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Lowering springs for 1998 Gen5 2.0i ???

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Lowering springs for 1998 Gen5 2.0i ???

Post by snike77 » Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:57 pm

Hi

Does anyone have any good suggestions of which lowering springs to buy for my 1998 gen5 2.0i ???

Thanks

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Post by LewisH » Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:19 pm

Tein springs my friend had, but it was on a 2.2vti. Cant see the shocks being so different though ??
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Post by Donald » Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:20 pm

They're the same ;)

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Post by LewisH » Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:24 pm

Bang tidy that :P Yeah man do what i said, get tein springs, as far as im aware they are highly rated 8-)
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Post by toadster » Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:09 pm

LO :D

I went for Eibach on my 97 2.0i :mrgreen:

They are great for me 8-) give a 30mm drop.

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Post by rob quilter » Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:09 pm

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Post by j20wht » Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:34 am

Tein they comfy and feel good on backroads :)

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Post by mart609 » Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:20 pm

H&R all the way ;)
As said Tein & Eibach are highly rated too.
Which ever you go for just make sure they're progressivly wound springs

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Post by NafemanNathan » Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:42 pm

I'll have a set of newish Pi 40mm lowering springs on recently refurbed OEM shocks soon if you're interested? I rate them well... I bought them ;-)

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