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Re: 5 Ways to make your MK5 GTi Better...
« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2012, 06:33:40 pm »
KW coilivers comfortable on the road ! Errmm..... Not really !

Standard gti brakes are good ! Errmm.....Not really !

That car in the top picture was a scottish members aswell, can't remember his user name though


Think it's "Rubber toe" ? Looks like an article on his motor from a couple of years back.

That's it mate ! The blue one was a scottish members aswell, they were both lovely looking cars.
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Re: 5 Ways to make your MK5 GTi Better...
« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2012, 06:39:57 pm »

I've got KW V1's on my Eddy and they're awesome, ride better than standard I'd say, so don't know what KW's you've experienced?


Kw v1 on my old mk5 GTI

Wasn't a fan they were to harsh for me, the car handled well though, ill be going back to bilstein this time round.


....Improved handling is what both KW and Bilstein coilovers are designed and built for. Both brands are market leaders and for good reasons.

However, if they aren't setup properly or you have a back injury or similar, then they won't be comfortable but that's not the fault of the product.


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Re: 5 Ways to make your MK5 GTi Better...
« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2012, 06:46:35 pm »
The problem isn't what the magazine are recommending its the fact that the target audience has shifted in the 4 years since I bought my Ed30.

I can't see the buyers of a £5,6,7k GTI spending all the monies on the right upgrades.  :popcornsoda:

You cheeky bugger I paid £7k for mine  :signLOL:

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Re: 5 Ways to make your MK5 GTi Better...
« Reply #18 on: December 20, 2012, 07:10:14 pm »
KW coilivers comfortable on the road ! Errmm..... Not really !

Standard gti brakes are good ! Errmm.....Not really !

That car in the top picture was a scottish members aswell, can't remember his user name though


Think it's "Rubber toe" ? Looks like an article on his motor from a couple of years back.

That's it mate ! The blue one was a scottish members aswell, they were both lovely looking cars.

He was on recently talking about converting it to AWD, has a written off R32 to swap bits over