Best coilovers for application

[Stuwey]

Surely the best option is, as always, the best you can afford?

Bilstein/H&R here.

[Buller_Scott]

Yes i have the H&R Springs with stock shock combo. Car has now done about 70 000KM. Now looking at getting the KONI yellows. Would this be the most comfortable setup with daily driving? Anybody know any KONI dealers in melb where i can get prices. With the AUS dollar so high hopefully they will be well priced. $800-$900 for a set?

as the other guys have said, it would appear that local dealers arent REALLY willing to adjust pricing to match our strong dollar - you'd be better off going to somewhere like dpm performance or euro performance etc etc.

RE WEITEC & KW: not to dissuade anyone from providing feedback / their experiences etc etc, but just to put the whole "is weitec really just KW?" thing to rest, the ex aussie distributor for KW told me that KW is nice, but weitec is the same thing (minus the "protection against salty roads" treatment).

given that we dont actually get snow in australia (well, we get a pathetic, pitiful amount that can be disregarded), weitec hicon tx adjustables would make a nice, cost effective alternative to kw v2's.

[kaanage]

Bilstein/H&R here.

What combination of dampers and springs do you run? Is it a standard kit or custom selection?

[Stuwey]

Off-the-shelf B8 dampers with the H&R 35mm (?) drop. I'm not exactly sure, it was a while ago that i did it.

Drives a lot firmer. Points-and-shoots much nicer. Looks cooler

Bilstein are also easily, and cheaply, rebuilt or revalved.

[Buller_Scott]

Off-the-shelf B8 dampers with the H&R 35mm (?) drop. I'm not exactly sure, it was a while ago that i did it.

Drives a lot firmer. Points-and-shoots much nicer. Looks cooler

Bilstein are also easily, and cheaply, rebuilt or revalved.

yeah, b8's with HR 35mm springs gives the pog a perfect drop, IMO.

[noone]

I found one of the threads on KW Abe Weitec: http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...t-do-you-think

Old I know, things may have changed.

[Blitzen]

Where did everyone get there Bilstein's? I'm going to be needing new shocks soon, and I am happy with my Weitec springs, so I was just curious.

[seangti]

There's a few of us running the Bilstein/H&R combo, me inclusive. You'd be stretching it to get it all installed and new control arm bushes in for under $1500 (I'd bet zero chance, parts will cost close to that). I'm on the south side of Brisbane, holland park area, I'd be happy to take you a drive in mine. At the moment the car is stock apart from said suspension, near identical milage, so will be comparing apples and apples.

From what I've read, H&R seem to provide 2 sets of lowered springs, a 25mm lowering and 40mm lowering, mine seem to be of the later. (but someone may be able to confirm or elaborate, as the struts seem to have impact on height to some extent so this could be a little misleading)

I got my bilsteins through Dave GTI (i think thats his forum name), got the springs through orange tuning in the UK.

[Blitzen]

Been scanning online... The Bilstein/H&R combo looks a bit exy for springs/shocks... I have been looking at coil overs and was just wondering if anyone has dealt with DPM Performance, and whether they deliver to Australia? I might give them a call tonight...

[noone]

Yeah, I got mine from him, so have a few others. Was a smooth transaction. Best price that I found.