Track suspension

[Berg]

Basically im looking at getting some suspension more suited for track driving

Not paying 1k odd for KW and ive been looking at weitec coilovers.

On another note ive seen the H&R shock and spring setups availible, anybody used these?

Just wanting to know if theres some spring/shock combos which are better and more suited to what i want than coilovers

Drop will probably be 30-40mm

Obviously stiff would be the aim

Any suggestions?

Rest of my setup will be

25mm front Nuespeed arb
28mm rear Nuespeed arb
Vibra engine mounts
front lower and upper brace
Rear brace
Polybush for wishbones too

 

[James.Judd.1]

Haha you read my mind, I was just looking at the H&R spring & shock setup as my weitec's are siezed and one of the shocks has gone (only a year old and done less that 5000 miles!!)

TBH a good set of springs and shocks will be just as good if not better than the midrange coilovers. Plus you really have to know what your doing to set up the suspension whereas with springs and shocks its all been designed with that in mind.

Once you introduce polybushes, braces and antiroll bars you should have a perfect setup good for road and track.

Chuck an LSD into the mix..

 

[Berg]

Yer my thoughts exactly

Ill be setting my suspension up for track use so im not too bothered about super lowness so i think im gonna go with a shock/spring setup maybe 40mm all round.

Should give clearance for some R888's then

And a diff is most certainly needed aswell

 

[chris_200120vt]

i run weitecs love them lowered

me and mike crossley coming back from tatton park car is just right with the lcr splitter around 2" off the ground but clears the speed humps
http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...t=IMG_2358.mp4

 

[James.Judd.1]

No Im not after the super lows ( the H&R lowers 40front/50rear) just want a well setup car for fastroad/track use that looks oem

 

[Berg]

Weitec were my original choice but for me coilovers wont be needed as i wont be changing ride hieght once set so if i can get as good or better with a shock/spring setup that would be good

Think h&r is what im going to go for now james

I want the same fast road but good for track use so 40/50 would be a decent ride hieght for that.

I have some 16s to wrap some beefy r888 on

Just noticed Ibiza125 uses h&r kit and r888s and looks a perfect stance

 

[James.Judd.1]

I have emailed weitec to see if they can do anything about my suspension, if not I will be after the H&R kit too.

Yours should handle really well once your done, just need to remove as much weight as possible, carbon bonnet, poly windows, carbon seats I could go on

 

[Berg]

Yup hopefully

Weight saving will come, id want a second car as a runabout though before seats and weight saving etc happen

That reminds me i saw a thread on here a guy gauging interest in carbon tailgates for £550

EDIT: Actually hes got Bilstein/Eibach setup

 

[James.Judd.1]

Yeah Ibiza125 uses cupra r shocks which are blistein.

Carbon tailgate and bonnet would look sweet! too many things I want

 

[chris_200120vt]

Yeah Ibiza125 uses cupra r shocks which are blistein.

Carbon tailgate and bonnet would look sweet! too many things I want

i have a bonnet coming to go along with the rest of the carbon fibre

 

[Berg]

Yer i defo want carbon bonnet, finding them is hard though

£1k on a boot and a bonnet hmmm lol

 

[chris_200120vt]

bought mine for £250 , here you go http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=328788 , think would be too much on the yellow for me

but just got the new pvw fully carbon'd mk3 golf http://www.carbonfibergear.com/all-carbon-fiber-volkswagen-golf-mkiii/

 

[tom w]

I have a carbon bonnet that might be available if I can find a onvi replacement as it's not the look I'm going for now

 

[James.Judd.1]

That golf looks amazing! Its gone past the point of being ott

 

[James.Judd.1]

I was thinking along the lines of carbon bonnet, boot, mirrors& bumpstrip, but all with a blue tint laquer.
If only money wasnt an option!

 

[chris_200120vt]

I was thinking along the lines of carbon bonnet, boot, mirrors& bumpstrip, but all with a blue tint laquer.
If only money wasnt an option!

get hybrid carbon with blue weave , going to be skinning some parts in kevlar soon

 

[jay-cupra]

Just read on awesome gti site about h&r cup kit it lowers the front by 50mm and the rear by 40 mm, I prefer the front to sit slightly lower than the rear anywhere

 

[tom w]

I have kw v3 awesome set up! As I can adjust from track to road at the circuit best of both

 

[Berg]

Ive seen some KW spring/shock setups on DPMperformance

They lower 50mm front and 30mm rear might not be the best though??

 

[jay-cupra]

Nines on standard suspension all round and the back sits slightly lower than the front so a 50mm drop front and a 40mm drop at rear will adress this issue for me