MK5 Golf GTI

General => New Member Intro's => Topic started by: Ben! on September 21, 2014, 02:01:15 am

Title: Newb from Norwich
Post by: Ben! on September 21, 2014, 02:01:15 am

Hi guys,

Just a quick one to introduce myself. I'm Ben from Norwich and I've been the owner of a 5dr tornado gti for the last couple of months. Pretty happy with it, its fully loaded and I paid what I consider a good price.
Not too much planned, I've changed the head unit to one from my old car, and I'm on the lookout for some new wheels to replace the monza 2's.
The car is so comfortable compared to my old car and I don't want to ruin that, so I don't think I'll go down the coilover route this time. It doesn't corner quite as flat as I'd like though so I'm looking at Eibach springs. Undecided on which ones at the mo.. Any recommendations on sport line/pro kit very welcome.

Ben

Title: Re: Newb from Norwich
Post by: mandeep_vw on September 21, 2014, 07:55:52 pm

welcome!

Title: Re: Newb from Norwich
Post by: Ben! on September 21, 2014, 08:09:41 pm

Cheers!

Title: Re: Newb from Norwich
Post by: Yorkie92 on September 21, 2014, 08:44:40 pm

Welcome  :happy2:
If you are looking for springs I have the sportline ones and they don't really change the ride too much as I have a little girl so need a comfy ride lol.
I'm in lowestoft btw  :happy2:

Yorkie

Title: Re: Newb from Norwich
Post by: Ben! on September 21, 2014, 08:52:38 pm

Thanks for that Yorkie, I think that's what I'll end up going for. I've always heard good things about the comfort of Eibach springs from the french car scene so I'm sure its the same with their VAG stuff. Good to know someones reasonably local, on my last forum there were only a few of us in East Anglia!

Title: Re: Newb from Norwich
Post by: Yorkie92 on September 22, 2014, 10:20:23 pm

You need to get a few pics of it on here! Lol
And what was your previous car?

Title: Re: Newb from Norwich
Post by: Jamminjim on September 24, 2014, 09:59:28 pm

Running coilovers on my Jetta I went for cheapo Joms as a stop-gap while I save for something better...so far they've been on for nearly two years with no problems and the rides still really rather smooth (i have a two year old so worried about this too) springs are ok but the front always seems to sit a bit high for my liking!

Title: Re: Newb from Norwich
Post by: Ben! on September 25, 2014, 04:45:57 pm

I haven't bothered with any photo's, it's just a standard car at the mo!

I'd agree with you there,  springs do often seem too high at the front. For this reason and also that my shocks have done nearly 90k I'm starting to sway toward coilovers, although I'd probably try and get some second hand ap's rather than cheapo ones.

Title: Re: Newb from Norwich
Post by: Jamminjim on September 25, 2014, 08:25:42 pm

There's some bargain second hand quality coilovers about at the mo  :pomppomp: