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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Splinter on 18 April 2005, 15:10
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I'm after some FK AK coilovers this week for GTI16V. I've just tried AwesomeGTI at £299.99 but they have at least a two week wait for the next delivery at the moment, was even going to collect them today.
Anyone know anywhere else with them in stock for the same price? I'm after them pretty quickly unfortunatley, & want to fit them by the weekend while I fix my anti-roll bar, etc.
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www.venommotorsport.com
tel 01254814444.
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Cheers, tried the website already today but its under construction. :undecided:
I'll give em a ring 1st thing in the morning though
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Ordered from Venom Motorsport today :smiley: Arrive later this week. :grin: Will post before & after pics when done :laugh:
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I was thinking of getting this kit, please let us know what its like, quality, fitting and handling
I understand its not as good as the more expensive coiover kits but it looks like a good deal.
Ta
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Look forward to seeing the results :)
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Dam delivery delay from Germany for FK's from Venom, won't get them till about Wednesday next week now. :undecided:
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I was thinking of getting this kit, please let us know what its like, quality, fitting and handling
Right then, got the kit on the Wednesday two weeks ago (as promised by Venom at £349), and since done 1200 miles with the kit! (was on holiday in N.Devon)
Took me just over two 'steady' hours that night, to fit all four corners. Only problems occured was one VERY stiff nut and bolt on lower drivers side, which was a killer to get off, all the way along the thread. General tools I used & recommend (but forgotten the sizes I used now) ratchet spanner (very handy) ring spanners, HEX sockets (lessen the chances of rounding any stiff bottom nuts), WD40 (loosen nuts and coat protect damper a little), 1 metre long steel tube (to put on end of ratchet for stiff nuts!) spring compressors (for rear springs) jack, (and piece of thick wood/floorboard to sit the car wheel on once lowered to remove jack!)
I also took a few stage by stage piccies of the right side front & back replacement. ....BUT lost my £250 sony camera while on holiday with me 2gb storage card, which put a major dampener on my holiday for a few days (GUTTED!) :cry:
From the bottom of the thread material to the upper base nut (where the spring sits on) I set the front to 50mm distance, and the rear to 40mm. This sits the front nice and low, and the rear slightly raised stance. Although you may need a tiny amount of adjustment afterwards, (5-10mm or so)
My brief summary; :smiley:
Fitment: No problem with the kit what-so-ever. 10/10
Quality: Weld quality good. Good coated springs, thread quality good. 8/10
Instructions: German
Ride: You now feel every bump, but after a few miles, I don't think the springs are too harsh at all, but the dampers rebound more quickly (as you'd expect) 8/10
Handling: With my family 'in tow' everywhere I've been,I've not had chance to 'rail' it yet, but its certainly improved loads. 8/10
Value: Cheapest coilover on the market, I think it has 'optimum' damper setting, so no real need to adjust them like the others have, (unless you're Touring at Donington!) 9/10
Very nice to pay the extra £50-£60 over standard ones and have the ability to adjust the height to perfection with C spanner included.
One picture saved before losing camera, sorry I haven't got any more
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/mrchrisdavies/DSC00258.jpg)
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Oh yeah. Get one of these too. I got by without, but these probably make life a lttle easier when tightening things back up.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=633&item=3879806160
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Here u go. Piccie of me little car yesterday evening just before the sun went in. Not superlow, but shows the height I've now set it at with absolutley no arch catching on 17's, even with people in the back. As you can see, about to start some bodywork smoothing & welded badboy bonnet :smiley: Car looks a bit higher now I've taken arches, sideskirts, and front splitter off though. Arches could easily be modified if you wanted to go lower as tyre catches at the centre of arch when lower
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/mrchrisdavies/withFKAKs.jpg)
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lOOks damn good to me! But it doesn't half lOOk weird from the front, with no splitter. What type and where d'ya get the wheels? Found out one my OZ 15's is buckled. The car is lowered, so was going to try 16's, so i don't get any scrapage, but yours wheels lOOk well tasty.
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I best put splitter back on soon its been off for a week or two now! was going to colour code bumper over the weekend, and not sure about splitter coded too.
The wheels are 17" Audi S-Line's. You can get em here: http://www.autoalloyz.co.uk/ (very good firm, highly recommended, quick)
In the flesh, they look a bit better than the RS4's, but in pictures you can hardly tell difference.
Nearly all the wheels on that site should look good on golf. I maybe should have gone for Audi TT 'Chunky' 5 spokes as they look harder, like below. 16's won't catch and my 17's don't catch either now, but I had to increase height a little.
(http://www.autoalloyz.co.uk/5%20SPOKE%20POLISH.jpg)
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Hello.
Glad you have posted your pic off car on site helps alote im doing exactly the same as you.Have bought fk coilovers going on fri morning on my p reg 3 door mk3 golf. I also have 17" on mine i am planing to take plastic arches off as well i understand they come off easy have looked at other helpfull views off people. One question when you take front arch off did you cut the small block off that is attached to arch that starts the door trim thing im sure you know what i mean. So you would recomend 50 at front ant 40 on back to start with then go from there. Thanks for any help CHEERS. Where do you live it looks like kent to me  ÂÂÂ
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Kent! ...miles away, Derbyshire
I wound AK's down to a lower setting when fitting to give me more room, then back up to 50/40 as an alright start point, but may have adjusted 5 - 10 mm, at the most, since then.
Each plastic arch is a doddle to remove by HAND (no cutting!) Just drill off the heads of the three rivets, and loosen/remove by hand, pulling mostly from the lower wing area (where the holes are on my bottom pics) You then need to replace (steal!) the 'bump' strips on the wings from a 3door non-gti to cover the holes, carefully removing the long rear one with 'GTI' written on. Pointless explaing it all cos its really easy.
I've got some tasty side skirts to go on, I got the pair for £10, but I like the look with no side skirts at all. Smoother. :cool: I'm gonna paint em green, then see what they look before I properly attach them.