Is the handling genuinely this sh!t?

[navmk4gti]

A stock fwd..handles sh1t yes..not all mk4s...dont see a lowered one with all the arbs etc being any good as a fwd with lsd or a 4wd tho. They should have made them all with the haldex system 

[GTi_James]

i murk soopa cars man dem ent got nuttin on me on b roads trus had a gtr otha nite

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BAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[mcgee9t2]

anyone else shocked by the fact that is wheel spins in 3rd and 4th. id say you have sh!te tyres on...

[daz veedub]

Deck it

[Organisys]

I'm not trying to be an arse here, but if I owned a Mk4 and I wanted my car to handle, instead of squanderign money on bushes, ARBs, shocks, springs, Coilovers, whatever.. I'd just save up my money and buy a Mk5. The difference in handling is frankly astonishing.

 

[sharki786]

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i murk soopa cars man dem ent got nuttin on me on b roads trus had a gtr otha nite

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BAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Blud dis evn funier!!

[GTi_James]

i fear for the future generations 

[Bellend]

anyone else shocked by the fact that is wheel spins in 3rd and 4th. id say you have sh!te tyres on...

Michelin's but it's only over bumpy roads.

Definitely needs a stiffer rear. I think some sort of 30mm shock and springs set will do with some bigger brakes and ARBs.

[D1andonlyantman]

I'm not trying to be an arse here, but if I owned a Mk4 and I wanted my car to handle, instead of squanderign money on bushes, ARBs, shocks, springs, Coilovers, whatever.. I'd just save up my money and buy a Mk5. The difference in handling is frankly astonishing.

 

I haven't come here to slag off mk4's because i did love mine and had plans for it, but it was only after I got the LCR I realised how badly the golf handled. I had it through the winter so conditions weren't ideal a lot of the time but the understeer was insane. It probably wasn't on the best rubber from the PO either but the money you're going to spend sorting out the handling on the mk4 could be put towards a car that has half decent handling from the start. If it's a labour of love then none of that matters, obviously

[Scott D]

I found fitting purely an anti rear roll bar made a massive difference then combined with rear axle bushes, 40mm suspension kit and good summer tyres handling massively improved.

Changing dogbone mount and stiffer engine mounts helps with wheel hop and I rarely have issues putting power down in corners by partly down to linear throttle mapping and not mashing the foot down.

MK4s's as standard aren't great handling cars but do respond well to basic handling upgrades