MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: dazza on August 17, 2014, 12:07:05 am

Title: A little Lower
Post by: dazza on August 17, 2014, 12:07:05 am

I would like a mild drop.

I've been reading a lot about lowering springs,shocks and coils.

A lot of people compare them to stock. But how about stock @ 90k

I'm thinking about Koni FSD/Eibach Pro Kit how would this compare to stock @ 90k?

I'd love to bag it notch the frame and lay frame when i pick the kids up from school but wife would sh*t the bed.
Coils sound good but pointless for me as once i find the right height i would probably not change it again.

Title: Re: A little Lower
Post by: ROH ECHT on August 17, 2014, 07:58:31 am

For a mild drop you'd want Eibach's Pro-Kit, H&R Sport, or OEM Performance springs for a 1.0" to 1.5" drop.
Add KONI FSD or Bilstein B8 dampers for the ride quality.

Title: Re: A little Lower
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on August 17, 2014, 02:25:56 pm

At 90k miles, you should replace your shock absorbers too. If they aren't leaking already, they will do within 10k miles of having lowering springs fitted  :happy2:

Title: Re: A little Lower
Post by: dazza on August 17, 2014, 06:44:35 pm

Will i see any improvement with KONI FSD and Eibach's Pro-Kit. Apart from the slight drop?

Title: Re: A little Lower
Post by: wardy1311 on August 18, 2014, 08:57:14 pm

The eibach pro kit will give you a 30mm drop and you are able to use standard dampers with them

Title: Re: A little Lower
Post by: th3_f15t on August 18, 2014, 09:04:12 pm

Koni FSD are very well liked, especially when used with the Eibach sport springs. Comments usually revolve around how OEM the ride comfort is but handling is improved dramatically. But coilovers are at an advantage as you can Taylor the ride height perfectly for your needsnow or in the future. A Bilstein B14 may be a few hundred more but for performance and lowering, they'rethe better option long term (in my opinion). H&R are well rated too and offer ultra low kits for those who like to really drop the ride height.

Title: Re: A little Lower
Post by: ROH ECHT on August 19, 2014, 02:40:32 am

Yes, do the dampers when you add the springs. I got about 35k miles(from 25k to 60k miles) extra from the oem dampers when I added my springs, but as said, with 90k miles you should do them at the same time.

Title: Re: A little Lower
Post by: mrzed on August 19, 2014, 11:36:12 am

I've just put Eibach springs on mine and the shocks have 100k on them  :ashamed:

Title: Re: A little Lower
Post by: dazza on August 19, 2014, 03:12:43 pm

Thanks for your input guys.

The ride is poor now you can feel every bump the wife even mentioned it when we were on the motorway the other day how you can feel the road.

Hopefully the new tyres will make a different. Eagle F1's A2 There are some Chinese tyres on there at the moment.

Im just hope that i wont bottom out on my drive with the Eibach springs. If this was the case how would the FSD's work with stock springs?