Suspension kit advise

[Jaguar4321]

Want to sharpen up the handling on a 1.8T , have been drawn into the usual ebay stuff ranging from £140-£170, i dont really want it bouncing around like a go kart and fancy the option of adjusting the ride height, anyone tried the cheaper ebay stuff? as ever only have a small budget, any advise would be great, Cheers

[dom]

You get what you pay for, cheap coilovers have a harsh, bouncy, crashy ride. IMO for half decent coilovers you need to be looking at spending closer to the £400 mark.

I ran JOMs on mine for about a year and a half, they were brand new when fitted and 3 of them are now leaking and the ride was truly awful.

[Jaguar4321]

That makes perfect sense, thanks.

[dom]

Not a problem, with that said the ride gets considerably worse the lower the coilovers are, at a 40mm drop the ride was reasonable. That still doesn't avoid the issue of poor build quality though.

[Jaguar4321]

So maybe I should look at getting some decent quality updated coil spring instead?

[mar_k]

I'm looking at suspension kits for my LCR at the mo,
Coil overs are off the list as they are overkill for my needs, A decent set of spings and shocks will out perform coilovers imo, most people never have them set up properly.

I'm looking at Bilstein b12s

[jonnyturbo]

I ran jom and and they where sh!te . then moved on to weitec coilovers and like ppl say you get what ya pay for. Weitecs where great tbh