What are the best cheapish lowering springs for a 2008 Polo GTI?

[brad]

I agree, the OEM dampers are for decorative purposes only. That would be the first place to make improvements.

[PoloGIT]

Ok, for those of us who have gone down the H&R spring route, what's a the current thinking on a good shock to team them up with? Cheers.

[brad]

Ok, for those of us who have gone down the H&R spring route, what's a the current thinking on a good shock to team them up with? Cheers.

I fitted Koni Sports Adjustable to my mates 77tsi Polo at about 8,000km. He probably drives faster than most of you guys and he's very happy with them.

[seangti]

I went with Bilstein as the price difference between them and Koni was very marginal at the time. Koni's have adjustable dampening. I'm very happy with the bilsteins. If you drive on poor roads, perhaps don't go the lowest of the H&R springs available.

Check out Demon Tweeks, DPM, OrangeTuning and PSI Tuning if you're buying online. It may still be cheaper to buy coilovers. I bought H&R coilovers for OrangeTuning and surprisingly didn't get hit with import tax, so was like $1400 delivered and they were great to deal with. To source the H&R coilovers locally was over $3k. Though they are firmer than ideal on a street oriented car.

[Bullet Fast]

MCA Blue Series FTW. $1500 ish and you get to choose your own springs.

[Stuwey]

I paid $1250 for Bilstein B14s from the UK, but would happily pay the lil' extra for a set of locally built MCAs.

[Paazuzu]

I'm thinking about BC Racing coilovers myself. $1200 delivered from a NSW distributor. Height and damper adjustable plus you can ask for different spring rates. Good reviews from what I've read (some of the Golf guys on here have them too).