In the past I've had a creative engineering narrowed beam & standard rear spring plates lowered 2 splines.The ride was a bit poo if I'm being honest. Are drop spindles a better idea on a stock beam with adjustable spring plates just to lower it a bit to make it less boat like? I still want to be able to drive it comfortably. I've found this set up on ebay & wondered what you guys think. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-KOMBI-...802abc9&pid=100204&rk=1&rkt=1&sd=272017846234
its been discussed several times before.. generally the drop spindles add to the track. if you then run lower offset as most aftermarket wheels seem to have, this'll move the wheel even further out in the arch which may cause rubbage, hence why it's popular to fit these along with a narrower beam. if you have just the spindles on the front, you'll have stock ride but less travel (ie likelyhood of tyre hitting the arch, especially if you have oe balloon tyres). spindles alone won't make any difference to "boat like" handling - you'll have lowered the CofG slightly but you'll still have the same spring, damping and anti-roll bar rates. adjustable plates on the rear - yes this is preferable to rotating the splines IMO.. suspension is complex stuff - you won't find any quick / cheap fix out there.
Bargain! Whatever route you take you have to reduce the suspension travel as there's not so much room for the wheels. So whatever route you take you will have to stiffen the suspension and compromise the ride comfort. It's a fashion thing, it depends what you'll put up with for the looks.
