Mk1 Suspension (fast road)
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Mk1 Suspension (fast road)
The only thing I would say is that you may find the Bilsteins a little softer than you were hoping for. Ride and handling will be great, though you will still get some body roll, which the stiffer Konis would minimalise.
Personally, I like the damping on the firm side, so would go for the Koni adjustable kit.
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want to have a matched set really
black 5 door mk1 GTD
mk1 scirocco Gli in bits
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I'm still undecided but I think I may go for the Eibach / Bilstein combo, on the basis that it'll be better quality and I can upgrade later…
Decisions decisions!
Cheers
Rich
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mcscrew said
I think I may go for the Eibach / Bilstein combo, on the basis that it'll be better quality and I can upgrade later…
If you know you are going to upgrade later, why waste the cash? :dontknow:
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AL_Mk1 said
mcscrew said
I think I may go for the Eibach / Bilstein combo, on the basis that it'll be better quality and I can upgrade later…
If you know you are going to upgrade later, why waste the cash? :dontknow:
Well standard shocks are all in for ?82 delivered, whereas the sport ones are ?398. At the mo cash is a bit tight, although I do see your point that I am effectively wasting ?80.
Overall I'm a bit concerned that the Koni setup isn't very good quality, and won't last. Am I being too harsh on Koni?
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I would be more concerned about the standard ones at ?80!
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Yer I'm swaying back towards the Konis again…
I'm going to grab some lunch and ponder some more
Rich
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dubboy said
I don't think I would have coilovers for track use only. What's the point as you will not need to vary ride height from track to track that much?
Sounds like you already have a decent set up and I would add the Eibach springs and top adjustable Konis.
Dubboy coilovers are not just for setting ride height ! the reason tey are adjustable is to set te corner weights up if they were all set the same height when someone gets into the car it will lean over towards where the weight is but if the car were being used for track days you would likely need to wind the springs up on that side to get the ride level and weighted right.
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Also, in case anyone wants to replace their dampers but keep the ride height stock, do check out www.motorsportworld.co.uk as they do a whole set of Bilstein dampers, made to OEM specification, for ?82 delivered (as mentioned above).
I'll let you know how I get on with my new suspension too
Cheers for now
Rich
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Will post some pics in a bit…
[edit]Just measured the wheel centre to arch edge (metal not plastic) and it is 300mm… Standard GTI 340mm? so guess 40mm drop it is…[/edit]
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Cheers Jamie
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One thing I forgot to do was to cut off this little blob of metal on the bottom of the front shock inserts - it did say so in the instructions but I wasn't 100% sure at the time whether that was a good idea.
Before I chopped them off (with a hacksaw) the car would bottom out at the front just by me leaning on the wing - now it's much better, despite the piece I removed being pretty small (10-15mm long).
If you do strip them then this is worth checking IMO
HTH
Rich
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Basically if the cars for track use only then I'd go for a quality set of coilovers if they're within budget.
The principle of coilovers isn't so you can slam your car into the ground, its to enable fine tuning of the chassis. The slamming bit is just a bonus.
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