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Offline T1 11JKE

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Re: best cheap coilovers
« Reply #20 on: 03 June 2010, 21:11 »
I have some FK in the post was just wondering if they are a straight change (no additional fixings needed)?

An was just wondering how low you can go before hitting problems, guessing 60mm?

I have also picked up drop links, spacers, and struts upper/lower

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Re: best cheap coilovers
« Reply #21 on: 03 June 2010, 22:14 »
More often its just luck when purchasing suspension parts

Have to disagree you get what you pay for IMO  :smiley:

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Re: best cheap coilovers
« Reply #22 on: 04 June 2010, 10:07 »
T1 11JKE - If you lower your car more than 35-40mm then you will either need adjustable drop links or uprated arb so that the driveshafts dont catch on the roll bar.

Ive just purchased a set of FK coilovers for £165 delivered from venom, cant wait to get the car sat on her batty


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Re: best cheap coilovers
« Reply #23 on: 04 June 2010, 17:41 »
^^ let me no what they are like mate  :smiley:
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Re: best cheap coilovers
« Reply #24 on: 04 June 2010, 17:47 »
T1 11JKE - If you lower your car more than 35-40mm then you will either need adjustable drop links or uprated arb so that the driveshafts dont catch on the roll bar.

Ive just purchased a set of FK coilovers for £165 delivered from venom, cant wait to get the car sat on her batty

Thats well cheap! could only find the fk street coils for £245, which ones have you brought? adjustables?

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Re: best cheap coilovers
« Reply #25 on: 04 June 2010, 18:01 »
do a search on ebay for Golf coilovers, Venom have about 10 sets for sale. There not advertised as FK, there advertised as venom coilovers but there are actually FK ones as i called them and they said that they renamed them on ebay as FK dont like them selling on cheaper than rrp.

here's the link to the ones i bought

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280506455679&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123


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Re: best cheap coilovers
« Reply #26 on: 04 June 2010, 18:13 »
Good work thanks mate! i had some fk street coilovers in the post from

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/8468.html

and paid £295! lucky for me they havn't got any in stock so i cancel the order got my money back and can now save £115 and postage!

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Re: best cheap coilovers
« Reply #27 on: 04 June 2010, 22:36 »
If you had a choice between fk "cough" venom coilovers or jom coilovers which would you go for ? as i can get jom ones for same price but not sure which ones to go for  :undecided:

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Re: best cheap coilovers
« Reply #28 on: 04 June 2010, 23:36 »
personally i would go FK


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Re: best cheap coilovers
« Reply #29 on: 05 June 2010, 02:27 »
If FK ones are that cheap, buy them. At worst theyll be the same as hot tuning ones but blue. Nothing to lose.

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