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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Gavo1989 on 28 April 2012, 17:17
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Ok rite so ive done abit of a search and came back with a few ideas but need more advice..
Basically ive got a budget of about £250 can anyone reccomend me any farily decent one? ill be replacing the top mounts and drop leanks too at they bush inside them has wore.
any help apriciated.
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You can't go wrong with JOM's in that price bracket'
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joms £150 now i beleive from dpm and 2 year warranty :cool:
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can probably scrape £300 any ones used v-maxx?
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you can have my used fk highsports with topmounts and bearings (genuine vw/lemforder) for £200.
(also got a spare front coilover which would be included)
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thanks for the offer but i think id prefer new.
anyone used these http://www.venommotorsport.com/manufacturer_product.php?manufacturer=FK&category=Suspension&product=AKCoilovers
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Deffinitly joms mate for the price there well worth it then you can put the spare cash towards something else !
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well said i agree :smiley:
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any ideas what elses i would need? cant go too low due to the wheels i have. changing wheels is not an option either really. i need something pretty stiff on the back? would i need uprated drop links?
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i take it your all on about these?
http://www.venommotorsport.com/manufacturer_product.php?manufacturer=JOM&category=suspension&product=BluelineCoilovers&make=VW&model=Golf%20Mk%204
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Why would the wheels effect how low you can go? What's wrong with them!
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back wheels are 265 lol. porsche :grin: they rub now thats why i need new sus asap, and im having 5mm shaved off my adapters to try and bring them in abit
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265 is a lot of tyre! What width are the wheels?
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I guess they have to be 9.5J or 10J?
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yeah 9.5j buddy, see whay its a problem lol
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I'd go with a 225 or or 245 on a 9.5j that way you have the Clarence to lower it and stop the rubbing. You could even put a bit of camber on to help as well. :wink:
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What suspension set up u got at the moment cause if its scrubbing already coilovers are not the answer !
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rite basically its on some ancient jamex lowering springs, but i think its near enough collapsed. my drivers side had dropped alot compared to passengers. Im getting the engineer to take 5mm off the adapters to bring it in abit, also i will change the tyres to 245 if they will go on, to thats an extra 15 mm it will come in. This should be enough to bring it inside the arch. it only just catches the tyre. Theres plenty of clearence around the reat of the shocks etc.
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All of that souls help, the front is another story. VW made it
A complete ball ache to get the mk4 low!!
Depends on how low you want to go you may need a new anti roll bar, maybe a chassis notch and all that but lower it first and take it from there
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i dont want it super low like, just tastefully lowered, just enough to look nice but not over the top to fook up my tyres.
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That's what I said once lol!
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Yours is still practical having the stance solutions kit though lol
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any ideas lad's :undecided: sort of stuck here lol, providing i can get the tyres in ok you recon jom's will be ok? like i said dont need to go too low :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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That's what I said once lol!
i will second that :grin:
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I've had JOM's and TA technics in that price range and they are the same thing, I've also had AP's and found them way to soft and bouncy for my likely. If I was buying coilovers again I'd have JOM's with out a doubt.
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Buy cheap buy twice I had TA Technics/JOM and they are crap to crashing and gave a very harsh ride changed to KW and wot a difference
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KW are rubbish i had them on my e46 bmw one spring snapped after 8K and front shock was leaking, very poor.
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KW are rubbish i had them on my e46 bmw one spring snapped after 8K and front shock was leaking, very poor.
Sounds like you were unlucky But i think a lot of people would disagree with you on KW being rubbish as i know many people running KW and love them
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KW are rubbish i had them on my e46 bmw one spring snapped after 8K and front shock was leaking, very poor.
Sounds like you were unlucky But i think a lot of people would disagree with you on KW being rubbish as i know many people running KW and love them
i no quite a few people who have had problems with KW. I will never buy expensive coilovers again.
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I put cheap on first and ruined the ride and they were so harsh the only place I put them and that's the BIN