FK coilovers

[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]

[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