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I'd love to get a set of UltraLeggera's for the weight (they looked OK too!) but the cost sort of goes against the economy aspect of the car
I am honestly not sure what I would get, ECS do a two piece rotor and I should be able to find a nice monoblock caliper around somewhere but that can happen later. I punish brakes fairly hard so the extra braking over the 256mm's is preferred at this time.
2008 VW Polo TDi
GIAC | REMSA | PD160 | DECAT | MUFFLERECTOMY | ECS | SUPERPRO | PXL KIWI WIFI | 312mm BRAKES | OZ RACING | KUMHO V70A
To Buy: VNT 17/22 or K3 Turbo | R783 Nozzles | Intercooler | Water meth kit.
That's hardly a rave review, it will be interesting to see what you think in the coming weeks.
What other handling mods do you have? (sways, brace, rear shims, updated bushes)
As far as other mods go, I only have the SEAT front solid bushes...
Comments above were my first initial impressions... Overall, the traction both in straight line and around corners has improved a markedly and there is a lot less body roll present. Also, one of my biggest annoyances with the stock suspesnion is that it felt disconnected thru the wheel to the car. This has been greatly improved upon and now you can 'feel' what the car is doing on the road. Also, the wheels now seem to follow the contour of road and not just skittle across the tops of the bumps with little or no damping (the rear especially feels much more planted over mid-corner bumps).
Understeer also seems to have been reduced and turn-in improved to the point where I don't know if a rear sway is required??
Only real negative point is that the ride is quite a bit firmer than stock, which is going to annoy the hell out of my wife!!
Overall I would sum them up as follows:
* Are they worth the trouble of importing form the UK at $1,100 + fitting - Certainly
* Would I pay retail in Australia at ~$2,200 + fitting - No, I would just go with lowered coils and shocks
PS: If you want a quiet ride do not get the competition bush for the dog bone mount if you have the diesel. LOL.
Between that, coilovers and the Seat bushes it has changed the car completely, Much like Spec83, I need to get mine back in now that the suspension is starting to settle to do the wheel alignment and re-set heights.
2008 VW Polo TDi
GIAC | REMSA | PD160 | DECAT | MUFFLERECTOMY | ECS | SUPERPRO | PXL KIWI WIFI | 312mm BRAKES | OZ RACING | KUMHO V70A
To Buy: VNT 17/22 or K3 Turbo | R783 Nozzles | Intercooler | Water meth kit.
Comments above were my first initial impressions... Overall, the traction both in straight line and around corners has improved a markedly and there is a lot less body roll present. Also, one of my biggest annoyances with the stock suspesnion is that it felt disconnected thru the wheel to the car. This has been greatly improved upon and now you can 'feel' what the car is doing on the road. Also, the wheels now seem to follow the contour of road and not just skittle across the tops of the bumps with little or no damping (the rear especially feels much more planted over mid-corner bumps).
Understeer also seems to have been reduced and turn-in improved to the point where I don't know if a rear sway is required??
Only real negative point is that the ride is quite a bit firmer than stock, which is going to annoy the hell out of my wife!!
Your initial impressions seem to have been quite accurate.
How many kms were on your original suspension - between these comments and the previous one about the damper noise, it sounds like your original dampers were knackered so it's not surprising you felt such an improvement.
Interesting comment about the reduction in understeer - I hope when I update my suspension, it has a similar effect although I really don't want my ride doesn't suffer to that degree.
So what's the big advantage of coilovers vs harder springs with matched dampers (apart from being able to fiddle with the height)?
How many kms were on your original suspension - between these comments and the previous one about the damper noise, it sounds like your original dampers were knackered so it's not surprising you felt such an improvement.
How long do you reckon the original dampers would last (with no fiddling to other parts of the suspension)?
Depends on how hard you drive it and over what sort of roads. I would expect that they SHOULD be able to do 100,000km in "normal" use.
The middle age ladies that I see driving lots of Pogs would do that easy
Resident grumpy old fart VW - Metallic Paint, Radial Tyres, Laminated Windscreen, Electric Windows, VW Alloy Wheels, Variable Geometry Exhaust Driven Supercharger, Direct Unit Fuel Injection, Adiabatic Ignition, MacPherson Struts front, Torsion Beam rear, Coil Springs, Hydraulic Dampers, Front Anti-Roll Bar, Disc Brakes, Bosch ECU, ABS
Got it back after three weeks at the dealer. They tried to repair the gearbox, but it's still no good. Harsh vibes, heaps of whine....
Not f'ing happy.
I wouldn't be either.
I've just read your thread in the MkIV forum so since your dealer has been replacing bearings, it can't be that.
Maybe one of the casing sockets where the bearings sit has become oversized so the bearing is moving and spinning in the case. I've seen this in a motorcycle crankcase.
Your initial impressions seem to have been quite accurate.
How many kms were on your original suspension - between these comments and the previous one about the damper noise, it sounds like your original dampers were knackered so it's not surprising you felt such an improvement.
Interesting comment about the reduction in understeer - I hope when I update my suspension, it has a similar effect although I really don't want my ride doesn't suffer to that degree.
My originals had done 70,000km and yer think they were on the way out... I could compress them just by pushing down on them!!
When compared to standard shocks, the ride is not necessarily worse it is just a bit firmer in that you can feel a few more of the little bumps in the road... BUT the car rides over them much better because the damping is very good. It is because of this that traction feels much improved (I am assuming)
'06 Polo GTi - Candy White / Custom Leather / Looking for Dish!!!
Finally got round to cleaning the car, pic below shows after fitting of the coilovers -
And rear wiper delete damm clean baby....
To do this you will need one of these CNC'd PLUGS and you will need to follow this 99.9% correct GUIDE. Only alteration I would make is to get the rear wiper arm off get a large shifter, grip the arm just to the left where the wiper attached and give it a few hard yanks to loosen the wiper arm off the splined shaft... Oh and yank really hard on the plastic trim to remove it. The rest is piss easy!!!
The express postage was super fast (~1 week) from Gecleant and would recommend ponying up the extra $10 for the glass cleaning kit and adheasive
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