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Depends what your budget is as far as coilovers are concerned

Budget Coilovers - £150-200 (JOM etc)
Good Quality - £300-350 (AP's & Weitecs)
High Quality - £500-600 (Spax, KW's, Venom, Eibach)
Top Quality - £800-1000 (Bilstein, KW V3's, Tein)

I would personally avoid the budget one's as they are made from cheaper materials and are more prone to ceasing/corroding.
AP's & Weitecs are the most popular because they are a very good quality, decent ride comfort and are produced from good materials. If you want that extra bit of quality with adjustable damping settings then Spax probably offer the most affordable fully adjustable coilovers on the market. Spax RSX coilovers retail at around £500-550 but they are really good.

ahh appreciate that.

if im honest im a budget man student loans and part time work dont go so far! if i had a gti id probably go for more pricey ones but since its only the 1.0l i think its gonna have to be budget from what ive heard JOM are the budgets of choice

Can't argue with that mate, your spot on.

The budget ones essentially do the same thing, they just lower your car for cheaper.
The expensive coilovers are more aimed at track day drivers or people looking for the best possible performance.

There is a bloke on ClubPolo who sells coilovers for pretty cheap, I think they are about £150 but they seem to be pretty highly rated for the price.

I know http://www.veedubmachine.co.uk do them as well, could not find them for the 6n2 on the webiste but I know they do them.

is that the jackson tuning guy? theyre £175 i think but i havnt heard much about them. Ive heard good about the JOM's and like you said im not gonna track it and as long as i keep them lookedafter and greased i think they should be ok.

some nice sunny days, some nice new pictures i wanna get on with the detailing but moneys a bit tight right now
hopefully after pay day at the end of the month

today was a man day!
learnt a few things like, the dremmel is not a toy and will burn you!

been good though the cars coming together, new steering wheel 300mm bit smaller than i expected but i love it after being messed about by a clubpolo forum user "gibbos_vr6" definitely avoid.

also few less stickers than before the new wheels and wind deflectors!

Need help with bmc, all fitted today was the dia kit could someone advise me what the pipe coming off the engine at the bottom is? The noise isn't as great as I was expecting but it is obly a 1.0 I suppose
The one in the pic someone please help!

It's either your oil breather pipe or if your exhaust manifold is below it it's a warm air feed to help start in cold weather I believe....

I think anyway.... Cades are cool..!

Yeah it's the warm air from the manifold. The breathers were taken at the top of the box. Taken this kit off because it really made no difference to the car I love the cades a lot loads of people are not fans but I love them too

This was mine and her first trip to the mainland
She held out well on the motorway for a 1.0

Looks nice mate what exhaust have you got on the car?

No idea it was on there when I bought it. A lot of people will dislike it on here but it's not a hidden one. Some sort of stainless steel dual tip either backbox or non resonated system. Not too sure but she purs nice enough for a 1 litre

Its probably an OMP or Mongoose backbox mate, looks alright to be fair I think the 6N2 looks well with twin tail pipes

Yeah. Stainless is a bonus means less/no replacement needed. Looking to get a hidden next year I think when I get the coilovers on, it sits fairly low as it is on the springs just need a stainless hidden backbox at some point I think