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They are pretty rough on sudden or sharp bumps/dips. Me personally, They are only slightly more stiff than the stock suspension that came on my GLI and that I would assume is on your GTI. They won't make your car a stellar track star, but will give you that low/slammed look you may be looking for. They aren't too harsh or soft and do what what they were designed to.
I also bought new stretch bolts & Strut bushings. I eventually took a gamble and bought them. I was on the fence about them for along time based off the negative reviews I read online(VWVortex HATES these). I'm currently using RAceland Ultimo's on my MKIV GLI.
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It's more likely the MK6 was softened off a bit based on feedback from the MK5's harshness over bumps, and is more in keeping with it's 'updated' image over the MK5.Īs for B4, B6 B8, B12 etc.
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The MK6 being a cosmetic 'MK5.5' update is unlikely to have had any significant structural changes done to it. MK8 GTI is a lot stiffer than the MK7.5 GTI, for example. Normally you'd fit stiffer suspension to a more rigid body shell, and softer to a more soggy shell, i.e. Raceland Ultimo coilovers / JOM and FK AK are back on the options list now
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Going back to the original point, I wonder now if a Mk6 B4 with a Pro spring would be about where I want to be for not tooooooo much £££ I'm actually now looking at coilovers to get the height / stance I want - I did this on my Mk4 V5 and was very please with the JOM units I fitted but I just don't like the idea of passing off a car with coilovers now as they arent exactly serviceable, although cheap in the first instance.
Now my preferred method of measuring heights is hub centre to arch to take out the effect of wheel/tyre combo and tyre wear but I can't find anything using that method. The back is the regularly quoted 670mm (660 one side and 675 the other) floor to arch. NOW, I have just gone out and measured my ride height (on the good side at the front with no broken spring and no rotten arch!!) and found that with the soggy old suspension I am, at 637mm, a good 30mm lower than what web searching suggests the stock new ride height should be so I certainly want to be getting a lowered kit of some description as it looks just right as it is.
THEN I got on to the Racingline kit but the general reviews suggest that perhaps the spring lets the kit down so I started considering the. I was toying with the idea of the Eibach pro spring to get a modest drop (maybe 10mm) but have heard that this with the B4 is again a bit bouncy but the Pro spring works well with the B8. Then I read that the B4 can be a bit 'bouncy' and over gassed. I was going to go fairly stock and run B3 springs and B4 shocks. I'm in a huge dilemma at the moment, as I'm re-building the more for interest that for any intention that it'll be a long term keeper (broken spring forces the issue / I've had it 5 years and with the current situation its not getting much use!!)