A picture of my unfitted coilovers.

fr-tdi

Detailing freak!
Feb 7, 2008
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fife, scotland
i wasnt sure on the stance an yea the back end looked a bit low compared to the front, so........lifted the back 10mm looks a helluva lot better will get some pics up when its light :)
 
Jun 24, 2007
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durham
i wasnt sure on the stance an yea the back end looked a bit low compared to the front, so........lifted the back 10mm looks a helluva lot better will get some pics up when its light :)

nice one i think theres only three people on here with that coulour fr . mine will be lower next week :D
 

CHR15B

Active Member
May 5, 2005
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Scotland
i wasnt sure on the stance an yea the back end looked a bit low compared to the front, so........lifted the back 10mm looks a helluva lot better will get some pics up when its light :)

It was looking fine IMO! lol

Didn't realise you were fairly local, I seen the images on ScottishVAG ... you should come along to a meet sometime. :)
 

fr-tdi

Detailing freak!
Feb 7, 2008
853
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fife, scotland
im at most of the meets with svag, just not been to one in the ibiza yet lol although this coming friday ill be at the urban meet at fountain park....u thinkin of going?

heres pics with the rear lifted 10mm

before:
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raised:
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100% looks better it looks level but its gonna have to be lifted another :whistle: 10mm all round to get the rims under lol
 

Gazb

Active Member
Mar 6, 2007
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Lisburn, Northern Ireland
im at most of the meets with svag, just not been to one in the ibiza yet lol although this coming friday ill be at the urban meet at fountain park....u thinkin of going?

heres pics with the rear lifted 10mm

before:
Image035.jpg


raised:
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100% looks better it looks level but its gonna have to be lifted another :whistle: 10mm all round to get the rims under lol

Its looking pretty much perfect there i think. And ofcourse remember for handling reasons the back should be 'slightly' higher than the front. (To help turn in i think)
 

Mikey_H

258.7BHP 39?ft/lb
Feb 15, 2007
810
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Buckingham
back looks too low imo, need to find a balance! there's low and there's too low, the wheels looks really far forward at the back now, if you like it then fiar play to you tho dude!

i was thinking the same thing i have my coilovers as low as they will go but my wheel doesn't look asthough its comeforward an inch or two, my personal opinion is if your going to have the back that low you need to have the front just as low, nice looking cr though to be honest i have never seen an fr in that colour and i'm impressed although i was in seat the other day and they had a white fr with gloss black alloys that looked a proper minter
 

Gazb

Active Member
Mar 6, 2007
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Lisburn, Northern Ireland
I thought it was called 'Rake'? Either way it is needed to improve handling, after all it is the front wheels that do all of the work so they need most of the weight :D

Atleast with better suspension he shouldn't get the twitchy rear end like you get with the standard setup when pushing on abit.
 
Mar 8, 2007
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cant adjust ride only height

was looking at a set for fabia

apparantly v-maxx, jamex, gmax and ta technix are all out the same factory

KEEP THE THREADS GREASED OR THEYLL SEIZE!

Also sum1 with an octy had the springs on his rear snap.... both!
 

Mikey_H

258.7BHP 39?ft/lb
Feb 15, 2007
810
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Buckingham
my personal opinion is you get what you pay for, if you want to run the risk of them breaking or not performing how they are supposed to then yea sure save yourself a couple of hundred quid, but i personally would say spend the extra and get a well known make, atleast then if something goes wrong you know they are going to replace it so as not to dent their rep
 

Matty.

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Jan 7, 2008
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Larkhall, Glasgow
might pick up a set of these in a few weeks just to see how the quality and ride is, then either stick with them or get a better kit

but either way... the car gets lowered :)
 

Sisson

Club member
Aug 18, 2005
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Derbyshire
iv had a set of these on my Passat and some more expensive FK ones on my beeza.

quality was the same handling was the same, adjustment was fine.

FK's were over £200 more expensive
 
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