I've got a set of bilstein sports and ground control coilovers on the car right now and there have been no problems. Spring rates are 275F/250R, spaced about an inch lower than stock front to rear. Nothing rubs, theres lots of travel, and the handling and comfort characteristics are superb.
My shocks needed replacing, and couldn't source original ones - in fact the only choice I had here was Koni's. Can't complain, they seem to do the job well!
As far as the bouncing goes, mine did too. The roads are very bumpy around here, so I wanted to put new original shocks, but then I went with Bilsteins, they were cheaper. They are stiffer, but not so much and definitely improve handling.
Here's my review of the Koni FSD / Weitec 30mm (1.2\") lowering springs setup. Cliffs notes: Koni FSDs & 1.2\" lowering springs (Eibach, Weitec, whatever) are the muthaf&^kin' bomb. Buy 'em if you're looking for the best handling (not looking) setup for a Mk IV. Koni isn't full of crap. These dampers work exactly as advertised. They have excellent small bump sensitivity, dispatching railroad tracks, cobblestone roads, and cracks in the pavement with muted thuds. The car sails over bumps that would rattle my teeth with the Bilsteins. What is WEIRD is that despite this smoothness, there is little loss of communication through the steering wheel, and absolutely no increase in squat, dive, or roll vs. the Bilsteins. The added travel due to less lowering has made the car less jittery on bumpy corners as well. In short, it is fabulous. Very trackable, and probably better for road courses than the Bilsteins.
Well, I'm sure you could just buy a set of Koni's for ohh I dunno around $1000-1200 installed...
I'm running OEM front springs with shine rear springs (150lbs) matted with Bilstein HD.
I have H&R sports, koni yellows and live in Edmonton (which anyone will tell you has worse winters than toronto ). As far as winter driving is concerned, I haven't had an issue with ride height at all. Koni yellows on full soft with the H&R sports gives a nice controlled ride, slightly on the firm side, but nice.
I was able to tighten the top of the shocks down using this method http://www.purems.com/products/page.php?pageKey=23 It stopped them from making noise and solved the problem with my hood.
I did a 1,5 drop with H&R springs and koni yellows this spring and that works just fine for me.
MJM Autohaus is where I got my Koni adjustables and Neuspeed Sports a year ago- dropped me about 1.8" all around and the ride is sublime!
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