TDI Coilovers wtf, advice

[westy2k1]

I’ll try keep this short.
Had my mk2 FR CR 5 years

Had a tapping/clonking noise over bumps since fitting Coilovers just over a year ago.

Checked all usual culprits like top mount bolts, replaced top mounts, arb clearance etc.
I bought a kit from meyle that has some proper washers that sit inbetween the shock piston and underside of top mount as I thought the tapping was the piston hitting the underside of the top mount.
Recently I discovered bad coil binding between two coils both sides where the spring hasgone flat and has metal exposed so I’m wondering if it was that all along.
Do I buy stuffer springs even though I’ve checked I have the correct Coilovers but they are very compressed even under just the cars own weight or do I buy the Vogtland fixed damping Coilovers I’ve seen and read good things about.
Attached only pics I currently have.

Plate is private and a joke lol

 

[Legojon]

It almost sounds like the car was too heavy for the springs and it's compressed them right down. Were the coilovers you bought for the right weight?

 

[westy2k1]

According to stance website when I bought them the axle weight was 1105kg which is plenty but they definitely seem overcompressed and surely a 1.6tdi has less front end than a 2.0? Yet it’s the same setup for both models.