Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
Ready to race!
- Location
- Rhode Island
I was going for a comfortable sport suspension with a mild drop. I read the FSDs could reduce squat and dive and keep the car flat on corners in leui of a stiffer rear sway. The Eibach Pro Kit paired well with FSDs on the mk6 platform according to reviews so I decided to pull the trigger. I wanted linear springs, but decided to roll the dice on these progressive springs since they'd have slightly better ride quality. Rhode Island has shit roads, so overly aggressive suspension isn't an option.
To make a long story short, this combo is just about perfect. The ride is smooth and quiet, and better than stock with one exception. The reduced suspension travel makes very large bumps very violent, though it's going to be violent on any car. I just drive a bit more carefully near poorly maintained expansion joints. The drop is advertised as 1.0 in the front and 1.0 on the rear, but my front seems a little lower than that, I'd guess 1.2-3.
My office is surrounded by awful speed bumps, but I haven't had any issues. I clear humps my buddy in his stock CC has scraped on.
I originally installed ECS heavy duty strut mounts, they must have been defective or poorly designed, because they made my front suspension sound like rusty pogo sticks. I swapped them out for 034 strut mounts and they are fantastic. I can't speak to highly enough of them. Get the 034 mounts. Do it.
A couple things to note, I tried keeping my stock front end links in and subsequently destroyed them. I replaced them with SuperPros and couldn't be happier. All the options here seemed good, so I went with the cheapest ($150). I'd strongly consider 034 if you are looking for spherical bearings.
The car is so much more stable at high speed with the Konis, 90 feels like 70 used to.
There is a very little bit of bounce on rough roads with the Eibachs, as with any progressive spring, but it doesn't bother me that much.
All in all, glad I did this.
Some pictures, the rear driver's side looks higher in the picture because the car is on an uneven surface. It's leaning slightly to the right.
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To make a long story short, this combo is just about perfect. The ride is smooth and quiet, and better than stock with one exception. The reduced suspension travel makes very large bumps very violent, though it's going to be violent on any car. I just drive a bit more carefully near poorly maintained expansion joints. The drop is advertised as 1.0 in the front and 1.0 on the rear, but my front seems a little lower than that, I'd guess 1.2-3.
My office is surrounded by awful speed bumps, but I haven't had any issues. I clear humps my buddy in his stock CC has scraped on.
I originally installed ECS heavy duty strut mounts, they must have been defective or poorly designed, because they made my front suspension sound like rusty pogo sticks. I swapped them out for 034 strut mounts and they are fantastic. I can't speak to highly enough of them. Get the 034 mounts. Do it.
A couple things to note, I tried keeping my stock front end links in and subsequently destroyed them. I replaced them with SuperPros and couldn't be happier. All the options here seemed good, so I went with the cheapest ($150). I'd strongly consider 034 if you are looking for spherical bearings.
The car is so much more stable at high speed with the Konis, 90 feels like 70 used to.
There is a very little bit of bounce on rough roads with the Eibachs, as with any progressive spring, but it doesn't bother me that much.
All in all, glad I did this.
Some pictures, the rear driver's side looks higher in the picture because the car is on an uneven surface. It's leaning slightly to the right.
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