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Who is riding on KW v1?
« on: January 11, 2015, 04:52:28 pm »
girls and boys and men and womens who are riding on a set of kw v1 under your golf, gti o dsg no mathers. ?
few questions.

are they bumpy as joms?
will they sit good when lowering on 18 or 19"?
quality?
have they come with a model that fits both 50 & 55mm struts?
does a audi a3 2012 tdi have the same struts and coilover setup as a 2005 golf gti dsg?

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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2015, 05:19:39 pm »
I had Joms on my old fabia and V1's on my golf and they are definitely not as bumpy as Joms  :laugh:, the ride is as good if not better than my 87k old OEM suspension but handles much better.

There are also 2 other cars in my household that use them and they're great, very well made and haven't had any issues with about 40k combined.

This is how they sit on my 19's






This is with my rears all the way down and the front most of the way down.

I'm not sure about what will fit etc.. But I'm sure somebody will.  :happy2:

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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2015, 05:26:53 pm »
I had Joms on my old fabia and V1's on my golf and they are definitely not as bumpy as Joms  :laugh:, the ride is as good if not better than my 87k old OEM suspension but handles much better.

There are also 2 other cars in my household that use them and they're great, very well made and haven't had any issues with about 40k combined.

This is how they sit on my 19's






This is with my rears all the way down and the front most of the way down.

I'm not sure about what will fit etc.. But I'm sure somebody will.  :happy2:
nice ride you got there!
love the stace it got. how much have your dampers and springs been covered in miles ( km ) as i live in EU?
as i'm buying a set that has covered max 5.000miles.
are they max lowered rear and front?

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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2015, 05:29:53 pm »
Cheers, they've covered 20,000km and have been excellent, rears all the way down and front about 75% of the way down.

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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2015, 05:32:25 pm »
guess 5k miles wont hurt me then :) are there much mathers if its a dsg or manual? and are there a model that fits moth 50 and 55mm struts :O?

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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2015, 12:30:52 pm »
Does anyone know how low I can take my gti on the standard shocks? I'm just looking at putting springs on not coilovers


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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2015, 12:43:10 pm »
Am running kw v1on my gttdi on 19"bbs alloys the fronts are half way down and the rear will go a bit more but I won't get over speed bumps if am any lower
Check my build thread


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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2015, 03:14:03 pm »
Am running kw v1on my gttdi on 19"bbs alloys the fronts are half way down and the rear will go a bit more but I won't get over speed bumps if am any lower
Check my build thread
will check!
how much have your coilies covered in miles? the feeling? smooth or bouncy :driver:

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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2015, 05:56:07 pm »
Im on v1s too


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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2015, 06:33:50 pm »
v1's here too  :happy2:
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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2015, 06:38:29 pm »
Am running kw v1on my gttdi on 19"bbs alloys the fronts are half way down and the rear will go a bit more but I won't get over speed bumps if am any lower
Check my build thread
will check!
how much have your coilies covered in miles? the feeling? smooth or bouncy :driver:

still feeling smooth and they have been on the car about 5 years

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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2015, 07:02:15 pm »
can't wait for them to turn up  :driver: :jumpmove: how will they look when lowered on 18"?

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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2015, 07:48:36 pm »
crap picture but on 18's

rear is all the way down fronts have about 40mm of thread to go lower  :happy2:

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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2015, 08:02:20 pm »
crap picture but on 18's

rear is all the way down fronts have about 40mm of thread to go lower  :happy2:


guess that will be good for me to :) will need to print the TUV from kw home site  :driver:

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Re: Who is riding on KW v1?
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2015, 08:32:32 pm »


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