FK coilovers

[Brendan_A]

Nice Video...lol

[Buller_Scott]

one orse face renouncing a brand after a strut blows, on what looks like a strut that's been driven for ages (my stock shocks that i had on the car for 3 and a half years, that i never ever cleaned, looked WAY cleaner than what he's holding) doesnt really prove anything though - google "blown fk coilover" and you might have more youtube videos, but there's only 44,XXX results versus "blown kw coilover" with 66,XXX results...

not saying that kw's are any worse than fk's, they're not at all... but to suggest that fk's are ''inferior'' when someone's made a thread to ask what fk owners think of their setups, is bullsheight, especially as this forum is no newbie to the fact that the fcking things leak, and arent handbuilt by god after all.

[Smead]

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".



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.

Ha. Well said man. No probs even with the budget FKs

[vwthunder]

I think each to their own

People buy different products depending on their budget and their intentions.
Im not saying they are bad, I was even thinking about buying some.

Decided to go for V3's instead due to the fact that my car keeps developing, and plans to see the track often in the future, hopefully lol. It was that or PSS9's. I have heard great things about V3's

[Buller_Scott]

I think each to their own

People buy different products depending on their budget and their intentions.
Im not saying they are bad, I was even thinking about buying some.

Decided to go for V3's instead due to the fact that my car keeps developing, and plans to see the track often in the future, hopefully lol. It was that or PSS9's. I have heard great things about V3's

yeah i've heard awesome things about v3's too, and quite frankly with your car - frankenturbo, porsche brakes, semi slicks etc etc, it would only be right to get something top of the line. when are you getting them? if you're getting them installed somewhere like at tim's place, i wanna know when you're getting them installed because i'd like to see just what the adjustment system looks like? apparently there's a "top" adjustement and a "bottom" adjustment, one for bounce, one for rebound?

as added incentive to let me know when you're getting them done, i'll bring my shop jack around to make things easier

v3's and any other independently adjustable bounce/ rebound coilovers fascinate the sheight outta me - you're going to have a lot of fun coming up with the perfect settings over time, especially with the bounce adjustments

[vwthunder]

Yeah I will be installing them myself, somewhere lol, I will let you know. I have ordered them, but is is not a product most places keep on the shelf, not for a polo anyway, they told me 3 - 4 weeks


It kind of turned me off at first having all that adjustabillity, but i guess that is part of the fun, playing around with it.
I know there are heaps of well tuned VW's running around with them, so easy to get advice

yeah i've heard awesome things about v3's too, and quite frankly with your car - frankenturbo, porsche brakes, semi slicks etc etc, it would only be right to get something top of the line. when are you getting them? if you're getting them installed somewhere like at tim's place, i wanna know when you're getting them installed because i'd like to see just what the adjustment system looks like? apparently there's a "top" adjustement and a "bottom" adjustment, one for bounce, one for rebound?

as added incentive to let me know when you're getting them done, i'll bring my shop jack around to make things easier

v3's and any other independently adjustable bounce/ rebound coilovers fascinate the sheight outta me - you're going to have a lot of fun coming up with the perfect settings over time, especially with the bounce adjustments

[clicht]

i should have my fk highsports soon (within 2 weeks), and once fitted, i will give my opinion. that having been said, i did do a fair amount of research, and given that it is a road car "mainly", it should serve my purposes....no matter what product you buy, there will always be issues with a few,and the more that are made/sold, the more that will have issues....1 % of 1M is more than 1 % of 1K....
nevertheless, lets all agree to disagree....LOL.
it would however be good to meet fellow fk coillies -- possibly a morning out....

[Njay]

The place Where I bought my fk stop selling them cause they were finding too many people were leaking after a year

I upgraded to to weitec hicon. Gt........ What a difference

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[kaanage]

But your FKs were the Street Lines (AK) which have no-name dampers. The OP is looking at Silver Lines which have Koni dampers valved to suit the FK spring rates which can be adjusted for rebound and even locally rebuilt.

While I personally wouldn't go near the Street Lines, if I wanted coil overs (ie, if I didn't score my B12 kit for a song), I would get one of the FK series that have Koni built dampers for the adjustable rebound.

Adjustable compression damping would be nice but it's easy to go around in circles with too many adjustments unless you are willing to spend a decent amount of time doing controlled testing to get everything balanced. The best suspension I ever used was a triple adjustable (separate low and high speed compression) White Power unit but I wouldn't gone near it if I didn't have a suspension expert (multiple Aus champion) to help me set it up.

[Gti Dave]

Geezaloo...peeps on here are sensitive hence I've dropped out the word "better" in my initial statement. I apologize to those who I may have offended but as per another post, reason I made the statement was advice from other retailers after I asked them about the FK brand whom of which were quick on their feet to recommend something else. Of course every brand will have their own problems from a bad batch etc etc etc. So from a consumer point of view, wouldn't that worry you? It would certainly worry me since I can't afford to have the car spending too much time off the road due to the amount of travelling I do hence I also needed something that was from a brand that had a decent reputation and was "recommended". Each to their own with product choices based on affordability vs budget vs performance vs reputation vs retailer advice vs whatever else is considered in the equation.
To Scotty, for all intentions and purposes, my comments on the day a while back was not meant to have a "DIG" at your FK's setup from the adjustability stand point. And no I was not trying the be "quick" at the mark to make such comments either. Was just a matter of seeing hows its done and general chit chat since I was thinking of my future coilover or strut upgrade options. Rather it was just pointing out the fact that it's not as simple as other setup where by you can adjust them directly via knobs without having to pull them off (for the rears). Plus it confirmed what the pedders joint in Bendigo had previously advised a while back when I was looking into Koni's for out Fiesta which even they said "yah you'll have to pull them out to adjust them so not as easy as turning the adjustment dial" (before it got written off, hence the Skoda). Once again I apologise if I have offended anyone or if my comments were ill-advised or in-correct on the basis of evidence vs customer satisfaction or bad product rap from third party advice.

[Gti Dave]

The place Where I bought my fk stop selling them cause they were finding too many people were leaking after a year

I upgraded to to weitec hicon. Gt........ What a difference

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Finally there's someone else here who's willing to share what they've been told by retailers who either sell, have sold or have experience working on them due to problems exactly like I have been told both locally and from overseas (hence influencing my decision to go KW's) so i don't look like a nut bag of fibs or someone who's seen as an Anti-FK activist (which I'm not).

[pog]

... at the end of the day ..... you can do whatever the _ _ _ _ you wanna do!

[Gti Dave]

... at the end of the day ..... you can do whatever the _ _ _ _ you wanna do!

Amen to that

[Njay]

I did have the street lines, but Im not the only one with oil spitting issues. I just met an owner with an s3 who had the Silver Lines and he too had problems with oil spitting

Initially we did try to get fk the repair my coilovers but the service I received from fk was shiiiiit, the supplier recommended that I upgrade to the weitecs which are same as kw v1 except they aint stainless steel, and it came with 2 year warranty with repairs done in Australia.

In my opinion I don't think you can compare KW to Fk's, FK's are good value for what they are but they are an entry brand.

[vwthunder]

Do you know they make KW V1's that are not stainless