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Title: h&r 30mm springs or fk street coilovers
Post by: pd9264 on October 20, 2012, 09:39:36 pm

want to lower my mk5 gti but not sure what to get. the two im up against are h&r 30mm springs or fk street coilovers. there both the same price pretty much. i dont want to go super low but i also want a half decent ride quality. its also nice to know that i can go lower if i want with coilovers but on the other hand i want ride comfort. not really got much more on my budget. what are your opinions.
  iv used the search and h&r got good reviews but some say not low enough. fk is mixed reviews. im swinging towards fk at the moment. what you think

Title: Re: h&r 30mm springs or fk street coilovers
Post by: JoeDarKa on October 20, 2012, 09:46:15 pm

If you want comfort then springs it is

Title: Re: h&r 30mm springs or fk street coilovers
Post by: MC71 on October 20, 2012, 11:25:10 pm

I would go with springs out of those options and with your budget. I am sure H&R do some springs with about a 45mm-50mm drop (i could be wrong) and your car would look spot on IMO. Or save a bit more and go for adjustable coilovers? Have a look at Bilstein B14's, KW V1's, H&R Twin Tube's or Koni.
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Title: Re: h&r 30mm springs or fk street coilovers
Post by: DanielF on October 21, 2012, 10:16:33 am

Springs I would go for if your on a budget
I've got a set of h&r 50mm kit for sale in the for sale section :)

Title: Re: h&r 30mm springs or fk street coilovers
Post by: higher1 on October 21, 2012, 10:27:27 am

Ideally I would save up some more and buy better coilovers having said that the h&r springs will ride great and lower the car I wouldn't buy the fk's they will ruin the ride of the golf and unless there the stainless ones running koni inserts they will leak after a short time

I run h&r modified ultra lows and they are awesome before that I had h&r twintubes running koni inserts and my 1st change was eibach sportline springs if you want comfort over lows choose the springs unless your going to spend big on coilovers

Title: Re: h&r 30mm springs or fk street coilovers
Post by: JoeDarKa on October 21, 2012, 01:02:08 pm

Im going for weitec i think when iv saved some cash back up

Title: Re: h&r 30mm springs or fk street coilovers
Post by: pd9264 on October 21, 2012, 02:38:51 pm

thanks for your help. i think il be getting springs then.

Title: Re: h&r 30mm springs or fk street coilovers
Post by: Kalpsn2000 on October 21, 2012, 02:57:40 pm

Mine with H&R springs fitted:

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,51126.0.html