it will look better when lowerd, and for £50 its a bit of a bargain mate
Don't lower it too much or it will look like your suspension's collapsed. Can't stand cars where you can't see the top of the tyre in the rear arches, looks absolutely f**king ludicrous.
About 2cm between arch and tyre front and back looks spot on - in my opinion of course.
forget the 5 door haters
lower it 60mm front an back.
your dad thinks lowering rear is unsafe because it rubs arches hard if you hit a big bump. thats because you should ideally buy aftermarket dampers to counter this problem. will firm up the rear to stop body roll and stop your tyres being destroyed on the arches if it happens.
if you get new alloys make sure you only go as wide as a 195tyre with alloys to suit. i found 205 tyre scrubs on 5 doors especially if you have 16 inch alloys and thats at standard height.
^^ my point exactly - one day you'll look back on it and see what I mean.
Lowered is fine, too lowered just looks silly ie: once any part of the tyre is covered by the arch.