so how much is it lowered by right now? 30mm? 40mm?

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Black T'99 Gti - may she rest in peace - written off in a shunt on the A329m

Um, pass. How high should the car be and at what points on the body would you measure? if i had to hazard a guess i would say it was lowered by more than 30mm, but it would just be a guess.

The rear tyres also seem to be too close to the rear mud guards with barely enough room to get your fingers between the wheel and the arch - which struck me as slightly odd.

Chuck that idea out the window.
There are very good mods out there you just have choose well! i.e hybrid ARB

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thats the thing, the better bits cost less or the same as genuine

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If i was doing it on the cheap i would do this.
Motaquip wishbones
Chuck a peugeot partner wishbones bush on each one (Replacing the motaquip)
Bilstein B4 fronts
Eibach springs
B4 (zx spec) rears or genuine zx volcane shocks
cheap 21mm torsion bars (from here second hand)
Solid mounts from daveyboy or birk
new top mounts
New tre's Lemforder ones

Rebuilt beam from Mechanical repairs or jord with the new shocks and tb's.

Beam set to -20mm
Front at -30/-25 ish (springs)
If you can get a hybrid arb then i would as they are one of the best mods you can make.

If you were trying to spend less again then the same minus the Torsion bars i would say. Solid mounts work out cheaper than rubber ones and are supposedly better. I'll get back to you on that one when i rustle up enough miney to sort my suspension

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thanks for the advice guys, i'll let you know how i get on!

I'd stick with this idea. Get some standard springs and sort out a good rear beam and when fitting it all replace bushes where needed after inspecting everything.

There's no point in bolting on a load of stuff that someone on the internet tells you is better than standard. Get it back to how it should be and see what you want to change, if anything.

People on here are too quick to recommend all these parts yet half of them are only repeating what they have read or been told and havn't actually driven a car with this setup. I know I have driven loads of Gti6's/Rallye's and am yet to find one that has been lowered or messed that drives or handles better than a good standard one.

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Whatever floats your boat mate. It's horses for courses really. I've driven my gti with all of the 3 main setups. Standard, then down to 60mm drop on coilovers and at its current ride height of 30mm drop on eibachs and a hybrid arb and zx volcane billy rear dampers which imo is by far a superior setup compared with standard for fast road abuse. A lot of people on here will concur.

But as said, whatever floats your boat.

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Black T'99 Gti - may she rest in peace - written off in a shunt on the A329m

I think most people will agree that refreshed or updated suspension makes a vast improvement

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I see where your coming from for sure but my shopping list, or whatever we want to call it
Is mainly based on the following:
My car needs new suspension NOW its literally at the point where I shoot it.
Peugeot bits are expensive, especially from Newport, particularly when Bilstein shocks cost not a lot more or the same price depending on spec
I'm going off the fact that the ride in my car is so s**t at the mo that coilovers are probably more pleasant. so a subtle drop and all new parts, even if there are thicker and stiffer bits will be a lot better.
Rear mounts are stupidly priced too and getting solid ones ( which I like the idea of) allow me to pour more money into the other bits.

finally I intend on keeping my car for a very very long time, even when I get something new and faster it will be kept as a track car or whatever. so by renewing it all I'm protecting my (sentimental) investment. plus I figured if its getting supercharged then I might as well sort the other bits out first.

its still meant to be a road car though, which is why I've tried to keep it fairly sensible and stayed away from 30mm arbs and tbs that are too thick. I'm kind of going off the basis that 10s of people have had the exact same setup as what I'm going for too so I'm not really sweeping into the unknown
I can't really be arsed to get new Peugeot /oem stuff first either. I don't have the time to
work on my car that often and when I can its in Wales and ill need to be in London within the next day or two.
I agree with that though it would be much more ideal to experience a new oem setup and go from there. but I like to think I've kept the setup fairly balanced so it shouldn't change too much.
its basically just stiffer front and back by a similar amount. with dampers that probably aren't as soft but are still matched. As I say pretty much every component at the moment is worn, the rear mounts click when you get in the car. the top mounts and bearings knock, the wishbone bushes cause a strange sensation when you lift off that feels like you lose grip for a second. droplinks are naffed too. everything has done at least 22k since I bought it and god knows what before. anyway I'm rambling now....

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