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Offline Adam-D

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decent mid range suspension setup
« on: 14 October 2004, 10:57 »
how much?
and whats a good make?

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Re: decent mid range suspension setup
« Reply #1 on: 14 October 2004, 11:18 »
awright Adam

i ran eibach 25mm springs/ raceland Shocks, and most importantly Eibach ARB's on my old white 16v. and that thing handling like a dream. really tight, and could be chucked into anything with confidence

the eibach springs might not sit the lowest but have a far greater poundage, and coupled together with roll bars made it amazing

my new 16v came with 50/40 split springs (dunno what) and biltstein shocks. and it isnt a scratch on my old car.

the ARB's make a massive differnence on a mk2. they are expensive new but can be picked up for about ?120 odd 2nd hand. get one of the dealer boys of CS to get you the springs. i think it was Carnousser Craig who got me mine. i just got them all bargaining against each other for my business ;)

im on the look out for a set of ARB's myself

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Re: decent mid range suspension setup
« Reply #2 on: 15 October 2004, 20:09 »
raceland shocks? never heard of em lol

cheers bud ill look into prices etc

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Re: decent mid range suspension setup
« Reply #3 on: 15 October 2004, 20:35 »
I've been advised strongly against coilovers so I'm going for a Konisport shock setup with my existing -60mm raceland springs for now. might look at some eibach springs as I've heard good things about them.
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Re: decent mid range suspension setup
« Reply #4 on: 16 October 2004, 18:55 »
where do you get the raceland stuff?

i guess there good then?

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Re: decent mid range suspension setup
« Reply #5 on: 16 October 2004, 19:29 »
call raceland lol
their number is in the mags
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Re: decent mid range suspension setup
« Reply #6 on: 16 October 2004, 19:51 »
i have avo ajustabuls n spax 60mm springs on my old gti, that  handeld well,

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Re: decent mid range suspension setup
« Reply #7 on: 18 October 2004, 09:56 »
http://www.racelanduk.com

just email them for a price telling them you want to buy the shocks on their own

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Re: decent mid range suspension setup
« Reply #8 on: 18 October 2004, 22:41 »
cheers for the link  ;D

ill go add stuf to my wish list

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Re: decent mid range suspension setup
« Reply #9 on: 19 October 2004, 10:56 »
I've been advised strongly against coilovers

why? coilovers are always gonna be better than strut suspension