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Chris GTI6

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Just after a little advice guys, toying between the idea of Bilsteins and eibachs or going for a set of coilovers, I have seen k sport coilovers on the pug1off site, anyone rate these for similar money to a Bilstein and eibach setup?
The car is used for daily driving, weekend B road attacking and I want to start doing a few track days. Stiffness, ride comfort etc doesn't bother me as I'm only 21 and don't have a bad back.. yet.
Any advice would be very helpful in making my mind up. Cheers!
Posted 9th Jun 2017 at 07:53
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Chr1sch

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If you enjoy some spirited road driving etc, i'd suggest Bilstein B8's with Eibach springs (its what i run and it is a perfect blend for road and track use)

If you were building an out and out track car i'd go coilovers
Posted 9th Jun 2017 at 09:35
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Chris GTI6

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Chr1sch wrote:
If you enjoy some spirited road driving etc, i'd suggest Bilstein B8's with Eibach springs (its what i run and it is a perfect blend for road and track use)

If you were building an out and out track car i'd go coilovers


Thanks man! I'm just toying with the idea of adjustability that's the major factor but I've heard so much good about the Bilstein and eibach setup
Posted 9th Jun 2017 at 09:51
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3rd time lucky

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Personally, the bilsteins were a bit too soft for what I wanted. I'm happy with SPAX krypton dampers as they are adjustable but I do want some coilovers now as I want to go lower and harder. But then it's not my daily.

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Posted 9th Jun 2017 at 09:54
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Chris GTI6

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3rd time lucky wrote:
Personally, the bilsteins were a bit too soft for what I wanted. I'm happy with SPAX krypton dampers as they are adjustable but I do want some coilovers now as I want to go lower and harder. But then it's not my daily.


Yeah mine is a daily but how hard the setup is doesn't really bother me
Posted 9th Jun 2017 at 10:13
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welshpug!

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bilstein coilovers Razz

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Posted 9th Jun 2017 at 10:25
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welshpug!

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for B road the B8 stuff with an eibach spring is hard to beat, you REALLY dont want hard stuff for that kind of use, unless you live making love to hedges and ditches.

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Posted 9th Jun 2017 at 10:26
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adam b

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You can use coilovers perfectly well on the road, depends on the spring rate.

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Posted 9th Jun 2017 at 20:04
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Chris GTI6

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Thanks lads!
Posted 10th Jun 2017 at 16:51
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shabusta

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Post #10
As everyone said above, you can do either, i had Spax RSX coil overs and loved them,
but finding the right adjustment is impossible unless you know the right people or pay the right people,
neither of those are anywhere near where i live so i just made do tinkering every couple of months.

less than a month ago i did hit a rather large pot hole and tore the ruber out of my top mounts completely, i'd say this was due to the high pre load as i only lowered a little, this also made for a hard ride on rough roads but an amazing drive on smoother ones.

My B8s with eibach springs arrived from Demon tweeks today so after i get some lemfoder top mounts and perform some black magic to find new spring tops here's hoping i get the car i always wanted.

also this is my daily, SPAX was fine for me ran like a go kart Thumbs up
Posted 26th Jun 2017 at 10:24
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