Koni Yellows Neuspeed Springs Neuspeed Rear Sway Bar Neuspeed CAI Revo Stage 2 Flash EuroJet 3" Turbo Back Exhaust VF Poly Motor Mounts Konig Crosshair wheels 18x8 ET 40 / BFG KDW2's Euro Front Lip
For review : Koni STR.T absorbers, combined with neuspeed sport coils Old stuff for benchmark: Bilstein TC absorbers with stock springs I am comparing to the Tc's which are a bit stiffer than stock. Lowered 2-2.5\" total Bound feels a lot stiffer than the TC's, by 20-25% estimate. Rebound seems about equal to bound, they jump back quick and the car doesn't float or feel malibu at all. Semi Rough road gets chewed up and spit out, like any mk1 you can still feel the road very well, but my immediate impression is that they actually handle the semi-rough roads a bit better than the TCs did Corner dive isn't so bad while cornering hard, in fact it is a vast improvement over the TC's. I regularly take a 90 degree turn at the posted speed limit without tapping my brakes, with the new suspension I have to relearn how to enter the corner, the suspension used to bounce/roll and cause front end slide a bit, today after an alignment I took the corner once and it felt like it was glued to the ground. Conclusion: The Koni's are awesome, especially for the price.
For the handling and ride comfort: Koni FSD - 560.00 shipped (free install kit comes with R32/TT solid rubber bushes, strut mounts and bearings) (FSD not to be used with sport or race springs) or Bilstein HD - 520.00 shipped (probably a firmer and sometimes harsher ride than Koni, but also probably not that bad if your streets are any good) (does not come with free install kit, so add 60.00 to the refresh)
Koni FSRs are good too, had them for awhile now, and not too firm, but good handling.
Jim was not happy with the stiff set up and changed it to use Koni's. Koni's had much lighter rebound damping which Jim liked.
I have the FSDs on my Passat and love them. Gives much better turn-in (and a more neutral and composed behavior in curves) - something the TDI lacks because the front springs and sway bar are much more modest than in the GTI.
that photo's on koni's. now on b&g's.
Koni yellows/Fk springs
People complained about the rears lifting up too high.
I've never had a good set or known anyone who did. I've had Monroes faill in less than 1k miles on my Rabbit.
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