r32 coilovers

[Zalemate]

Hey guys,

just a quick question for a mate...

how much have you paid for a set of K & W coilovers for an r32

and is there any other parts needed to lower it?


cheers

[quozl]

V1, V2, V3 or clubsport?

[Big_M]

Check out ECS Tuning. They have a holiday sale on and have some good prices on KW's !.

http://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-R32_MKIV--3.2/Suspension/Coil_Overs/

[type 17]

I have v3s with motorsport top mounts think all up was bout 4k landed

[Dyldo]

Having learnt the hard way, ANY lowering will affect the rear geometry and push your camber (and a little bit of toe) out of alignment. You will end up wearing the insides of the rear rubber out thru a combo of the camber lean and the toe dragging the tyre across the road.

A drop of 0-1" will need the camber adjusted via an adjustable rear lower control arm. When you fix the camber issue for this small drop, the toe will fix itself.
A drop of 1"+ will likely need the rear upper control arm to be adjustable as well because the camber and toe will be out by a lot.

I got mine from Gruven parts, took about 10days delivery.

[type 17]

Some of this thread has gone missing, what's the deal?

[Big_M]

Think there a quiet a few threads with missing posts. Remember seeing a message about technical issues.
Hopefully they will be back !.

[Dyldo]

Some of this thread has gone missing, what's the deal?

hi mate

we did lose a bit of this thread, but wanted to ask as the Aussie Gruven rep guy, have you ever had any manufacturing defect issues on the adj control arms?

I was at a shop getting mine fitted to correct my rear camber (and a bit of toe as a result) but one side was binding as they were trying to align it and change my camber. we took it off and had a proper look and the welding must've applied massive heat to the thread on the Shock end of the arm (not the rose joint) and warped it. its basically rendered the arm useless. the best adjustment i could get was 0.25" positive (it started at a massive 3" pos).

Think i can get an exchange unit? I'd be after a bit of trust on Gruven's side to send an exchange arm over and i could fit it and then send back mine so that my car isn't off the road. thoughts?

[Dyldo]

After emailing Paul at Gruven, he responded in about 10mins. thats pretty awesome. Just working out how best to proceed.

By the way, as a plug for Gruven i just noticed they do powdercoating in black as well as blue - i just think the blue looks rad.

[type 17]

Blue does look awesome, i havn't seen that problem on my setupl

I am sure Paul will send you a free link straight up, He is 10/10 kinda guy

Have you tried breaking it loose in a vice?

[Dyldo]

I am sure Paul will send you a free link straight up, He is 10/10 kinda guy

FYI for anyone that wants to deal with Gruvenparts, I must say that Paul is 11/10 for customer service. He was super keen to help and (regardless of the fact we're a pretty tight forum) he was genuinely trying to resolve the issue at hand.

Also FYI, the issue was not really their fault at all per se, it was a manufacturing defect that they and my install guys missed. Anyway, long and short it appears to be well on the way to being fixed and if I ever need to i'll be right back onto them to buy more goodies.

[Lorenz]

We can supply any KW coilover, aswell as other brands.
Shoot us an email slammeddistribution@gmail.com if there is anything your keen on

[Dyldo]

the thread title is a bit misleading cause i hijacked the fark out of it, but I was referring to the adjustable rear control arms that Gruven makes bespoke. they're great quality and look the goods too.

[type 17]

Yep, Thumbs up for Paul at Grüvenparts he is a champ.

[Manaz]

I have a set of practically new (recently serviced by Bilstein too, just to be sure the wrong springs which were supplied didn't cause issues) Bilstein PSS9s available at present - they're the equivelent of KWv2s in terms of features - height and rebound adjustable. Would cost $3k+ locally, happy to let them go for $1600 ono - check my thread in the For Sale forum.