Gorobei
09-26-2006, 11:14 AM
Still haven't had the alignment done, so I didn't drive the car *too* hard, but I did play with it a bit. Basically, I'm pretty pleased with the setup but it could be a little better for my personal tastes. As far as straight line, daily driving/cruising, the setup is awesome. It's almost indistinguishable from stock sport, but a little more composed over jittery sections of roadway. In the corners, though, I had one little beef, and I think it's probably due to the progressive springs used in the kit. My frame of reference for aftermarket kits is the Vortrag fixed height kit I had on my B5. This was Koni Sport adjustable dampers (turned most of the way up) with Hypercoil springs, rated at 450lbs front and 500lbs rear. I had the OEM non-sport sway bar up front and the OEM sport sway bar in back. That car was totally neutral and had great turn in. On this setup, there is sometimes a moment where the car pitches just a little bit before turn-in, and you wonder if it's going to understeer. As I got used to the sensation, I learned to stick with it and there never was any understeer, just a little bit of squat as the affected corner loaded up the springs a little bit. The more I pushed it, the more confident I got, but it was still a little weird. I attribute this to the fact that the progressive springs give a little easier at first before you hit the tighter coiled portion, but I could be wrong. For people who are going to track their car often, I have to say I would suggest another setup. I'll be fine with this kit for now because I don't see myself getting to the track more than 4 or 5 times a year, and I really do love the ride quality for daily driving.
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And I probably will end up lowering the fronts more, as I think they settled less than the rears.
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And I probably will end up lowering the fronts more, as I think they settled less than the rears.