LCR - Coilovers ....

[Cupra R101]

Yeah should be fine mate will lower car 20mm
Plenty of people just done the springs
I put on Eibach lowering springs on my shocks lowered about 10-15mm need to replace shocks though as car done 80k miles

 

[Booya]

Yeah should be fine mate will lower car 20mm
Plenty of people just done the springs
I put on Eibach lowering springs on my shocks lowered about 10-15mm need to replace shocks though as car done 80k miles

Thanks mate.

Could I possibly see a pic of your motor lowered 15mm?

You had to replace the shocks just due to the age of them right?

 

[Cupra R101]

Am only on my phone now
Have pics on my build thread under readers rides think am on about page 5
Title Finally Modded my LCR few pics on there
I guess might just be old age on dampers
When can afford will get Weitec 40/40 springs and dampers then sell my Eibachs

 

[Booya]

I can't see you readers ride mate. You don't have a sig!

doesn't matter I'm sure I'll find another with a similar drop. don't have the money for the springs yet anyway

 

[Cupra R101]

Put "finally modded lcr" in search box will come up then!!
Your brembos look bit pink in the pic mate

 

[Booya]

That's a real nice drop I have to say!

It's just photo shopped mate. everything is made grey apart from - lights, R badge, brembos ans S badge. I made the red a bit more prominent, maybe too prominent for your eyes

 

[Cupra R101]

Cheers mate
Need to get new front splitter fitted lost last one in snow we had!!
Yeah am happy with the drop with Eibach pros meant to be 30mm drop so 10 on LCR think is more than that!!
Debaged the R badges as faded

 

[Booya]

Think you should go all out - 160461232121

 

[rsmith]

UPdate to the OP, Hope you didnt buy Jamex, i took mine of the car as i was upgrading to Eibach Pro street S, the Jamex coilovers have been on the car 2 yrs nearly to the day, in that 2 year i covered 15k and there totally fcuked, fit for the bin now.

Just thought i post this for other peeps.

 

[beefa_gaz]

I think 15 out of a set of coilovers on a road car is sound tbh, i dont think its the build quality of coilovers half the time. Its the state of british roads!

For this reason on a road car i wouldent spend anymore than 300 quid on a set of coilies as its a pointless excercise, your still gonna hit that same pothole whether your running jamex or Ohlins remote reserviors.

 

[JamJay]

I had Teins on my Civic's and they lasted 4yrs+ & still going, never needed a service on them either and once the road grim is cleaned they look fantastic still. Get what you pay for really.

 

[rsmith]

15k from Coilovers, come on, that about 1 year normal driving, i would expect twice that tbh.

JamJay you ricer.

 

[JamJay]

I had 40k out of my Teins on one car, I'd say that they were on par with any of the top VAG aimed brands.

I used to like a bowl of rice , I have however fully converted to the German's. 335i next which will no doubt get the same mod treatment as the LCR.

 

[beefa_gaz]

I think 30k out of something for 300 quid is more than optimistic! IMO it depends on he roads in the area where you drive, how low you run them etc....

how come you only realised when you took em off they were fubar? do you mean the actual finish or the dampening units themselves?

Whatever you go for just make sure you run decent tyres too, makes me piss the amount of people in the VAG scene running KW's, and other top end brands, then full run tyres...

 

[rsmith]

I think 30k out of something for 300 quid is more than optimistic! IMO it depends on he roads in the area where you drive, how low you run them etc....

how come you only realised when you took em off they were fubar? do you mean the actual finish or the dampening units themselves?

Whatever you go for just make sure you run decent tyres too, makes me piss the amount of people in the VAG scene running KW's, and other top end brands, then full run tyres...

If thats your theory about £300 suspension, then what about the OEM shocks/springs should they only last 30k - too???Ish don't think so. I know they run higher but running coilovers lower impact wishbones bushed etc... more than the actual shock strut. In addition why do manufacturers give a 2 year warranty when the average per anum mileage is 14k here but the sky is the limit really, thats pratically 30k

The difference is night and day between my Jamex and my Eibach Pro Street S and we have every type of road in Ireland, trust me.

I knew for a while they were not at there optimal, well the front left was the other was fine, this is the reason i changed them that and i only do town driving now so the car does about 30miles per week if lucky.

 

[beefa_gaz]

standard chocks and springs are designed to give a softer ride and a more sociable height. you cant compare a fixed height damper set up to a height adjustable set up.

how much we're the pro streets? double the price of the jamex i bet! there will be an obvious difference.

Dosent matter what coilovers you go for under 300 quid there all similar quality, its the height that there ran at most of the time that kills them, they get ran on the lowest setting and people bounce the all over shitty british roads. If the cars a daily drive, anything over 400 quid on coilovers IMO is a waste of money.

I'm not replying to be arguementative btw, i've had god knows how many sets of coilovers ranging from cheap JOMS upto an 800 quid set of gaz golds on my track car.

 

[rsmith]

Pro Streets retail between £800-£900, i must admit they are absolutely not worth that sort of money even if they are made by KW, in effect they are KW V1's, all these basic ride height only coilovers are based on the same principals, but the bigger brands do offer an edge over the budget in the way of damping and spring technology, its when get into damping adjustment etc... the money pays off.

For sure i see VAG heads running these as low as they can go, removing bump stops and the shock has little or no travel and takes the full impact on the bump/pothole or whatever, i see them removing arch liners, rolling arches, crazy camber just to get the car as low as possible and get the wheel under the arch with a huge stretch on them.

Luckily for the Cupra R its not slow and low veedub, its a lowered performance car and most of the lads on here treat it as such, lower but not to the crazy extents the other guys dubbin do, i would expect our setups to last longer than the guys slammed to the ground.