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General => General discussion => Topic started by: JakeGTI on 25 September 2006, 15:21

Title: what suspension???
Post by: JakeGTI on 25 September 2006, 15:21: hi,

i have a mk 4 golf gti, recently fitted a set of 18's, now its time to lower the car. now i need to know whats the best suspension set up i can go for?
i want to keep the smooth ride, but don't want it to scrape. do i go for full on adjustable coil overs? or should i just go for uprated shocks and springs? need some advice please?? what does every one put on a mk 4 golf??

any advice please?

Cheers people.

Jake
Title: Re: what suspension???
Post by: Fielder on 25 September 2006, 15:45: Coilovers friend. You get what you pay for. Also means you can lower and raise the car, a little bit of arch scrub never hurt anybody but the MOT tester. So being able to raise the suspention come MOT time is a massive plus. You also have huge performance advantages ontop of that
Title: Re: what suspension???
Post by: JakeGTI on 25 September 2006, 16:01: but which coil overs mate? just height adjust or fully adjustable? my brothers got a mk3 vr6 with a set of FK fully adjustables, n they are the dogs!! but a bit expensive! just wanted to know if a cheaper option would be as good?

Cheers
Jake
Title: Re: what suspension???
Post by: johntheboy on 25 September 2006, 17:17: looking at this aswel. I personally wont want to slam the nuts off my car when i fit sum 18s i just want to have it low enuf so it doesnt look like an x5!! so i dont know what people think for me! However if you want to pretty much slam the car then id get coilovers jst incase u need to carry a heavy load or like said, mot time. not sure of prices but i think youl be looking 3-500 quid?? feel free to correct me if im wrong. And sorry i cant advise you what makes are good or bad.

regards,

john
Title: Re: what suspension???
Post by: GazB on 25 September 2006, 21:16: I had spax rsx on mine and they were cool and easy to adjust on the car
Title: Re: what suspension???
Post by: JakeGTI on 26 September 2006, 11:53: how much did you pay for the spax? were they coilovers or just some uprated shox? iv been lookin about n you can pick up some fully adjustable coilovers for bout the Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£500-600 mark, but ideally i wanted a cheaper option? dont wanna be scrapin the arches, just wanna fill em n stop the HIGH-RIDER look!!

Cheers for the help tho lads.
Title: Re: what suspension???
Post by: GazB on 26 September 2006, 19:56: The Spax RSX are fully height and damping adjustables, cant remember the exaxt price as I sort of got em for nothing on a bit of a scam :lipsrsealed: