MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Performance Modifications => Topic started by: Fizgti on June 19, 2011, 03:44:42 pm

Title: Best springs?
Post by: Fizgti on June 19, 2011, 03:44:42 pm

I want to lower the car was thinking of eibach springs want a 30mm drop on it any ideas of what the best springs are?

Title: Re: Best springs?
Post by: apollo13 on June 19, 2011, 03:48:24 pm

What is your car??

These figures are based on GTI/R32 and GT models which are around 15mm lower than a standard Golf.

H+R springs are regarded as one of the best 30-35mm drop front and rear.

Eibach Sportlines are also highly regarded but they are 30-35mm on the front and 20-25mm on the rear.

Title: Re: Best springs?
Post by: Fizgti on June 19, 2011, 06:00:46 pm

Yeh mine is gti i was looking at h & r ones, do you anywere you can gt them from? And how much do think they shud b?

Title: Re: Best springs?
Post by: dannydubs on June 21, 2011, 09:35:05 pm

ive been looking at the sportline but there 50mm drop not lesser ones qouted above

Title: Re: Best springs?
Post by: ROH ECHT on June 22, 2011, 08:53:00 am

H & R super sports  :happy2:
They drop the front a bit more than sportlines.

Title: Re: Best springs?
Post by: dodds-gttdi on June 30, 2011, 01:01:42 pm

Just sold my mk4 with Eibach -30mm springs and to be honest I thought the ride was quite harsh in it.

Gonna go for H & R Sport Springs (the 30-35mm) ones.

Best place to look is AWESOME GTI

http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/section.php?xSec=28 (http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/section.php?xSec=28)

What I've never understood is how much do they lower by? If a GTI or GT TDI (my car) is factory lowered (15mm IIRC), do the springs lower it ANOTHER 30-35mm or just 20ish mm?  :stupid:

Title: Re: Best springs?
Post by: theroxbury on July 02, 2011, 04:51:16 pm

I too want to lower my car a little bit from standard but cant really afford the £700+ full suspension kit so im looking at just springs only.

Is it best to get full suspension kits or are springs fine on their own?

So far ive seen the H&R ones recommended at £150 but i dont want to get cheap crappy ones.

Title: Re: Best springs?
Post by: stu_no_1 on July 22, 2011, 09:42:22 am

I have Lowtec springs fitted to my r32 and im more than happy with them ive never seen a better stance without coilovers i had eibach sportlines on my gti and i always thought it was lowered more at the back than the front. These have really taken off on r32 oc everyone is buying them and they seem to be cheaper than h&r springs and better. Go on this site www.madeone.com and id phone up speak to chris and im sure he could beat any quote that you have for springs. The ride comfort is just as stock maybe a slight stiffer but i never noticed this is only really what other ppl on r32oc have said. And most importantly the pics of the stance
Before
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fyy204%2Fstu_no_1%2FIMG_0052.jpg&hash=a9b83c92ced9a10ce47e9d207c5cbb4c5346a93d)
After
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fyy204%2Fstu_no_1%2FIMG_0195.jpg&hash=e49c84907d2650b711510c42e7d5ec9ef9e89ab4)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fyy204%2Fstu_no_1%2FIMG_0191.jpg&hash=17e68a7bcd3bc11af3b941d24dba2cf69f5e2bc4)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fyy204%2Fstu_no_1%2FIMG_0189.jpg&hash=4dc3bb61b8d6ce9ac9f61a0a0cb081ac1a864422)

Title: Re: Best springs?
Post by: higher1 on September 09, 2011, 10:11:46 am

looks nice good stance

Title: Re: Best springs?
Post by: ukshaun on September 10, 2011, 02:34:41 pm

they look mint, might have to look at getting some of these

Title: Re: Best springs?
Post by: stu_no_1 on September 11, 2011, 05:18:52 pm

Go on the madeone.com website and see if u can contact Chris he will do u a good deal I think he has an ex demo coilover set for much cheapness just now for gti