Originally Posted by HDDP
If I were to do it again, I would shave the rear spring pads to 50% of their original thickness while you have the springs out... Leave the fronts as is...
ANDREW, do you have any suggestions?
DG
Not Andrew, but there was another thread that referenced the spring pads...apparently there are a variety of thicknesses, so if you have one of the thicker ones, you could swap it out for the thinner ones. Here they are:
Front:
A 210 321 01 84 (5mm)
A 210 321 02 84 (9mm)
A 210 321 03 84 (13mm)
A 210 321 04 84 (17mm)
A 210 321 05 84 (21mm)
Rear:
A 210 325 01 84 (5mm)
A 210 325 02 84 (9mm)
A 210 325 03 84 (13mm)
A 210 325 04 84 (17mm)
Originally Posted by brent245
But the alignment definitely needs to be adjusted If I was to lower the car?
Brent,
You will definitely have to do an alignment. lowering the center of the wheel in the wheel well by modifying the suspension changes the toe, caster, and camber of the wheel alignment. When I lowered my VW's and MB's in the past, I drove at least 2K KM's (1,200 - 1,500 miles).
G/L as this is one of my future mods as well.
~ Jess