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Offline davemk4

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best suspension for £350.00 ish
« on: 18 December 2012, 21:09 »
wont be wanting to slam the golf and want a 35-40mm drop with a firmer ride but not a back breaker plus summit that wont fall to bits in 6 months. ive seen the JOM collies and seem really cheap!! but anyone had experience with H+R suspension kits?  any advice or reviews be good? :smiley:
2001 mk4 GTI 1.8t AUM. k&n induction kit with customer heat shield, 3'' TIP, Forge 007P, Stage 1 map, N249 bypass, 3'' downpipe and decat, 2.75'' Jetex cat back non res, Koni shockers and H&R springs 35mm, dimpled and grooved disks front and back


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Re: best suspension for £350.00 ish
« Reply #2 on: 18 December 2012, 21:42 »
thanks for the link. are these really hard though?
2001 mk4 GTI 1.8t AUM. k&n induction kit with customer heat shield, 3'' TIP, Forge 007P, Stage 1 map, N249 bypass, 3'' downpipe and decat, 2.75'' Jetex cat back non res, Koni shockers and H&R springs 35mm, dimpled and grooved disks front and back

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Re: best suspension for £350.00 ish
« Reply #3 on: 18 December 2012, 21:45 »
Mate depends how low you go if you take a huge drop doesnt matter what coils you ahve it will be hard some better than others obviously... But these will be better than Joms and i dare say H+R there is good reviews for many cars for the highsports They are mid range coils!! sadly you get what you pay for mate

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Re: best suspension for £350.00 ish
« Reply #4 on: 18 December 2012, 21:55 »
im only dropping about 35mm-40mm as im keeping original 16'' alloys and york full of bumps and potholes so i want a comfy ride (ish) still.
2001 mk4 GTI 1.8t AUM. k&n induction kit with customer heat shield, 3'' TIP, Forge 007P, Stage 1 map, N249 bypass, 3'' downpipe and decat, 2.75'' Jetex cat back non res, Koni shockers and H&R springs 35mm, dimpled and grooved disks front and back

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Re: best suspension for £350.00 ish
« Reply #5 on: 18 December 2012, 22:02 »
Then get lowering springs and shocks mate you will get a near normal ride and drop about 35mm front and rear a set of eibachs lowering springs is about £100

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Re: best suspension for £350.00 ish
« Reply #6 on: 18 December 2012, 22:30 »
Ill defo be getting a proper uprated shocker and spring kit as no point lowering on 10 year old shocks
2001 mk4 GTI 1.8t AUM. k&n induction kit with customer heat shield, 3'' TIP, Forge 007P, Stage 1 map, N249 bypass, 3'' downpipe and decat, 2.75'' Jetex cat back non res, Koni shockers and H&R springs 35mm, dimpled and grooved disks front and back

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Re: best suspension for £350.00 ish
« Reply #7 on: 18 December 2012, 22:35 »
exactly mate if you just want that kind of drop avoid coils mate

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Re: best suspension for £350.00 ish
« Reply #8 on: 18 December 2012, 22:42 »
Cheers :-)
2001 mk4 GTI 1.8t AUM. k&n induction kit with customer heat shield, 3'' TIP, Forge 007P, Stage 1 map, N249 bypass, 3'' downpipe and decat, 2.75'' Jetex cat back non res, Koni shockers and H&R springs 35mm, dimpled and grooved disks front and back

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Re: best suspension for £350.00 ish
« Reply #9 on: 18 December 2012, 23:05 »
a set of eibachs lowering springs is about £100
is what i bought along with 4x Bilstein shocks, its the best set-up for the mk4 golf apparently  :tongue:
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