martininwillerby Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Hi... I've had a word with Awesome over in Manchester about fitting some Eibach Sportline springs to my GTI and have been quoted £340 all in including Re-aligning the wheels/suspension. He said it would drop the car by about 30/35mm which he said is just right and would make the BBS CH's look even better. I was wondering what you lot thought of the idea. I'm not after the slammed down look or a rail track ride, I do like the ride as it is now.... Any comments please are welcome and if anyone has any before and after pic's that would be grand...... Martininwillerby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsy Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 what shocks do you intend to use with those springs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martininwillerby Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Keep the standard GTI ones for now. May change them at a later date. Cheers Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsy Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 in that case I would be tempted to get the eibach pro springs that drop the car around 30mm vs the sportline 35-40mm. they work well with the standard shocks. RR has them on his car together with the koni fsd shocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martininwillerby Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 I have read on other sites that the standard GTI shockers won't last long after fitting new lower/uprated springs. Is there any truth in this.... I only want to go down by 30mm... Cheers Martininwillerby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martininwillerby Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Can anyone recommend me somewhere in east yorkshire were I could have this work done. Awesome seems the ideal place but it's a couple of hours drive to get there. And thats without the extra cost of my wife nipping in to the Trafford Centre to spend spend spend..... Cheers Martininwillerby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLOCK Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Im also looking at putting a set of sportlines on my gti but with the standard monza 2's. I do however want a fairly decent drop so im happy with the 35-45mm drop. Anyhow regarding your black gti on 19'' bbs and sportlines it should look pretty much the same as this.... This gti is apparently running the exact same set up as your looking at, sportlines and 19 '' bbs rc's. Looks damn good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLOCK Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Ive just realised how high this makes my car look.... 4x4 anybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martininwillerby Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Been on the phone with two different performance parts fitters, One local place Ricci Concept who says NO WAY must change shockers to something like FDS's and another AMD Tecnic who says that the Eibach pro kit (25mm drop) will be fine. I think I will be ringing Awesome next week sometime to discus this further..... In the mean time your comments please....... Cheers Martininwillerby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsy Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 have a look about quarter way down this page to where they say the pro kit is designed to work with the oem shocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxfordlad Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Really like that black GTI! - looks cracking lowered. I ran eibach lowering springs on my MK4 GTI and low and behold after about 10-20k miles the ride did get a bit sloppy - almost floppy?? But the standard shocks had done already 100k anyway. This may or may not help your purchase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamv2 Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 I got Eibach sportlines delivered today and will be getting them fitted to the standard shocks next week. I do less than 5000 miles a year so the car will probably be gone before the shockies expire. Even if they do go it's an excuse to purchase some coilovers. I also purchased some 19" ch's today. Need to get the springs on first though, don't want it looking like a jeep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxfordlad Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 given that criteria above I am sure it will work out ok for you *thumbs up* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martininwillerby Posted February 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 HepP1... will you do doing some before and after pictures for us all to see.... pleeeeeeeeeez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLOCK Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Cool help1, i'll wait to see your pics and opinions before i order a set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 [ QUOTE ] Keep the standard GTI ones for now. May change them at a later date. Cheers Martin [/ QUOTE ] There's some good info regarding this very subject - do a search, Martin within the last 3-6 months. I was under the impression that OEM dampers don't work well with aftermarket shocks, like Eibach etc. By their very nature of being lowered, they will wear the OEM dampers out quicker. How much quicker and how one defines quicker is anyone's guess. Surely it's better to have all mods working together i.e. aftermarket shocks and dampers together and by-passing OEM and aftermarket combinations? Let us know how you get on and if you do go for the Eibach & OEM combination, do let us know how that works out for you, as I for one would be keen to hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 [ QUOTE ] Surely it's better to have all mods working together i.e. aftermarket shocks and dampers together and by-passing OEM and aftermarket combinations? [/ QUOTE ] ....Which is exactly why I went to an expert (Ray West who prepared his own road 'n track Mk5 GTI), discussed the options, and then supplied him the advised parts to fit professionally and laser track afterwards. Springs, dampers, and ARB's all together as an effective combination. I've heard too many stories of guys primarily going for looks and not actually improving their car's handling and even getting quite serious problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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