VW Bora suspension, how soft should it be?

[gringo_54_oval]

If you want firm suspension i would recommend you get Weitec Hicon coilovers firms it up heaps nice and not too much gets rid of that boat feel and if you dare you can lower it that suits your driveway and also replace your strut top mount and bearing while everything is out.
have a chat to preen on here he can hook you up with a decent price.
And like everyone else is saying get away from pedders they know only commodores and falcons

[dylan8]

I'd be very surprised if the shocks are gone at 100,000km. Did the previous owner live on bad mountain/farm road or something?
Are you sure the car's kms are legitmate?!

Mine were well on the way out at 100k km

[popeclement]

It's not so much the actual shocks that don't last, it's the rubber bits. When I installed the Bilsteins, I took note of quite a few bushes etc and replaced these with the supposedly firmer Audi TT variety. Car is close to 200,000 clicks.

[logic0n3]

So just to keep people updated,

I ended up buying some second hand R32 suspension from Graeme86, despite him trying to convince me to buy Koni's
Installed them myself without too much trouble, was a fair bit of work though. Haven't got the rear R32 springs in yet, couldn't get the old ones out easily. I'll have another go at it soon though.

The difference is amazing! I can now drive into driveways in second gear without hitting the front of the car and the car sticks to the road soooo much better.

Only real problem is that there now seem to be a vibration at about 70km/h, seems to be coming from rear left...
Have no idea what it might be

[dylan8]

get the rest of the setup in, then get an alignment in a weeks time once everything has settled