Whats the first/ first couple of handling mods you'd do?

[RobH]

Has anybody tried the Autotech anti-roll bars? i'm tempted to go for these, very lightweight apparently, expensive though.

jbs has just got these in stock although the eibach and KW's are about the same price as one autotech ARB.

Also KW do front droplinks but im not sure you need the front ones as normaly you set them up as front soft and rear hard so obviously more stress on the rears.

 

[vRSy]

Just looked at the VWR springs is 20mm's enough? seems really minimal for the price, surely lower is better for the centre of gravity?

no thats is definately not true. going to low will make a lower centre of gravity, but to low will mess about with the cars roll centre which i detrimental to the handling of the car.

20-30 mm is spot on for what you need IMO.

 

[robjnr]

Yeh I agree mate, lower doesn't always mean better handling

 

[stephenSF]

supposedly lightweight, don't drop quite as low but they have more of a progressive winding than the eibachs, so they'll be a little softer. The eibachs are firmer than the standard springs.

Really? I was under the impression it was the other way round.

 

[stephenSF]

I just checked it out. The VWR springs drop the car 20mm. Isn't that more than the pro-kit and sportline?

 

[Hurdy]

The first handling mods I'd do would be.....

Coilovers
ARB's

 

[robjnr]

I just checked it out. The VWR springs drop the car 20mm. Isn't that more than the pro-kit and sportline?

Pro kit is about 30mm and sport kit around 40-50mm VWR around 20mm

 

[RobH]

Pro kit is about 30mm and sport kit around 40-50mm VWR around 20mm

yeah but the sportlines wont lower 40-50mm on a cupra i think somewhere around 20mm is about right.

 

[robjnr]

yeah but the sportlines wont lower 40-50mm on a cupra i think somewhere around 20mm is about right.

Really? why is that?

 

[SteveTDCi]

the 40-50mm drop is quoted for a standard car, I think the sportlines drop 5mm more than the VW racing springs.

 

[robjnr]

Ah I see, so what makes the vwr springs better than the sport lines? Handle better?

 

[stephenSF]

But the leon is a different weight to the golf. Will the VWRs sit right on the cupra/fr? Has anyone here actually got the VW springs on their car?

 

[Al]

Has anyone fitted whiteline adjustable ARB's?