Mk3 - Raising the suspension

[mattk89]

Hi guys,

I'm thinking about raising the suspension on my mk3. The reason being I live in London and the little council-built mountain ranges that litter the roads are killing me. I have to crawl over every single island hump or it sounds like i'm shredding the bottom and I can feel the pain. I would have thought about an inch or a little bit more would do it for most of the speed bumps. Is this a straightforward and affordable job on a stock mk3? And I was wondering if anyone else has raised their car for any reason?

Cheers

[abarber]

Hi,
Are you sure it's not be lowered? Many Mk3s have been. Standard they ride pretty high, certainly no problem over any legal speep bump.

[Shaw Tarse]

It's the first time I've see this question asked

[mattk89]

It's very possible it had been lowered before I bought it. It got so bad that I buggered up the heat shield on the cat and had it removed. It's very rare I'll go over an island bump without a scratch and that's just me in an empty car.

[Shaw Tarse]

mattk89 said:

It's very possible it had been lowered before I bought it. It got so bad that I buggered up the heat shield on the cat and had it removed. It's very rare I'll go over an island bump without a scratch and that's just me in an empty car.

Have you got pics?
(I had a mk3 on Eibachs & it was rare I had problems.)

[mattk89]

Unfortunately it's not a great angle but the only shot I have on my computer.

[roddo]

It's been lower'd
Fit standard springs and do the geo...

Paul