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Offline chrisr

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H & R Springs 35mm drop
« on: March 07, 2016, 10:11:37 pm »
Looking at going a little lower on my GTi ready for when I get new wheels.

At the moment I am thinking of H&R Springs but dont want them to be "crashy" like the springs I fitted on my MK4 GTi..

Anyone currently running on H&R ??

Offline Shoy1980

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Re: H & R Springs 35mm drop
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2016, 10:23:17 pm »
Hi, I have H&R springs on my stock shock absorbers but I believe they only drop 30mm. The ride is fine not much different to stock but they will eventually eat away the standard shock absorbers.

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Re: H & R Springs 35mm drop
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2016, 10:30:02 pm »
Yep. Very close in ride quality to standard springs.

If your dampers are already tired you might find the ride quickly gets crashy though. Fitted mine on what I assume to be original shocks on 69k, still good at 74k, but I'd imagine the ride could be improved slightly with new oem shocks or Bilsteins if it deteriorates in time.

I had a nightmare with springs on my old mk4 too. I put this down to the fact that the standard mk4 shocks are quite soft, standard springs were quite high, and so dropping the ride height by 40mm or so threw the dampers miles out of their normal travel and they were just getting compressed too much.

Different story on the mk5 GTI. Shocks are already quite firm, better damped, and handle a 30mm drop quite comfortably.

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Re: H & R Springs 35mm drop
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2016, 11:46:11 pm »
Cheers Guys.

May have to nip into Awesome Gti Tomorrow  :happy2:

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Re: H & R Springs 35mm drop
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2016, 01:39:30 pm »
alex at AKS tuning was best price i found for H & R.

ive had mine 2 years and shocks are still good as new. and gives a great stance.

theres a few posts on this already if you go hunting.
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Re: H & R Springs 35mm drop
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2016, 05:58:47 pm »

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Re: H & R Springs 35mm drop
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2016, 04:47:53 pm »
I'll have a set for sale very shortly  :happy2:

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Re: H & R Springs 35mm drop
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2016, 05:06:44 pm »
I got them new for less than £150 from ebay. :smiley:

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Re: H & R Springs 35mm drop
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2016, 08:06:03 pm »
I'll have a set for sale very shortly  :happy2:

Went and bought some the other day. Thanks for the heads up though  :happy2: