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Offline 16valve

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Re: Konis / Weitec's or ...... ?
« Reply #10 on: 04 November 2005, 10:34 »
C&R do a comfort kit with mk3 top mounts and different bump stops .. so hopefully it wont be too bumpy otherwise little woman will have a go for ruining a perfectly good car  :grin: 

Will keep you informed and hopefully get some pics on my sig, lowered with different wheels, if i ever get the tyres £Â£Ã‚£'s :shocked:

If i transfer my visa to a new card i'll get interest free credit, but then i'll have two cards to abuse!!! But new shiny stuff, Mmmmmm Shiny Golf stuff  (where's the dribbling smiley?)   :grin:

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Re: Konis / Weitec's or ...... ?
« Reply #11 on: 06 November 2005, 09:27 »
am thinking about saving up for the same kit myself so be sure to let us know what they are like as dont want anything too harsh riding.

by the way how much extra were the comfort kit & the poly bushes ? are the konis top adjustable front & back, and what is it thats different about the bumpstop ?

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Re: Konis / Weitec's or ...... ?
« Reply #12 on: 06 November 2005, 12:45 »
am thinking about saving up for the same kit myself so be sure to let us know what they are like as dont want anything too harsh riding.

by the way how much extra were the comfort kit & the poly bushes ? are the konis top adjustable front & back, and what is it thats different about the bumpstop ?

Hopefully this set up will be really good, as everyone used to say Konis with Eibach springs were the one to choose..

I have read in the Golf mag in Q&A's a while ago that C&R had developed a comfort kit out of different vw parts (not sure from which model), so when I ordered they suggested it might be worth considering as I mentioned  I needed to retain some comfort which set me back £110.

The fronts are only top adjustable, but I think he said you can adjust the rears but not in the same way - so maybe off the car or wheels off? I would have paid more attention had I not been at work pretending to be busy with urgent work related matters hence the could you shut the office door and give me a minute routine  :laugh:

Aslo ordered wishbones and bushes and some other bits recomended to renew the steering of a 15year old 'Classic' car (thats what the g/f called it - which I quietly liked)

Ordered all of above on Thurs just before lunch and it arrived minus the Konis on Friday,so hopefully they will be here midweek and I can get fitting i'll be armed with the digi for some greasy fingered pictures  :grin:

Dave

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Re: Konis / Weitec's or ...... ?
« Reply #13 on: 12 November 2005, 10:51 »
Have fitted the Konis and looks better already it wasnt as diificult as i imagained and i've been told it will settle down more when i start to use it, which will be next week as my company pick goes back  :cry:

Have driven it round the car park at work (where it lives) and it feels so much nicer and it didn't seem bumpy or harsh and the best thing - it sits level! Before surgery it seemed to point up in the air like it was trying to take off.... although it had an original rear shock and only half a bump stop, and only one front shock had been replaced so it was all over the place, so much for a car thats been serviced properly all its life!!!

Will post pictures up ASAP  :laugh: