route but took a gamble on my oem shocks and lost.

haha, i remember that

unless you plan on doing the labor yourself, don't bother wasting money on springs. do it right the first time and get coilovers

take it from another person who had to learn that the hard (and expensive) way.

**Turn10** · 09-07-2008 10:08 PM

Yeah thanks for the advice I am now going to look at coil overs, I dont like the CO stuff however. I will do all my homework before I make a purchase. Currently looking at KONI coil overs. Thanks for help.

**toothysaw2** · 09-07-2008 10:53 PM

love my koni's, but i think given another go i would get stasis street sport. they are basically the same, but stasis has a spacer on the rears. koni's are very low in the rear, so careful bout rubbing.

**Mike@Startup** · 09-08-2008 10:16 AM

1. Decide what you want to spend.
2. If you have over 50kmi, chances are your shocks are worn, & lowering springs will blow the shocks soon
3. If you just purchase a spring/shock non-adjustable combo, find out what it rides like, & the actual lowering it gives. It might be to high, or to low, & you are stuck with it.
4. Adjustable coil overs give the best range, you can adjust all you want, & change it when you want. You will also get the best performance from this route.

Just be careful, you can go "cheap" now, then 4-6mo later you will most likely have to replace shocks, or something else, & then pay for the labor twice, end up spending way more then if you just for a mid-range coil over kit in the first place.