mk 4 golf suspension.

[jaykay]

I know this may be a bit new, butim hoping someone might have some experience to help.

Ive got a mk4 golf anniversary, which has 18 inch bbs wheels as standard. It rides like absolute curse word. It has done since i bought it on stock suspension, and with the lowering springs (30mm) it has now.

I'm not looking for much of a drop, as missus uses it everyday,so I'm thinking of getting a new spring/ shock set up for it. First one that comes to mind is a h&r cup kit.

Anyone got any experience with decent setups on mk4's? I know its never gonna be plush on the 18 inch wheels, but the e39 on ebay coils with no helpers is 10x better and surely that cant be right?

[welshpug]

Probably just shot dampers in reality, the mk4 is getting on s bit now and dampers don't last forever.

I'd look at koni or bilstein replacements, of maybe boge turbo if they still do them

[ChasR]

I'd agree with Welshpug but I would personally ditch the Boge Turbos out of that list. Konis or Bilstein B6s (HDs as they are also known) will do the job fine, with B8s being the shortened versions.

[forddeliveryboy]

Best setup is with 15" or 16" wheels and Bilsteins. The suspension layout struggles to cope with 18"s.

[jaykay]

I know the 18's are too big, but theres no way i would ditch the oe bbs. And 15/16 wouldnt fit over the brakes.

Ive done exactly what i didnt want to do and bought fk coils for time being, seen the jump between budget to midrange is bit epic, the koni kit was about 260, but ive heard they are also rock hard.

Hopefully that might keep her happy, if not i will go for mid range sus in new year.