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Fitted new shocks and lowering springs, but rear is now lower than the front
ZoliWorks:
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--- Quote from: pudding on April 22, 2025, 01:02:46 pm ---You need Eibach Pro springs for a non-GTI to get an even stance. They don't do them for a GTI, only the red sports springs, which are low enough to mess up the roll center (increases body roll over stock).
Eibach Pro for a non-GTI (maybe GTD spec) will drop a GTI around 10mm, which is what you want to keep the roll center where it needs to be and you get a nice uniform arch gap all round. They are the best springs for a road car, period. No increase in harshness and are the best progressive rates I've ever used.
Vogtland are pretty good springs but they don't put as much effort into the stance as Eibach do.
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Cheers for the advice, but there is zero chance I'm forking out for yet another set of springs and going to all the faff of pulling it all off again and fitting new stuff - due to 3 x broken captive top mount bolts and 2 x seized rear bolts, it took me two solid weekends to get it all properly installed, not going through that again lol! I'm really happy with the feel of the Vogtland springs, the ride isn't harsh, it's pliant and planted when it needs to be - it's just the rear is slightly too low. If I have to knock up a 1cm spacer myself in polyurethane for the rear I'll do it somehow. Or maybe find something that can be posted overseas if Floflex don't come back to me.
@ZoliWorks where did you get your rear poly spring pads from?
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Got them from a local random person who was selling them on OLX. It's basically the same as FB marketplace. Guy has a machine shop and he makes them out of polyurethane to whatever size you want them to be. Idk about shipping and postage but if you can't find anything locally, I can look into shipping you some from here in Romania, either via post or some UPS-like service. If I remember correctly I paid maybe $20 for the 2.
ZoliWorks:
--- Quote from: pudding on April 22, 2025, 01:02:46 pm ---You need Eibach Pro springs for a non-GTI to get an even stance. They don't do them for a GTI, only the red sports springs, which are low enough to mess up the roll center (increases body roll over stock).
Eibach Pro for a non-GTI (maybe GTD spec) will drop a GTI around 10mm, which is what you want to keep the roll center where it needs to be and you get a nice uniform arch gap all round. They are the best springs for a road car, period. No increase in harshness and are the best progressive rates I've ever used.
Vogtland are pretty good springs but they don't put as much effort into the stance as Eibach do.
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Is this only for the Golf's? Cause I've fitted pro springs on my Jetta and you can see from my post that the rear dropped a lot compared to the factory sports springs which basically had a perfect arch gap on both sides.
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