okay, so my girl has a vr6 jetta and i would to know what are the best springs or a cheap setup to lower her car, im not trying to spend alot of money on it now i just want it to look a bit lower

http://www.dbcperformance.com/category_s/1228.htm

Pick your poison. You SHOULD go with a new set of shocks just because yours are probably starting to wear. You posted in the MKV forum and you most likely are talking about a MKIV being a vr6 ;) I'll move it.

How much do you want to lower it? Remember if you get just new springs your struts are going to wear before. Ever think about looking into coilovers? There are a bunch of different brands at various prices.

Shawn

i was looking at the same thing he was, but coilovers are alot more expensive than just getting lowering springs. unless you know of some for less than $1,000

You can find a few different sets for $500 and below. There are racelands, rokkors, FK streetlines, Vmaxx just to name a few.

Shawn

do you have any links? hopefully i can order some soon and get them installed before my trip. my springs squeak like an old mattress. it's not good.

http://www.dbcperformance.com/category_s/1228.htm

Pick your poison. You SHOULD go with a new set of shocks just because yours are probably starting to wear. You posted in the MKV forum and you most likely are talking about a MKIV being a vr6 ;) I'll move it.

my bad, but i was in jetta owners club when i opened it thanks bud

How much do you want to lower it? Remember if you get just new springs your struts are going to wear before. Ever think about looking into coilovers? There are a bunch of different brands at various prices.

Shawn
ngp racing sells spring with a new strut for it is says about 40 mm

I have to find a link but once I find it I will post it up.

Shawn

Rokkor's are the cheapest on the market right now, $289 shipped: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Rokkor-Coilover-Kit-for-VW-Golf-Jetta-IV-Mk4-Beetle_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33590QQihZ008QQi temZ180476722637QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

how badly do coilovers/lowering springs affect the ride? i've heard that lowering it too much causes an entire fabrication overhaul.

does anybody know anything about that?

def dont need an overhaul lol. most everyone i know with a vw is on coils and in the dirt and no fab has been needed for any of us.

Racelands will drop her as low as she'd ever want to go.

On the Mk4, to go really low, you may end up losing the front sway bar. If you want to go super-duper-dumped-scrape-the-ground low, I've heard something about flipping the control arms over. But I'm guessing that's not in the cards lol.

so if i were to just put 1.5" lowering springs on my vr6, no fabrication would need to be done to make them fit?

No there shouldn't be any problems with that.

Shawn

so if i were to just put 1.5" lowering springs on my vr6, no fabrication would need to be done to make them fit?

None what so ever, I'm dropped 1.5" on my VR6. It's sad really, my wheel gap is still too big :(

can you take a picture of your wheel gap? i'm curious to see how much space you still have.