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Bilstein b8 dampers questions. Mk5 vs mk6. Stiffness etc

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skard:
To be fair, I noticed the Koni's were leaking not long after buying the car, and had been wiped down.

I am returning my car to completely standard to sell it, that is the only reason why I took them off - they are fantastic.

jedi-knight83:
Does the mk6 b8 still offer an improvement / upgrade over the oem mk5 damper then?


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jedi-knight83:
Wonder what the oem damper compression figures are compared to these then




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Shoduchi:

--- Quote from: jedi-knight83 on January 30, 2015, 12:15:04 pm ---Thanks for the replies



--- Quote from: skard on January 29, 2015, 11:43:14 pm ---I took off my mk5 B8 kit today and replaced it with OEM - I think they're a very similar ride.

My car came with Koni FSD on and it felt like I was being slapped in the head every time I went over bumps

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So the koni were too stiff

Why did you remove the bilsteins?


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There are two Koni FSD kits available for the mk5 chassis. The first Koni made is the Kit 2100-4001, which is the one that I got (with Eibach Pro-Kit springs). But due to some complains about it being too soft, Koni made a stiffer kit for the GTI, Kit 2100-4090.

If you want comfort and still a good handling, I'd get the same kit as I have. If you want a more stiffer ride, more track oriented, you can get the GTI kit: 2100-4090.

You can read more about this in this review topic: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=55600.0.

Cheers

Beddie:

--- Quote from: jedi-knight83 on January 30, 2015, 12:37:09 pm ---Does the mk6 b8 still offer an improvement / upgrade over the oem mk5 damper then?


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Yeah the mk6 version offers a big improvement over the OEM damper imo  :happy2:
The thread I linked has quite a few people running the mk6 B8 on mk5s

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