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Offline GTi_James

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Re: mk4 gti handling question
« Reply #30 on: 22 April 2013, 14:53 »
Irrc the gti is 15mm and the anni is 30mm

+1, cheers pal i wasnt too sure on that one, but i believe it is only the 1.8t that has these specific set up though i am trying to find out asap


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Offline davemk4

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Re: mk4 gti handling question
« Reply #31 on: 11 May 2013, 16:26 »
Wow i missed all these replies lol. No way stock is better the susoension is better now than oem end. But thanks for advise guys on arbs.
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Offline paultownsend

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Re: mk4 gti handling question
« Reply #32 on: 12 May 2013, 07:38 »
Scirocco is kind of correct. The wishbones need to be flat when driving. There are some very technical discussions about it on other forums (specifically for my2 golfs) sonething about scrub radius, and other geeky stuff.

I made the mistake on my mk2 of swopping from a fixed rate kit
to a coilover, both weitec. It ruined the handling. It was too low. On any bumpy Derbyshire road I was slower with the coils. Bump bump smash. Wound Back up to flat wishbones and it got a lot better. More compliant and supple. The thing is winding up puts more preload on the springs, and made it too bouncy.

Lesson learnt for mk4. Il be going with sachs OE springs, eibach at push. Bilstein OE dampers. OE/TT Lemforder bushes and whiteline RARB.