ADVICE ON LOWERING MK1 GTI CAB.....

EVENING FELLOW MK1 LOVERS,HOPE EVERYONE IS WELL TONIGHT. IVE ONLY JUST SIGNED UP AND THIS IS MY FIRST POST. SINCE IV OWNED A FEW MK1 IN MY TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT TIME I SIGNED UP. CURRENT ONE HAS BEEN WITH ME FOR 8 YEARS NOW AND IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I LOVE IT,AN WOULDNT EVER WANT TO HAVE TO PART WITH IT. AT MOMENT IM DRIVING A BLACK MK1 GOLF GTI KARMANN CAB WITH HAS BEEN BASICLY TOTALY REBUILT OVER THE YEARS. ITS HAD EVERYTHING FROM PETROL TANK,FILLER NECK,FUEL PUMPS TO A BRAND NEW 8V ENGINE A WHILE BACK.`IVE TRIED TO KEEP IT TOTALY STANDARD OVER THE YEARS.THE ONLY MOD ITS EVER HAD IS A K&N PANEL FILTER,THIS WAS DEFF A GOOD BUY. ONE OF THE REASONS I SIGNED UP WAS TO GET SOME PROPER ADVICE ABOUT MK1 GOLFS FROM GENUINE PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THERE TALKING ABOUT. RIGHT,HERES A QUESTION I REALY NEED SOME ADVICE WITH, SO IF ANYONE CAN PLEASE HELP I WOULD BE EXTREMLY GRATFUL.   
                                   IVE FINALY GIVEN IN TO TEMPTATION AND DECIDED TO LOWER MY GOLF.I JUST NEED ADVICE ON WHAT SORT OF SET UP TO BUY FOR BEST RESULTS. IVE SEEN 2 DIFFERENT TYPES AVALIBLE. FIRST THERES THE SETS THAT HAVE GOT SHORTENED DAMPERS AN LOWER SPRINGS. THE SET IVE BEEN LOOKING AT LOWERS THE CAR 60mm FRONT AN 40mm ON REAR. THE OTHER TYPE IV SEEN ARE HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE COILOVERS. IVE SEEN SOME GOOD QUALITY SETS OF THESE AT LOW PRICES ON E-BAY. I WANTED TO DROP IT,FIRM THE RIDE UP AND GENERALY MAKE IT FEEL MORE SPORTY TO DRIVE. ANYONE GOT SOME SOUND ADVICE FOR ME….  THANKS
                                                     PAUL. 8O

welcome to the site

my advise would be to buy the better quality stuff

the cheaper coilovers on ebay some people like and dislike and they are just a cheap set! if you know what i mean

i bought i cheap springs and shock kit and really disliked them just really rough, really hard ride things like that

just (this weekend) fitted a set of FK highsports with i am loving at the minute. nice ride, not to bounce, lowered about 80mm all in all i am impressed and glad i spent that little bit more

alot to do with suspension is personal prefrance, if you have a bad back or loose fillings i'd defo do some research into the more branded stuff like FK, wetec, Gaz, spax

it's a mine feild out there and everyone will tell you different stories

hth

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