decent mid range suspension setup

[Tucker]

Mine has been dropped 40 on 15's, no rubbing or anything, not sure what with tho as it was done before I got the car, nice ride to

[Gambit]

do not go lower than 30mm. u want the wishbones to be as near to the horizontal as possible - otherwise it f**ks up the handling

Eibach 25mm are as close as you can get to the horizontal

Koni Yellow's/ Eibachs & Eibach ARB's along with braces will make a car go rounds corners like it is on rails. and also be more than driveable on normal roads.

also, keep an eye out for et25 alloys. they help widen the track a little and make it a bit more stable

[Adam-D]

so eibach 25mm springs
set of strut braces
and koni yellow shocks

sounds like a list

dunno what ofset my current wheels are 

[Gambit]

put ARB's on your list. these are an essential

[Adam-D]

opps missed em out lol

so eibach 25mm springs
set of strut braces
and koni yellow shocks
eibach arb's


are they called koni yellow or do they have a diff name?

[Gambit]

yeah they are known as Koni Yellow. they are fully adjustable

keep an eye out for Bilstein fully adjustables also, they are just as good

[VeeDubGTI16v]

you have to get the rears for a corrado if you want the top adjustment

[philadams16V]

I'm interested in uprating the suspension on my 16 valver.  So its the corrado rear koni yellows that are required for adjustment not golf? And wot about the fronts?  Also wot are eibach arb's ?  Cheers

[Alexg40]

You cant expect to lower a car 100mm on coilovers and retain ride quality. It just isn't going to happen. There simply isn't the travel in the springs to cushion the bumps.

I dont expect to be able to nail my 16v everywhere I go, it's a trade off against the look that I want to achieve.

On uprated ARBs, I would say that in my experience, anything that reduces body roll is a double edged sword....yeah in the dry your car will handle like it is on rails, but in the wet you are on a knife edge and you better have quick reactions because when the back decides to let go you aint gonna have felt it coming.

I have to drive my 16v extra cautiously in the wet. Again, it's a trade off.

For everyday use and fast road driving you can't beat a Koni/Eibach set up for value and performance. That's what I use on my G40 and it handles awesome (no mean feat for a Mk3 Polo) and a few mates use the same set-up on Mk2 GTI with excellent results.