Coil overs.... Opinions and Experiences?

**pontiff** · 04-09-2013, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by MrDeathLad

I got lucky and got my V1 second hand for 850 from Pontiff in melb. Ride quality is not as bad as I was expecting. Rears are maxed out and front able to go lower. very happy with them.

Hey mate... glad you are happy with them. This just goes to show that one persons water is another ones wine (or whatever the saying is, i feel that I have just mucked it up but you get the idea

). Anyway... I thought the V1's were a little too firm for my liking along the roads that I use on the way to work... As Mr Death Lad says here, the rears you max our on the V1's for a nice height and the fronts you go about 1/3 the way down i think for a nice level look. I found if I went too low the angle of the driveshafts would complain and whine a bit at low speed for the first km or so but other than that, $850 that Mr Lad paid for mine was a bargain and im glad he likes them, i dropped about $500 in the space of driving them 500-750 kms or so

I have heard good words about the street comforts from KW, but I think they are about 1600 or so? I would like a set of coilovers that provided OEM SPORT ride comfort with the height of the V1's because as the OP says, having the guards meet the tyres again makes the 6R look brilliant.. the height of the OEM sport setup is too high as it stands imho

**llai8501** · 04-09-2013, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by pontiff

I have heard good words about the street comforts from KW, but I think they are about 1600 or so? I would like a set of coilovers that provided OEM SPORT ride comfort with the height of the V1's because as the OP says, having the guards meet the tyres again makes the 6R look brilliant.. the height of the OEM sport setup is too high as it stands imho

Thanks Pontiff, can you elaborate on this? Don't the Comfort Sports get pretty low? Or as low as the V1's without the ride stiffness?

**VWplo** · 04-09-2013, 02:40 PM

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**pontiff** · 04-09-2013, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by llai8501

Thanks Pontiff, can you elaborate on this? Don't the Comfort Sports get pretty low? Or as low as the V1's without the ride stiffness?

from the KW website... so yes, the sport comforts do not go as low but in saying that.. Mr Death Lad can comment more authoratively as he has my (now his) V1's installed so you can find out what they are set for, but IIRC i had my fronts set about 1/3 down so that would cover the street comforts easily but i had the rears all the way down so the streets would not go as low as i had them.

As for the ride quality, i would say that the comforts would ride 'better' (read: softer) than the V1's and if i had my time again, i woudl have stumped up the extra cash and gone the comforts, live and learn...

KW Coilover Street Comfort inox
Design:Street Comfort
Hardness adjustment:Rebound
Lowering front / rear:15-40/20-50
Adjustment front / rear:Thread / thread
Material:Stainless Steel
Approval:TÜV
Axle load front / rear:- 860 / - 800
Year built:05/2009-
Type of vehicle:VW Polo Hatchback (6R) 66 kw 1197 cc Petrol

KW coilover suspension Variant 1 inox
Design:Version 1
Hardness adjustment:no
Lowering front / rear:20-50/40-65
Adjustment front / rear:Thread / thread
Material:Stainless Steel
Approval:TÜV
Axle load front / rear:861-960 / - 800
Year built:05/2009-
Type of vehicle:VW Polo Hatchback (6R) 66 kw 1197 cc Petrol

**MrDeathLad** · 04-09-2013, 02:55 PM

i currently have the v1 rears at max low and am actually contemplating taking the adjuster perches out for another ~15mm drop but would then need new tyres (205/40 instead of 215/35r18 ) or to remove the arch liners to prevent rubbing. but thats just me. the fronts however are set with 40mm of thread left and again would need to change tyres or modify arch liners if going lower (they already scrub slightly on mid corner bumps when pushing hard). will go take some photos now to show how it looks... but as pontiff mentioned, what he thought was to stiff for him, is completely acceptable for me. the best thing to do would be find someone near you with coil-overs installed and see if you can drive their car to get a feel for the firmer ride and see if the firmness is OK.

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**llai8501** · 04-09-2013, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by pontiff

As for the ride quality, i would say that the comforts would ride 'better' (read: softer) than the V1's and if i had my time again, i woudl have stumped up the extra cash and gone the comforts, live and learn...

KW Coilover Street Comfort inox
Design:Street Comfort
Hardness adjustment:Rebound
Lowering front / rear:15-40/20-50
Adjustment front / rear:Thread / thread
Material:Stainless Steel
Approval:TÜV
Axle load front / rear:- 860 / - 800
Year built:05/2009-
Type of vehicle:VW Polo Hatchback (6R) 66 kw 1197 cc Petrol

KW coilover suspension Variant 1 inox
Design:Version 1
Hardness adjustment:no
Lowering front / rear:20-50/40-65
Adjustment front / rear:Thread / thread
Material:Stainless Steel
Approval:TÜV
Axle load front / rear:861-960 / - 800
Year built:05/2009-
Type of vehicle:VW Polo Hatchback (6R) 66 kw 1197 cc Petrol

Thanks again.

What's the difference with inox vs no inox? I googled and it brought up salt spraying and corrosion testing?

**LunchboxVRS** · 04-09-2013, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by llai8501

Thanks again.

What's the difference with inox vs no inox? I googled and it brought up salt spraying and corrosion testing?

Without going into detail the inox uses a stainless housing where as the basic has a galvanized housing.

**llai8501** · 04-09-2013, 09:27 PM

Thanks lunchbox.

Anyone tried the Weitec's? I'm reading here that the TX are equiv to the KW V2's at a cheaper price point (owned by same company).

Any thoughts on those?

**PoloDave** · 04-09-2013, 10:09 PM

Over here the Weitecs have gotten the reputation of being one of the softest coils for the 6R, and some people selling them due to scraping front bumper too easily. I'm running AP coils and they are the budget KW-V1. The lowering is the same as the V1, and I am very happy with them. Compared to other cheap coils like V-maxx they are very comfortable and expected them to be worse, until I ran 18". Rebound could be better, but springs arent that hard. Can't have anyone sitting in the back because the fender will rub on the stretched tire though, but that is almost never nessessary.

**llai8501** · 04-09-2013, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by PoloDave

Over here the Weitecs have gotten the reputation of being one of the softest coils for the 6R, and some people selling them due to scraping front bumper too easily. I'm running AP coils and they are the budget KW-V1. The lowering is the same as the V1, and I am very happy with them. Compared to other cheap coils like V-maxx they are very comfortable and expected them to be worse, until I ran 18". Rebound could be better, but springs arent that hard. Can't have anyone sitting in the back because the fender will rub on the stretched tire though, but that is almost never nessessary.

Interesting. I'm looking into something to allow me to lower the car without sacrificing the ride, so you're saying the Weitecs when lowered will scrape easily because they're not as stiff/harsh?