john-wingnut said:
Im looking to sort my suspension and am looking towards coilovers.
Been reading some of your posts regarding them.
You have mentioned the FK silverlines and konigsports but not the highsports, so I was just wondering if they are as good a quality as the ones you mentioned in your post.
The
FK Highsport and
Silverline coilovers come with low-quality shocks made by Sachs. These dampers are prone to leak soon from experience of several German A2 users
Same does apply to the
KW variant 1 coilovers featuring cheap shocks as well (AL-KO).
Therefore only Koni „yellow“ equipped FK or KW coilovers are recommended, if you desire long term trouble free performance. That are
FK Silverline-X or
FK Königsport or
KW Variant 2.
However, in all cases the front Konis should be modified, i.e. the compression valve characteristics should be altered (stronger damping during compression to prevent bottom out of the front end of the A2 even at very bad road conditions).
Several German A2 coilover drivers including me have got that Koni mod done professionally here:
http://www.poohlpower.de/
So if you buy the either
FK Silverline-X or the
Königsport or the
KW Variant 2 coilovers from a German E-bay site just get the set shipped to Poohl-Power. Then they will do the front compression valve mod. Also highly recommended is a special damper oil by KONI that increases low-speed damping force...
In addition Poohl-Power always recommends to exchange the main seal of current Konis. Since the cheaper actual Koni main seal doesn't last as long as known from past Konis (at least 150.000 miles) Poohl Power will install the good heavy duty seal all Koni “yellows” and “reds” formerly had stock for little money.
Alternatively - what about the
SPAX RSX 929 coilovers coming with combined compression/rebound damping adjustabliliy (similar to Bilstein B16 PSS9 or PSS10) and stainless steel body?
http://www.doppler-fahrzeugtechnik.de/spax/media/spax_2008.pdf
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SPAX-RSX-COIL...trkparms=65:12|66:2|39:1|72:1683|293:1|294:50
You have the 1.4 TDI engine, haven't you? Depending on the front axle load between the different A2 motor versions the damping should be adjusted differently in case of coilovers...