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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: welshgar on 15 June 2006, 20:00

Title: KW variant 1 coilovers??
Post by: welshgar on 15 June 2006, 20:00

does any one have any Good/bad points/info about these?

im thinking of getting them as i can get them at the same price as konigs....but to be honest i dont think i would ever adjust the damping after it has been put on the car, sooooo these are the next option!!

what do people rekon?? any good, or get the konigs??

BTW i keep being told that in the last few weeks prices for fk, spax, bilstein etc have gone up... this is why the KW's have come into the equation.

anyone??? :undecided:

Title: Re: KW variant 1 coilovers??
Post by: Essex on 16 June 2006, 16:20

i've heard good things about them to be honest.

and if you check out http://www.essex-vag.co.uk awesome GTI are offering discounts.....

Title: Re: KW variant 1 coilovers??
Post by: GazB on 16 June 2006, 18:16

I heard that FK are going up by about 20% too :cry:

As you said too, once my coilovers were on and set up I never adjusted them

Title: Re: KW variant 1 coilovers??
Post by: welshgar on 16 June 2006, 20:58

Quote from: GazB on 16 June 2006, 18:16

I heard that FK are going up by about 20% too :cry:

As you said too, once my coilovers were on and set up I never adjusted them

yeah, a bit too much bother really, esp for a daily runner..... my only concern with fixed dampers is that i might not like the set up!! too hard, too soft ??  :undecided: 

ive heard the kw are a good bit of kit but 'fixed damping'?? i dunno..would it be worth getting the konigs for the flexibility??

Title: Re: KW variant 1 coilovers??
Post by: GazB on 17 June 2006, 12:45

On my coilovers the softest setting is hard as f@ck anyway :laugh:

The  settings on most coilovers seems to range from hard to hard as f@ck  :grin:

Title: Re: KW variant 1 coilovers??
Post by: welshgar on 17 June 2006, 18:19

 :grin: hahaha, oh well.... bone crunching around the roads by me will continue then...

it'll just be Lower  :evil: :evil:

Title: Re: KW variant 1 coilovers??
Post by: GolfGL on 17 June 2006, 23:54

Could try the koni fsd dampers instead as like gazb said coilovers are all hard

Title: Re: KW variant 1 coilovers??
Post by: welshgar on 19 June 2006, 10:06

Just one final question, does anyone have any comments about GAZ coilovers?? their read up sounds good, but so do they all!!

they are all zinc plated to prevent corrosion etc etc and are both types ajustable.... decent prices and can be rebuilt

anyone  :undecided:

Title: Re: KW variant 1 coilovers??
Post by: GazB on 19 June 2006, 17:54

Apart from seeing adverts for em, I know nothing

Title: Re: KW variant 1 coilovers??
Post by: welshgar on 19 June 2006, 22:18

i might get them just for the name  :grin:

nah, only kiddin, im gonna look in to them a bit before i decide :smiley:

Title: Re: KW variant 1 coilovers??
Post by: welshgar on 20 June 2006, 21:20

right then, i ve made my mind up and ive got a set of Weitec hicon tx on order.......

all i got to do now is get all my bushes sorted etc and im away....at  :smiley:last