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Re: Springs?
« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2011, 10:05:10 am »
so its between H&R and Sportlines...i'll check them both out. any pics of the H&R?

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Re: Springs?
« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2011, 10:14:00 am »
so its between H&R and Sportlines...i'll check them both out. any pics of the H&R?

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As I'm gonna be buying some springs soon too, dunno which ones yet  :smiley:
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Re: Springs?
« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2011, 11:40:32 am »
Sportlines:


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Re: Springs?
« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2011, 12:07:32 pm »
Any decent links for the springs?
Looked through an old thread that had discounted Sportlines for £106 delivered from euro car parts but the discount code don't work anymore  :sad1:

Cheapest I can find is £135+
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Re: Springs?
« Reply #20 on: April 04, 2011, 12:39:15 pm »
There are some H&R's for sale in the For Sale section gents, there is a pic of the drop in here too:

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,27040.0.html

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Re: Springs?
« Reply #21 on: April 06, 2011, 12:47:48 am »
Sportlines do look mint Keano, as your car shows.
Do you like the handling too?

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Re: Springs?
« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2011, 07:06:28 pm »
Thankyou  :happy2:

Yes. Handling is much better. Alot more confidence inspiring!

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Re: Springs?
« Reply #24 on: April 08, 2011, 03:13:03 pm »
I have found that since I changed the springs, when I'm traveling at a good speed on a bumpy road that the car is quite bouncy, almost a little out of control and feels like the tyres are wacking the wheel arch.  If I had known this in advance of fitting them I would have upgraded to firmer shocks at the same time.

BTW I have a GT Tdi so the shocks may well be softer than a GTi or ED30

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Re: Springs?
« Reply #25 on: April 08, 2011, 11:03:53 pm »
Might have missed a thread but daboy3000 it normally works the other way round with Diesels on suspension. The engine is normally much heavier than a petrol so the the spring rates and damping will be stiffer and heavier to make compensation.

What Springs did you upgrade to and did you make the upgrade to your standard shocks?

Gti petrol springs just wouldn't handle very well on a Diesel front end as you're running an Iron block which is massively heavier than the Ally block the Gti has, you'll defo get loads of bounce because of this and the dampers will be useless at the same time.

Correct me if I'm missing something here but it seems the case.

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Re: Springs?
« Reply #26 on: April 08, 2011, 11:12:58 pm »
I fitted eibach pro sport 25mm drop, standard shocks. What's the best way to sort it out with out make the ride too hard and spending lots of money?

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Re: Springs?
« Reply #27 on: April 09, 2011, 12:23:21 am »
Who fitted them?

They should have fitted the Pro kit specifically for your car, for your car it should offer a 30mm drop which makes it the same as the petrol GTi.
The part is very different though, your car needs a spring to handle 1130kg load front and 1010kg rear and the GTi Petrol only needs to handle 1040kg front and 930kg rear. Part numbers are different and so are the springs, well worth checking.

Sounds to me like you've got petrol car springs and that would explain you're problem, my set up with Sportlines and Pro Dampers gives some bounce at around 100mph but it's a firm and positive form which corrects instantly and doesn't ever ground out and the car always remains really planted.
Just not as comfortable at speed as the original set-up but you will forgive that when you meet a corner. It's incredible for the price.
You'd have to go to a really well set up KW3 if you want a seriously good set-up and the dosh goes up too.

Go to Eibach and check what you have on your car and take it from there

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Re: Springs?
« Reply #28 on: April 09, 2011, 12:28:26 am »
I ordered them myself from europarts for the tdi and AMD fitted them, don't get me wrong its not all over the place and I have just come from a Porsche so maybe I'm making it sound worse than it is. But I will look to upgrade the shocks at some point.

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Re: Springs?
« Reply #29 on: April 09, 2011, 12:45:31 am »
Fair do's, sorry if I sounded condescending. Love the Porsche and having driven the new cars know they're incredible so maybe that's the problem!
Questioned my suspension too after jumping from an 09 C2 sport - but then you would wouldn't you?

The Pro kit, if the correct spring, should work really well on your standard shock but if it's not that bad then maybe that's as god as it gets.

But still well worth checking those part numbers as EuroParts can be really good for some replacement parts but don't really come up trumps when it comes to upgrades and like any company can make mistakes. I've had to cross-check part numbers with them and VW and found them to be wrong in the past on discs. Could get your money back if they got it wrong so worth a go.