Eibach springs. Good price ?

[VeeDubGTI16v]

got the shocks 2nd hand fairly cheap, springs were brand new from awesome, and arb is anti roll bars. i think the shocks and springs usually go for around ?450ish new, but they are the best thing before coilovers ?

[gibby]

Thanks for the replies, I think I might have a look at Gambit's idea of the bilsteins from ECP as the eibach/eibach/koni setup is going to be quite costly and at the end of the day they are going on a hairdresser car  so it's more about the look with some comfort rather than for out and out performance. 

[gibby]

dunno what the springs will be but you can ask Stuart, but im sure they'll be half decent

Springs are Ventura. Anyone know anything about them ?

[VeeDubGTI16v]

by the sounds of what you want id get some new original shocks and a set of lowering springs. i think you can go 40mm max on the original shocks how old are your struts on the car now?

[gibby]

Dunno, but I've had the car nearly two years and I haven't changed them so could be years old. The shocks from ECP are bilstien it's just the Ventura springs that I haven't heard anything about.  Like I said earlier, it's a fekkin minefield this to me ! 

[Gambit]

ventura springs retail for about 80-100 on their own. they are mid range quality spring

[VeeDubGTI16v]

just get some eibach springs then if your shocks look ok, looking at your pic id say a 25mm drop would be perfect you can always buy some good shocks at a later date if you want

[gibby]

It's in for it's MOT on Monday so I'll ask the lad at the garage to give the shocks a once over to see what he thinks, I wont be doing the work so I guess that my thinking was that I could get the springs and shocks done in one go and save myself some labour charges in the long run. Was thinking of going down 40mm though 

[gibby]

Thanks to Gambit pointing me in the right direction I've just been to see Stuart at ECP and got myself some Bilstein shocks and some Ventura springs for the sum of ?135, it's booked in to get them all fitted on Saturday morning. 

[Gambit]

make aure you get a decent side on pic of the car before & after its dropped so we can all have a gander!!!!

although it'll take about 1/2weeks for the car to fully drop