Lowering your Golf is an essential step in improving your VW's handling and appearance. Drop spring kits are available from a variety of different manufacturers including TEIN, KW Suspension, H&R, and Eibach and are the perfect choice for high performance Volkswagen street applications.

Installing lowering springs can provide a substantial improvement in handling. The center of gravity of the VW will be lower, which will allow the four tires to stay more evenly planted to the ground. Lowering a VW is more involved than just installing shorter springs. It is usually necessary to readjust the camber on the front and possible the rear suspension since it will change when the VW is lowered. Generally, a VW should have a full alignment after lowering the suspension. Although lowering a car will usually improve handling, lowering it too much will not allow for enough suspension travel, or stroke. The vehicle may bottom out on the suspension (suspension reaches full travel) or the chassis may actually hit the ground, leading to loss of traction and possible damage to the underside of your car.

When lowering your VDub, you must consider what type of driving conditions the car will see and what lowering springs drops are appropriate for you. If you significantly lower the car, you will need stiff springs to limit the suspension travel and prevent bottoming out.  Drop springs are available from a 0.75" front drop in the H&R OEM style springs, all the way to a 2.7" front drop with the TEIN S.Tech lowering springs.  Coilover kits can slam your Volkswagen up to 5.0", an alternative to lowering springs.  Read more about those advanced springs in our article on VW coilovers.

Even if you're new to installing your own lowering springs on your vehicle, don't let your level of expertise cause to you miss out on some of the great new lowering springs being made available to the general public. It used to be that you had to know somebody who knew somebody to get your hands on quality suspension springs and even then you had to be prepared to pay a high price tag. Today the playing field has been balanced out just a little so that whether you're under the hood of one of the best or just enjoying a Saturday in the garage with your fixer upper, you can put some quality lowering springs under there that speak for themselves when you're on the road or belting around the strip at the speedway.  Here at Extreme VDub we carry all of the top brands in Volkswagen Golf lowering springs.

You owe it to yourself to experience the difference in good lowering springs make. Not only do you get closer to the ground, which creates a tighter hug in high speed curves, but there's a noticeable reduction in movement over rough terrain, which any Volkswagen driver can appreciate.