I know someone who has them on his VR6 A3 GTi... they come with springs that are way too soft. They seem to be reliable though. Go to: http:\\www.dwna.com You can get *excellent* prices from these guys... Tell them that Clayton sent you, please! Clayton
Mark Reda wrote: > How do KW coilovers rate to H&R. I've heard nothing but good things > about KW so far and my buddy has a connection to get his A3 GTI VR6 done > for $1500 CDN installed (his friend is a distributor for KW). > > Does anyone have experience with KW? > > Mark Reda. > 89 Jetta GTX 16V (looking for a 2L Block in the greater Toronto area) > > Clayton wrote: > > > > I've heard some good things about the Ground Control coilovers as well... > > but I've heard a lot better things about the H&R adjustable > > coilovers. Remember, you have coilover suspension right now... the back > > may even be adjustable for ride height... they just aren't > > threaded. Anyways, I've ridden in a few different setups and the H&R had, > > by far the best ride in the A3's... my Rabbit has 'em but > > they are a little bit stiff for most people on that car. I can't say that > > I've ridden in an A2 with them. If you can't afford the > > H&R's, I'm sure the Ground Controls will do. The thing that I'd like to > > point out is that you probably will never adjust the > > suspension once you get it dialed in... it's a serious pain to do it and > > unless you have scales for all four wheels, it's probably > > going to be set up incorrectly anyways! There is this cool Mustang tuning > > book that had instructions on making levers to drive you > > car onto and you can use household scales to balance the suspension out... > > it looked pretty easy to do. > > Later, > > Clayton > > > > Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 17:02:06 -0500 > > From: jimvish <> > > Subject: > > > > Hey everybody, I was looking at the Ground Control web site and saw that > > they have setups for A2's. I was wondering if anybody had any experience > > with them or had any thoughts about them? I have a friend with them on his > > Accord (I'm sorry for mentioning the evil H), and he loves them. GC now uses > > Eibach Springs exclusively. The reason I like them is because I would like > > to have control over the ride height of my car. Lower for auto-X and a > > little higher for the street. The price isn't too bad either at $400. > > > > Jim Weinheimer > > [email protected] > > 85 GTI > > > > _____________ > > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] > > with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
