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Title: Which Coilovers?
Post by: monzablue16v on 11 February 2008, 23:31: Hi all,

Looking at some coilies for the truck (mk2 16v Golf) not sure which ones to go for. I'm not going to spend a fortune looking around the Ã‚£250 mark really.

got these 3 on the bay any other suggestions?

Janspeed (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Janspeed-Suspension-Coilover-Kit-VW-Golf-MKII-MK2-NEW_W0QQitemZ110223403758QQihZ001QQcategoryZ40192QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
hottuning (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-COILOVER-VW-GOLF-MK2-ADJUSTABLE-SUSPENSION_W0QQitemZ250213315598QQihZ015QQcategoryZ40192QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Generic ones! (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Coilover-Suspension-Kit-VW-Golf-Mk2-Mk3-Corrado_W0QQitemZ320215008904QQihZ011QQcategoryZ40192QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Title: Re: Which Coilovers?
Post by: russ-vdub on 12 February 2008, 17:09: ebay number : 260018514045

i have these and i have never had any issues at all! really good damping and not too harder ride.. adjustablitly is awesome also, can go very loww if you want :)
Title: Re: Which Coilovers?
Post by: russ-vdub on 12 February 2008, 17:11: sorry for got to say if you notice you ones youve picked all have two different spring sizes which i was recommended to avoid. the ones above are just a single spring which imo makes for a smoother ride
Title: Re: Which Coilovers?
Post by: richw911 on 12 February 2008, 19:21: Eibach :wink:
Title: Re: Which Coilovers?
Post by: [han] on 12 February 2008, 19:27: Quote from: monzablue16v on 11 February 2008, 23:31
Hi all,

Looking at some coilies for the truck (mk2 16v Golf) not sure which ones to go for. I'm not going to spend a fortune looking around the Ã‚£250 mark really.

got these 3 on the bay any other suggestions?

Janspeed (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Janspeed-Suspension-Coilover-Kit-VW-Golf-MKII-MK2-NEW_W0QQitemZ110223403758QQihZ001QQcategoryZ40192QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
hottuning (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-COILOVER-VW-GOLF-MK2-ADJUSTABLE-SUSPENSION_W0QQitemZ250213315598QQihZ015QQcategoryZ40192QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Generic ones! (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Coilover-Suspension-Kit-VW-Golf-Mk2-Mk3-Corrado_W0QQitemZ320215008904QQihZ011QQcategoryZ40192QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

speak to reuben at tuningwerkes scott.. i paid Ã‚£280 deliveredfor my coilies and im pretty sure mk2 ones were same price :)
Title: Re: Which Coilovers?
Post by: Simeon on 13 February 2008, 22:38: I fitted the Hottuning ones to my mk2 16v last week and they are a very good piece of kit for the money imho, although I would recommend reusing the original nuts holding the top mounts on. Handling is far better :)
Title: Re: Which Coilovers?
Post by: BobbyT on 14 February 2008, 08:11: hey mate, do you have the nuts off the hottuning ones still? i could do with two from the back ones if you could send them to me, will paypal you for the p & p and the nuts! :wink:
Title: Re: Which Coilovers?
Post by: Mikester on 14 February 2008, 23:14: HOttuning are the tits, and are as good as any other brand really, bargins!
Title: Re: Which Coilovers?
Post by: Janspeed on 24 February 2008, 23:17: Hi,

To be honest we rate our kits slightly above the quality of the Hottuning units. Ours are a european made unit as opposed to a far east based product. Our warranty is held in house, so should the worse occur we are equiped enough to deal with the problem. You will note the alloy adjusters on our units are silver as oppsoed to anodised blue.

I hope this helps. We are trying to delvier a quality product and great service at an affordable price. We are about to unveil a new program of suspension that is far superior to the current UK market place. News will follow soon.
Title: Re: Which Coilovers?
Post by: MarkS on 25 February 2008, 18:13: I have a similar amount to spend on suspension soon.
Will these kits offer improvements over standard GTi handling? More or less so to a similarly priced shock and spring set up?
I really want a set of coilovers but can't stretch to the higher end ones :sad:

Not too bothered about ride comfort cos I'm 'ard :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: Which Coilovers?
Post by: russ-vdub on 26 February 2008, 13:38: handling will be improved ten fold. i have some mid range coils and they do me fine.