Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons

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Slapshotnerd

Discussion Starter · Nov 28, 2001

Ok, we all know there's a million brands of coilovers. Lets try and make a list of all of them and the advantages and disadvantages of them.
H&R coilovers - 3 (more?) different kinds. Low, super low, and scrape-on-every-pebble low.
Weitec - adjustable and non-adjustable.
Continue please

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STEALTHDEMONDUB

· #2 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (Slapshotnerd)

whats a coilover? whats a volkswagen? i thought we used apc coil sleeves on our handas hahahahahahaa....
fk
kw
bilstein
weitec
h&r
koni

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Jerry_HEAVEN

· #3 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (STEALTHDEMONDUB)

quote:[HR][/HR]\
fk
kw
bilstein
weitec
h&r
koni

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fk
kw
bilstein
weitec
h&r
koni

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Jerry_HEAVEN

· #4 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (Thorax_Embalmer)

there are a couple more you can add that some have never heard of such as:
Inter Alloy
Patec
True-Choice
Intrax
just cause you've never heard of them doesnt make them sucky

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kevinMXS

· #5 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (Thorax_Embalmer)

the true choice ones are KONI

turboit

· #6 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (Thorax_Embalmer)

b + g
apex

Slapshotnerd

Discussion Starter · #7 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (turboit)

do you guys know which ones have which features? maybe how low they'll go and pricing, if possible.
Wanna make this informative, not JUST a continuous list

turboit

· #8 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (Slapshotnerd)

B+G I believe have damping adjustments as well as so do the Apex units.
I've priced both (awhile ago) and the pricing for both were about the same, and comparable to H&R, and KW price wise.

kevinMXS

· #9 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (turboit)

how much is that?

Ghetto-8v

· #10 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (kevinMXS)

Weitec XS I wanna know the skinny!

bialyorzel

· #11 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (Slapshotnerd)

Weitec Coilovers will lower from 20-75mm, and can be had for $900. They come in height and dampening adjustable, or just height. The $900 price tag is for fully adjustable.
H&R Coilovers come in three flavors; Ultra Low drops the car from 2.5"-4", Ultra Ultra Low drops the car as much as 5", and the normal coilovers will drop the car 2" in front and 3" in the rear. They only come in height adjustable and cost from $1,100 to $1,400.
KW coilovers come in two flavors, Variant I and Variant II. Variant II is height and dampening adjustable while Variant I is only height adjustable. Variant I cost $1,100 and Variant II cost $1,350.
FK coilovers come in two flavors as well; the dampening and height adjustable Konigsport and the only height adjustable Highsport. The height adjustable ones cost $950, while fully adjustable run $1,200. These used to be able to be bought at an even lower price from Lopes on the VWvortex, but I'm not sure if this deal is still going on. A special grease (included now?) must be applied to these otherwise they will be noisey. Fully adjustable use KONI dampners.

[Modified by bialyorzel, 4:32 PM 11-28-2001]

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turboit

· #12 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (kevinMXS)

quote:[HR][/HR]how much is that?
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about $1100-$1200
I do not know the lowering rates for either of them though.
IMHO, I'd go with one of the better known brands ala H&R, KW, Weitec, FK

EuroStyle

· #13 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (turboit)

Koni. Enough said.

Sean

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Sebeck1

· #14 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (EuroStyle)

I would also like to know how the ride quality is affected? Maybe a rating system 1 being the softest and 10 being the roughest? I'm particularly interested in the bilstein PSS System. PSS's or PSS9's.

surefooted

· #15 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (EuroStyle)

What about Powertechs

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eurican

· #16 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (surefooted)

Would like to know about the PSS system too!!! How far of a drop are they?

Vento 3

· #17 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (Jetta97GT)

someone here use AVO

VW THUNDER

· #18 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (bialyorzel)

quote:[HR][/HR]H&R Coilovers come in three flavors; Ultra Low drops the car from 2.5"-4", Ultra Ultra Low drops the car as much as 5", and the normal coilovers will drop the car 2" in front and 3" in the rear. They only come in height adjustable and cost from $1,100 to $1,400.[HR][/HR]

Is that all the lower they go in the front? I am thinking about getting H&Rs but I think I will want to go lower than 2" in the front, maybe 2.5" or so

Slapshotnerd

Discussion Starter · #19 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (VW THUNDER)

this is a good post, lets see if we can fill in some of the info we're missin

bialyorzel

· #20 · Nov 29, 2001

Re: Lets make this THE coilover post! coilover rundown and pros and cons (VW THUNDER)

Those lowering specs for the H&R Coilovers are from Potterman's site. If you want to go lower, then get the Ultra Lows. If you want to go really really low get the Ultra Ultra Lows.

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