hottuning warranty

[VW Mel]

Are you all running the Raceland jobbies from hottuning?

My ones are made by TA technix, think they're over a year old now and they're still like new!! I can freely adjust them without slapping on half a can of WD40 first aswell lol

Nail on the head, or so i have been led to believe elsewhere   

old style raceland - not so good, and no warranty.

TA Technix - Better and warranted

but at the end of the day, a bare spring is 20 quid. so that leave 25 a corner to make the rest.

Pay cheap, pay twice. Weitecs FTW 

 

[Shady Pioneer]

Fair enough, well I mean the only thing I'm going by is that they seem to be holding out very well, I had them on since Jan, had the MOT only a few weeks ago and said nothing was wrong under there, I'll give it some more time and see what happens, besides, I'll only have it for another 6 months anyhow

[Wayne]

Are you all running the Raceland jobbies from hottuning?

My ones are made by TA technix, think they're over a year old now and they're still like new!! I can freely adjust them without slapping on half a can of WD40 first aswell lol

Nail on the head, or so i have been led to believe elsewhere  

old style raceland - not so good, and no warranty.

TA Technix - Better and warranted

but at the end of the day, a bare spring is 20 quid. so that leave 25 a corner to make the rest.

Pay cheap, pay twice. Weitecs FTW  

Very good advice 

[Horney]

Any stiffen suspension will always increase wear on attached standard compents. Your original top mounts and bushes etc were not designed for that kind of treatment. Add to this the fact that people are fitting stiffened suspension to bushes and ubbers that can be 10+ years old and no wonder they fail quickly.

If you're going to lower a car properly you fit the coilovers with all new bushes (polly ones would be best) in the wishbones and drop links. You should also at the same time renew the top mounts for G60 ones and a new set of ball joints and track rod ends. THis way everything is new and in tip top condition from day one.

This is the ideal way but as it's expensive, time consuming and if you were to get a garage to do it horribly expensive people don't. Then complain when stuff starts falling off.

I'd like to know what is breaking on these coilovers though. Are they leaking fluid, breaking springs or is it just stuck adjusters?

nick

[Horney]

And yes I may have been spending to much time listening to DH recently, ha ha.

nick

[JC]

And yes I may have been spending to much time listening to DH recently, ha ha.

nick

 

does that make you the new sharpie 

[Horney]

Oh god no I'm not that much of arsehole!

nick

[Mikester]

Mine leak and hiss like no1s business. I plan some weitecs and new polybushes all around.

[Shady Pioneer]

Oh god no I'm not that much of arsehole!

nick

That is some sound advice chap, only
thing I changed when mine were done was the top mounts.


Also. No one could ever be as much of an arsehole as
sharpie :p

[Horney]

Mine leak and hiss like no1s business. I plan some weitecs and new polybushes all around.

You should have good grounds for a warranty claim then.

Nick