alloys or lowering

[ibiza staff]

hi guys need advice... i want some octavia vrs (17s) wheels for my ibiza, i also want it lowering about 40-60mm. thing is i carnt afford both at the same time and its sometimes a struggle to find the wheels. what do u think i should get first? i was thinking the wheels and drop it and let the springs get used to the wheels. or should i do the lowering 1st? by the way its on standard 16s at the minute cheers

 

[neilo42]

hi guys need advice... i want some octavia vrs (17s) wheels for my ibiza, i also want it lowering about 40-60mm. thing is i carnt afford both at the same time and its sometimes a struggle to find the wheels. what do u think i should get first? i was thinking the wheels and drop it and let the springs get used to the wheels. or should i do the lowering 1st? by the way its on standard 16s at the minute cheers

me i would go for it lowering first transforms the look so much,you might like it with the wheels you got now......

 

[AndrewJB]

Yeh agreed lower it , the car will look different lowered and you might stick with the wheels youve got


i would say get coilovers aswell , then you can go really low , most people who lower it 40-50mm then decided to go lower

 

[ATP]

lower first... or your car will look like its on stilts

if there are wheels for sale and you cant afford both, get them and store them until you can afford the springs... leaves you time to get them refurbed if needed

 

[Altech]

I'd say lower it first. I put alloys on first and my car ended up looking like a monster truck for a few months!

 

[ibiza staff]

cheers guys,good points. anyone know what these are like http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PI-Lowering-S...s_SM?hash=item2555796c23&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 not really sure how much i wanna lower it yet . its basically a standard silver 04 fr, with a cupra front bumper n soon to have a lcr splitter. still got original fr 16s. any ideas how low??

 

[dervpower]

There what i'm looking at lowering wise, so would also be interested to know.

I'd also defiantly say lower first, then wheels!

 

[DamianPM]

I would always lower it first as once you put bigger wheels on it'll look like it needs lowering even more.

Damian @ DPM Performance

 

[Philleuh]

I would say lower it first it looks better when it's lowered then a car with wheels without lowering

 

[techathy]

If you're changing the tyre radius & not going for height adjustable suspension then lower second, this will let you get a better idea of what ride height reduction you want. I've seen people sell out £400 plus on suspension only to spend the same or more 6 months latter because they fitted the bigger wheels after & it looks too high.

 

[neilo42]

cheers guys,good points. anyone know what these are like http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PI-Lowering-S...s_SM?hash=item2555796c23&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 not really sure how much i wanna lower it yet . its basically a standard silver 04 fr, with a cupra front bumper n soon to have a lcr splitter. still got original fr 16s. any ideas how low??

those only go down about 45mm not much realy for the rear of a ibiza..i just fitted coilovers to mine and took it down 65mm ,but could go down a little more for it to look right....