Quick question(s) about coilovers

[Oneofthegreats]

Yeah, that’s pretty much in the ball park! Probably go up in the rear a bit.

IMHO, I wouldn't go too much more than that for the rear, especially if you plan on running a thick sway bar!

My car is as scatey as a dog on lyno when it's wet on the back & front. Also having 45 profile tyres doesn't help either.

Was like day & night though with the Semi race rubber on. Was also a much smoother ride.

[Preen59]

IMHO, I wouldn't go too much more than that for the rear, especially if you plan on running a thick sway bar!

My car is as scatey as a dog on lyno when it's wet on the back & front. Also having 45 profile tyres doesn't help either.

Was like day & night though with the Semi race rubber on. Was also a much smoother ride.

Yeah way too much bump and rebound for the wet. Sway bars don't help either. No bite on the loaded tyres.

[TassieGTi]

Yeah way too much bump and rebound for the wet. Sway bars don't help either. No bite on the loaded tyres.

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[Preen59]

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[Antdragonist]

mid life crisis perhaps? haha, j/k mike, youre not thaaaat old.... lol

yeah, sorta forgot about the conversion for a sec! ha!
guess ill run maybe some v3s or some ****, its only money right...
..but still, for my third golf haha (when i get it, of course)
what are the views on the different sorts, just mainly for regular daily usage - but still to have fun hookin into corners? (as we do)

[gldgti]

i found with my old gld (quite low, but with sachs super tourer shocks) that it handled much better over all conditions than my current LS with its rock hard bilsteins... the bil's are good when its dry.

i'm keen to try out these "hottuning" coilovers in the mk1. it cant be as bad as worn standard shocks, hehe.... and regardless, surely some extra travel on the front will be helpful.

[K_Man]

I've also found some Jamex coilovers at a decent price. Anyone have any thoughts on these?

[abreut]

They're probably the next bracket up in price but I can highly recommend Weitec coilovers. They cost just over a grand once you include shipping, maybe a bit less atm because of the aussie dollar.

They are very height adjustable, and they really handle well.

[Preen59]

i found with my old gld (quite low, but with sachs super tourer shocks) that it handled much better over all conditions than my current LS with its rock hard bilsteins... the bil's are good when its dry.

i'm keen to try out these "hottuning" coilovers in the mk1. it cant be as bad as worn standard shocks, hehe.... and regardless, surely some extra travel on the front will be helpful.

Yeah, as you probably know, without going into detail, the more you share the load across all 4 wheels and the harder you go with the shocks, the worse they will handle in the wet, because it doesn't allow the outer tyre to push onto the road and 'bite' properly.

[mollins]

FYI

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=14379

if someone wants to update this resource with hottuning info that would be great. please keep chit chat to other threads like this one.

cheers

mike

[Brisben]

I just e-mailed hot tuning and it is 190 GBP to ship the coilovers to Brisbane so 360 GBP in total, with conversion rate sitting at around 2:1 , your looking at around $720 at your door.

Not bad me things, expecially if you want to slam your ride to the floor!


Nice

[jayjay]

email hottuning?! email robin!! (evorobin). he's our resident "poor-uni student" "coilovers bro!" hook up. ( he's the distributor for hottuning here )..

well i've been driving around on my hottuning for a while now.. say.. nearly month. with coilovers, especially when the ground is corrugated or rutty - read: all of sydney, it all gets a bit skittish. but when the surface is smooth.. it's incredible.. never felt as much lateral g force.. ever..

and to be honest, they're kinda breaking in and the ride gets more and more compliant every time i ride in them.. for instance, i've ridden a lot in my mates s2000, and i'd say my mk2 is similar for ride. it's not horrible, but it's no 50's citroen.

i'm on uni holidays for the next 4 weeks. if anyone in the sydney area wants to come for a ride just shoot me a message... (any excuse for a burn)

[xcedricx]

ive been looking into the hot tunning coilvers for my next project (mk1 3rd hopefully) and i was wondering if there damper adjustable ones?

im 90% sure they arnt for the price and it doesnt bother me either way. are they shorter stroke with a stiffer damper than std. shocks?

ill be going 13"s and slamed on the ground so for the price these should work well.

[Golf Loon]

Not dampner adjustable, but they work well. I have a set. For the price (1/3rd of anything else you can get in oz) they are a bargain.

[Preen59]

KW V3's are bump/rebound adjustable. They're $2700.