Since swapping to the GK5 from the GD, I have been toying with the idea of fitting rear wheel spacers and lowering springs mainly to remove the slightly 'gawky' look the car has particularly from the rear. I fitted the wheel spacers some months back and also started deliberating which springs to go for.
I ruled out anything more than a 25mm drop as this would compromise the ride too much and risk damaging the car on speed bumps. The choices for the GK are extremely limited and one of the most common sports spring manufacturers Eibach don't list springs for the GK.
After a lot of research online and particularly on the US Fitfreak forum I decided to order Swift Springs from the US, they have a drop of 1 inch at the front and 0.9 inches at the rear. The Swifts are sadly not available in the UK and by anyones standard not cheap and neither was the carriage, VAT and import handling, they took a couple of weeks to arrive.
They have been on the car for 2 weeks now and I have had the alignment done and covered about 400 miles. The ride is only slightly firmer but less choppy and bouncy, the car feels much more 'planted' on the road and turn in is much sharper, overall I'm very pleased.
Best of all the stance of the car looks great, it doesn't look obviously modified and unless you knew the Jazz model well, you really wouldn't notice anything different until you compare it with the standard car.
