KW V1 coilovers and eibach ARB's ordered

[Chan_P1_TDi_FR]

KW V1 coilovers and Eibach anti-roll bars ordered for my car. getting fitted on the 20th Jan by Star Performance in Kirkaldy, Scotland

Looking to get lowered by a min 30mm.

Anyone know low can you go without arch scraping issues with tyres?

 

[chrisboyle999]

29mm

 

[DanGB]

haha

its trial and error really. Ive had mine very low before, but was just too low. Depends what you will use the car for really ie; fully loaded/trackdays, and how many speed bumps are in your area.

V1's are great. I used to have the Eibach prostreet-S which were pretty much identical, nice ride. still comfortable. Im sure you will be very pleased.

Did you go for front and rear ARB's?

 

[Chan_P1_TDi_FR]

yeah, front and rear ARB's. hopefully tighten up the cornering.

 

[Chan_P1_TDi_FR]

how will the front and rear ARB's affect handling? I've been told quiet a bit. Is this correct?

 

[Cuprarob112]

The kw1 is perfect for a cupra and in combination with the ARB's I tried max. 50 mm and all was fine.
Since I don't use the Cupra for circuits I removed the arb's, imho. the car was getting too bumpy on bad roads (but if it's not your everyday ride it is more fun to drive)

 

[DanGB]

I have front and rear ARB's. The H&R stiffer variety. It has made the car alot bumper on roads, espeicaly on motorways it tends to bounce up and down a bit, the car is alot stiffer now.

After talking to people at Awesome, they recommended just a rear ARB, so was thining of removing the front one t some point but never got round to it.

 

[DanGB]

PS, I have no idea how much my car is lowered by, but I can measure the distance between the tyre and the wheel arch, And you wouldnt want to go any lower than that.

 

[jamiebennett81]

you wont be dissappointed to say the least

these alone were the two best modifications on my Leon (KW V1's are excellent quality!). ARB's IMO are the best modification (bar a remap of course)

 

[Chan_P1_TDi_FR]

Cheers for the advice guys. My tdi fr ride Is pretty harsh anyway so surely can't be worse than that. Wanted it lowered and car can understeer a bit, so hoping these mods will give me the two things I want from my car. Can't wait til the kit is fitted