FK coilovers

[clicht]

hi,
has anybody had some experiance with fk coilovers...for a polo 9n gti
i have notied that they are very well priced, and if you go for the silverline kit, it has stainless steel body and springs...so should be good and strong and corrosive free.

[noone]

Have a look on the Polo UK forum.

[Gti Dave]

There are other brands like KW that I've recently had installed in my RS and am loving it. Very comfy and compliant and I'd dare say that its smoother and absorbs bumps better than my previous Bilstein B8 and H&R springs setup on my polo.
Another point to note is, unless you're also looking for cosmetic attributes, stainless steel coilovers aren't necessary especially living here in Melbourne and if you don't drive the car to the snow all the time.

[kaanage]

The big plus of the more expensive FK coilovers is the adjustable rebound damping from the Koni dampers that are used with these units.

They get a bad reputation as being harsh, though, because people disregard the advice from Koni to start off with the damping set to the lowest setting and only adjust to stiffer settings if they wear, are dropped stupidly low or for serious (track) usage. Basically, you get more opportunity to fuçk up the settings with the greater adjustability (KW V3's could be made to run diabolically bad since they have compression as well as rebound damping adjustment)

[Blitzen]

I'm running FK AK coil overs that myself and Smead got out of the UK for $430 a set. We both have no complaints about that em.

[clicht]

Hi
@Blitzen,How are the K AK coils, and how do they compare to the highsport...any further coments on the kit (good / bad comments welcome).
Also any advise on whetehr it is beter to go for the sports edition, since they offer 6 point adjustable damping.
Thanks

[GoLfMan]

There are other better brands like KW

got any evidence to suggest that FK's are a lesser product?

I've got FK highsports in my Polo TDI and I love them. I've done a track day on them also and they performed seamlessly!

They are quite comfortable on the street and go quite low. Also they are MUCH better value than their competitors.

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Hi
@Blitzen,How are the K AK coils, and how do they compare to the highsport...any further coments on the kit (good / bad comments welcome).
Also any advise on whetehr it is beter to go for the sports edition, since they offer 6 point adjustable damping.
Thanks

depends what you want them for. Are you going to do track work? In that case I'd be going for the konigsports, as Koni's are rebuildable in Australia unlike KW V3's (if you intend to keep them a while)

[clicht]

not really going to us for track..more for good road work, and to look good.
Also any advise on whether it is beter to go for the sports edition, since they offer 6 point adjustable damping (not sure why, but they only 25 GBP more thanFK highsport -- although maybe there are other quality issues).

[VWindahouse]

I have just installed the FK Ak's as well and love them. Coming from adjustable damper Koni struts I was a little worried at not having that function anymore but it hasn't been a problem even on the track and mountain runs. As Josh said they are comfortable on the street and go low. And don't forget the damper on these actually adjusts the lower you set them. For the price mate I really think these are fantastic so unless you are going to get really into tracking your Polo I don't think adjust-ability is needed but at the end of the day it's your call and money.

[clicht]

thanksto all for the advise ...appeiated.
I think I will go for he FK highsports

[Blitzen]

I'm not sure how they go compared to the HIghsports, but they are good for what I wanted. I was looking for new shock absorbers, and found that I could get coil overs for a better price than the shocks I was looking at. I don't track my car, nor do I plan to, and I don't need adjustable damper rates. I just wanted to go low. They ride well, and they look good too.

[Gti Dave]

got any evidence to suggest that FK's are a lesser product?

Nope just someone else's who's tried and tested and had a fair amount of feedback who's in the performance mods and service trade. Kinda like asking is there any solid evidence that Bilstein's are better than H&R's? or German sausage a is better than german sausage b. Could almost say its a subjective thing too. Like one person's harsh and bumpy is different to another's.
Not trying to start a war here. Just throwing around some opinions since we're all a heavily opinionated bunch of vag whores. LOL.

[Smead]

I'm not sure how they go compared to the HIghsports, but they are good for what I wanted. I was looking for new shock absorbers, and found that I could get coil overs for a better price than the shocks I was looking at. I don't track my car, nor do I plan to, and I don't need adjustable damper rates. I just wanted to go low. They ride well, and they look good too.

I Concur. The FK AK's are awesome for what i want, exactly the same as Ryan, especially once their bedded in

[Buller_Scott]

There are other better brands like KW that I've recently had installed in my RS and am loving it.

sorry man but i've gotta chime in here and ask other people as well - we all know that kw v1's have had leaking issues and cannot be rebuilt locally - has anyone heard of leaking issues with the fk's yet? i havent heard of any issues. not to call anyone out, but when you say you've had plenty of feedback from people in the performance mod and service industry, then that would mean that you're aware of more people than just me, josh and gary who are running fk's, and who furthermore have changed from fk's to kw's because they werent happy with their fk's.

ultimately, that would mean that there would have to be a number of people not on just this forum, but others, who went ahead and bought fk's, only to purchase kw v1's later on, and then subsequently to come back onto the forums and say "my kw v1's are better than the fk highsports / silverlines etc that i had on my car before".... yet i cannot think of a single person who has posted this, ever. analogies are one thing, but i want links to posts/ threads.

also, the first time you saw my car with the fk/koni combo (not to have a dig at all) i was a little taken back as you were pretty quick to rag on fk's in general, as well as how koni's were a lesser product because you have to adjust the rears off-car and how other coilies were better, even though i didnt know where you were getting this info from? (that's the way it came across on the night at tim's place, but i just nodded my head and agreed that yes my brand new fk/koni's are mediocre because adjustment in the rear isnt on-car).

and yet my car HAS AND WILL hold its own in the twisties with GTCC club's cars - i had R33 GTR skyline drivers grinning and saying "man, you were setting a damn good pace in the twisties!" and a bmw e46 m3 driver shaking his head and saying "that CANT be a standard diesel - ufck that thing's fast".

got any evidence to suggest that FK's are a lesser product?

I've got FK highsports in my Polo TDI and I love them. I've done a track day on them also and they performed seamlessly!

They are quite comfortable on the street and go quite low. Also they are MUCH better value than their competitors.

depends what you want them for. Are you going to do track work? In that case I'd be going for the konigsports, as Koni's are rebuildable in Australia unlike KW V3's (if you intend to keep them a while)

i'd have to agree with josh - he knows what he's doing, he did his research before buying his fk's, as did i, and we're both DAMN happy with our purchases.

i am not aware of any data, nor other cases/ instances that lend themselves as evidence to prove that kw v1's are really any better, for street and even occasional track driving, than any other brand such as fk, h&r, ap, or other similarly (within 100gbp) priced coilovers? if anyone knows, perhaps they should post in this thread

on one hand it seems we've got a bunch of people who run FK's who are fuggin happy with their product, and then on the other hand there's been a few peeps with kw v1's having leakage issues who have to look overseas to get them rebuilt, and yet somehow the fk's are ''not as good''? call me a vulcan, but that sounds illogical to me.

so, kids, the moral of the story is: if you've been thinking about fk's and they're within your budget and you're asking if they'll be alright, yes, they will. dont be put off by people who would tell you they're sh7t. damn, even hot tunings are supposedly not as good as the bulk of the FK range and yet josh's hottunings survived a good couple of years of abuse.

[vwthunder]