Another coilover question

ziyaad · Post by **ziyaad** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:01 pm

Which are the best coilovers to get? i've got just over 300 to spend. I saw somewhere that u can pick up evo's for about 300. They anygood?

polo power · Post by **polo power** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:23 pm

off phil_j over on clubpolo sells the evo coilovers. i have sum to fit, yet to fit them tho, waiting for the weather to get abit better. got mine for Â£295 with postage.

ziyaad · Post by **ziyaad** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:31 pm

has any1 fitted them could give an evaluation?

polopaul · Post by **polopaul** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:12 am

yeh iv got them, and theyr ok. you cant really grumble for Â£300, but obviously the more you spend the better you will get. i cudnt justify spending more than Â£300 on suspension for a 60bhp polo!lol but they do the job fine.

ziyaad · Post by **ziyaad** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:15 pm

cheers. think i'll get em. did u fit them urself? and also are there extrs changes to be made. i've read about changing shocks as well?

scotia_polo · Post by **scotia_polo** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:44 pm

ziyaad wrote:cheers. think i'll get em. did u fit them urself? and also are there extrs changes to be made. i've read about changing shocks as well?

lol thats only if you buy springs mate. Coilovers are the whole package( shocks and springs) and you can adjust the ride height, sometimes even the dampning in all. The things that will need done after the coilovers fitted will be your tracking and camber.

Scott

Bepe · Post by **Bepe** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:19 pm

fk highsports, not to cheap and not to expensive! top quality and give an awsume ride

polo power · Post by **polo power** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:41 pm

polo paul- how low have you taken your polo?

polopaul · Post by **polopaul** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:44 pm

polo power wrote:polo paul- how low have you taken your polo?

all the way down at the back, and roughly about 40mm left to go on the front. its sits even like that but think ill wind the fronts down a bit to give a little 'nose down'.

polo power · Post by **polo power** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:37 pm

got a pic?

polopaul · Post by **polopaul** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:44 am

not at the min, gunna get some soon though

polo power · Post by **polo power** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:53 pm

ok then cheers

ziyaad · Post by **ziyaad** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:30 pm

Are these the same as the Phil J ones?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EVO-II-COILOVER-V ... otohosting

Does anybody have any coilovers from German eBay?

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:46 pm

Yes, they are. I still think you get what you pay for with those, unfortunately. The quality of them isn't said to be the best, and the damping of the shocks is meant to be far from impressive.

If I were you, I'd spend Â£300 on a decent suspension kit, e.g. H&R CupKit, the KW alternative, or match up a set of Bilstein shocks and Eibach springs, which is meant to be a good setup.

It all depends on how low you want to go really. The H&R kit lowers the car 60mm front, and 40 rear.

Don't be bullied into having a stupidly low ride height through using coilovers. 60mm is perfect, in my opinion.

polo power · Post by **polo power** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:51 pm

ye they are the same as the ones phil_j sell, i cant see much of a point in spending loads of money on coilovers for a non gti polo the evos are good enough for the money