Manufacturers spend lots of time and money for improving components of a car to satisfy their customers in many ways. It's a fact that not all the GTI owners want their cars to have a ground clearance of 7 or 8 centimeters (a clearance which is enough to hit a cigarette package of King Size). If you want more precise driving and cornering performance, sport suspension springs, stiffer and shorter shocks may be a good start for a healthy car suspension tuning. Most people tend to use their old shocks doing this, even their old suspension springs, buy cutting them.

For the sake of safety, NEVER cut your springs to get them to the desired ride height, just buy a new one or two pair according to your suspension system, thus you will have brand-new suspension springs which probably will meet your needs. Second: For a satisfying suspension tuning, it will be a good choice having shorter shocks to ensure your new, shorter springs work in harmony, if you can afford it.