Stock Spring Rate for GTIs

[brad]

Wholesale Suspension in Penrith. Will cost about $960 delivered. Not sure where u live but there are plenty of koni sellers out there.
Overseas sellers can be as low as 550 but you carry your own warranty at that price.
Rears take 10mins per side.
Fronts about 1 hour per side if you are unfamiliar. You'll need to purchase or make a strut spreader tool. You won't need triplesquare drivers if you have vice grips & a rattle gun. Spring compressors r helpful too.

[Polo GTEye N9]

G'day Brad
Thanks for the reply. Yeah got all the right gear for the job and have done numerous suspension mods. Koni are good products. Cheers Al

[noone]

. Rears take 10mins per side.
Fronts about 1 hour per side if you are unfamiliar.

Wow. Are you mechanically experienced? I don't see how I could do it in that time.

[h100vw]

Wow. Are you mechanically experienced? I don't see how I could do it in that time.

That's pretty reasonable. The rears are that easy. I would have done my fronts quicker but couldn't compress the standard springs far enough to get the shock out of the hub.

Gavin

[brad]

Wow. Are you mechanically experienced? I don't see how I could do it in that time.

The rears can be done without removing the wheels. Just hook into it with the rattle gun or air ratchet.

The fronts need a fat helper to push the hub off the strut.

I used to be a specialist undercar (brakes/suspension) mech 25 yrs back but only get the tools out a few times a year now. I'm not that fast but I don't let small issues stop me. My mates reckon watching me work is like watching an elephant walking - not fast but never stopping.

My mate with the Polo has no formal training but he's as good as I am on a spanner.

We changed the F&R springs in my Octavia & the F&R shocks on the Polo on the same day. Started at 10.00, stopped for lunch for 40 minutes & finished around 3.30 IIRC, inc cleaning up the garage & test drive. They are quite nice cars to work on.