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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: parrotveasey81 on 03 May 2009, 17:40
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just joined today after looking on hear for the past two weeks but cant find any info on coilovers,what i want to know is are the cheap ones any good,i want my car as low as pos but i also drive fast and hard on road so it needs to take the bumps as well.i dont mind a hard ride but i want them to last and not brake after a year or so,my car is a e reg gti 8v with big bumpers 17"wheels and has been lowered but by how much i dont know(the back is lower then the front)on roundabouts the front scrub a bit and on big bumps the rear scrub so i know i will need the arches rolled(any one know ware i can get this done in or around bradford on avon)and im thinking of fitting polybushes all round(have read that some of you dont like them but when i fitted them to my r19 16v they made it feel a lot better and it feels like the golf has started to move around abit on the bushes and they will last longer and be easy to fit)will get some pics up when i can.only had the car two weeks and all ive done is clean it,put my old wheels on,light spoiler and a gear linkage kit.
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I'm on a budget and dont have lots off money like a lot of you have,if that makes me a bad person then so what.this is y i like offroading more then smart cars as they are more friendly and more polite and helpful.all i wanted was some advice as you can buy cheap coilovers on hear for about £180 and if they are that sh:t then y sell them on hear.(a mate did say that most vw,audi and seat forums are stuck up but thought i would give it a go so would someone come along and prove him wrong) and some help would be nice as there seems a lot of you brought the coilovers I'm on about
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Cheap coilovers arent worth the money unless your happy to put up with a terrible ride and never going down bumpy roads along with some dubious weather protection. From experience, stay away from FK Highsports, they are shockingly bad and dont consider coilovers unless you have a spare £500 knocking about (IMO).
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if was you i would buy a weitec ultra gt kit, they do various different ride heights and are really really good value for money plus they are 100% better than cheap coilovers.
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thanx for the reply,what make should i be looking at around £500 and how low can i go and still have good cornering,i know thy say -40 is the best for handling but would -60 or -70 make it that much more difference as i love the way it just sticks to the road but i want better looks.i need to find a compromise between looks and handling as i like the euro look but cant see that if i went all out euro it would handle right
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well i rate weitec very highly, remember they are a division of kw so the quality is superb, i've personally never had a mk2 lowered 70mm but i would imagine it would be an absolute nightmare to live with, i have however had a mk2 lowered 60mm and it was alright but my current golf lowered 40mm runs rings around it. Bilstein and koni are also very good but can get quite expensive. a weitec kit at 40mm is only about £330 and i dont think the 60mm is much more.
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Welcome to the site. Weitec are great value for money. Also Supersport are ok for the purpose.
Please forgive Sharpie he is our special needs poster but can sometimes be funny.
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If your on a budget, go for the cheap coilovers they are ok for the money.
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I'm on a budget and dont have lots off money like a lot of you have,if that makes me a bad person then so what.this is y i like offroading more then smart cars as they are more friendly and more polite and helpful.all i wanted was some advice as you can buy cheap coilovers on hear for about £180 and if they are that sh:t then y sell them on hear.(a mate did say that most vw,audi and seat forums are stuck up but thought i would give it a go so would someone come along and prove him wrong) and some help would be nice as there seems a lot of you brought the coilovers I'm on about
ive got the cheap coilovers if you dont mind a hard ride there ok for the money
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Best thing you can do to improve you're handling and lower you car is ditch the 17's for 14/15's. MkII's feel so much better with smaller wheels and IMO look alot better. They also excelerate faster, tyres are cheaper and you can drop it further on your coilovers when you get them fitted. I know this because I had 17's on my MKII when I bought it and the best mod I've done so far is fitting the BBS RM's. Welcome to the site there is alot of good people on here so don't get to impaient it is a bank hol you no!
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id definatly drop wheel size to maybe 15" and ive got a variation of the £189 set on ebay been on for about a year they are perfect to get the look i want which is low, and i dont think the ride is that harsh, id say my £300 spring/strut 40mm set weitecs on my seat ibiza are worse.
my car is off road during winter and i reguarly spray a lubricant over the threads/springs so its all still nice and free, although once im using it properly i dont expect this to last so best find the right stance before they seize.
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I've been running the budget coilys for about 2 years now. In short
* They were better than 23 year old f**ked shocks
* They make driving down the motorway at high speeds very uncomfortable
* You can't drive over speed humps at any speed (not because of the height, but the rebound)
* Driving down anything other than a smooth surface is pretty hard
* 2 years on from fitting, they aren't much worse, but its hard to get any worse
My advice, steer clear, I've had them on a lot longer than most folk on here and have a pretty rounded experience of them.
As people have said, get the Weitecs or save £800 and get Koni coilys.
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the AP coilovers are from the kw/weitec stable, just a budget brand seem to be around £325. but for that money, id be using the weitec gtn kit.
http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pages/products/product_info.mhtml?product=3876990 there the same price. and go as low as youd ever need
g-werks will probably be cheaper too
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thanks for that seems like its just one di*khead,well hears the pics of my golf but it needs a new osf wing,doors and tail gate spraying.i will go for a set of 15" or 16" wheels as and when i can find the right ones(money/style)what i would like to get in the end of it is a car that looks and goes the same if that makes sense(bro has a supra with body kit,big wheels,re trim and boot build but its only a 3lt manual non turbo so has the so and no go)my car is a daily driver but Ive driven lots of sh:t cars so dont mind a hard ride but if it dont take the bumps then there's no point and i dont mind if they seize as once they are set thats how they will stay.well i would post the pics but cant work out how to,so help would be good
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this is what i'm about to put on my car
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p18/rsturbophil/my%20cars/06052009661.jpg)
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p18/rsturbophil/my%20cars/06052009662.jpg)
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p18/rsturbophil/my%20cars/06052009663.jpg)
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i had the hottuning ones on my golf last year. For the money they were the best. Ride was abit harsh though, but it handled very well imo. I am going to buy them again although if i had the money id buy something different.
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weitec all the way!!!
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weitec all the way!!!
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quality is 100% well the box is as thats as far as i have got with it till saturday :grin: :grin:
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weitec all the way!!!
+2 much better quality.
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are jamex coilie's any good?? better or worse than hottuning??
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???? still dont know,cheap or dear shame you cant try before you buy.just ordered some polybushes so will fit these and see how it goes,if all goes ok then i will save up for some fully adjustable ones then it would just be a case of playing with them to get it how i want.any pointers to how i up load pics.
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have a read of this, it helped me out, pretty straight forward
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=85911.0
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what do i put on the threads of the coilovers to stop the screw seizing up ??
any ideas greatly welcomed :wink: :wink:
if i use grease the sand and road crud will stick to it :undecided: :undecided:
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what do i put on the threads of the coilovers to stop the screw seizing up ??
any ideas greatly welcomed :wink: :wink:
if i use grease the sand and road crud will stick to it :undecided: :undecided:
I used copperslip but have also heard people using waxoil.
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I used copper slip too. Motorbike chain wax is recommended though.
But if they are valuable ones, get a set of shock socks to keep them dirt and moisture free!
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i use waxoil, seems really good so far!
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I used copper slip too. Motorbike chain wax is recommended though.
got gallons of chain wax :) i'll give that a go
But if they are valuable ones, get a set of shock socks to keep them dirt and moisture free!
skint now , payed a fortune for good coilovers :grin: :grin: :grin:
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I put a big thick tonne of it on - all the dirt on the road sticks to it though! eBay used to have tones of coil over covers on there. They're only simple bits of plastic/nylon/polyester sheet - but it would keep the grit from sticking!
And come MOT time, most testers think the shocks are leaking because they're covered in black crud.