New Sport Suspension Kit

[thethinningbeast]

Cheers

I've actually replaced both the droplinks and the top mounts (green ones not blue) within the last 2 months. I Thought it might be the coils not seated properly so I compressed, cleaned and re-seated them this morning, but although the creak is still there, it's not anywhere near as bad.

I'm worried something slightly worse might be causing the problem - hence the reason I want to change all the bushes and the springs and dampers. I only just got the car back from a 7 week nightmare! Someone spilt a chemical on the rear quarter panel of my car and it dissolved the paint so I booked it into a paint shop through a mechanic my mate knows. The new paintwork is terrible and the car came back with an extra 535 miles on the clock, no fuel and a broken lock on the drivers door. The edges of my front tyres were bald suggesting it's had 7 weeks of being thrashed into the ground. Needless to say, the creaking suspension wasn't there when I handed the car over!

I've had the car back for a week now and I've managed to fix the door (at the cost of my door card) replace the stereo (Mechanic lost the face plate) replace the alloys and tyres (which had been cleaned with acid, kerbed, and balded on the edges) attempt to sort out the suspension creak, mop the car to remove the swirls and hollograms the paint shop left, buy replacement badges, wet and dry the orange peel out of the new paint and remove the melted chocolate bar from the back seat!

Thanks for the tip about H&R springs on the Koni's. The car is only driven once or twice a week so I can afford to opt for a sportier set-up over a comfortable set-up.

Cheers

[Acidburn]

Creaking noise could be the drop mounts or the top mounts as that was what was causing most of my noises.

From what i've heard most people recommend koni's but with H&R springs for the set up, thats probably what i'll try at some point.

[thethinningbeast]

My suspension is getting a little sloppy so I'm looking to buy some poly-bushes and a sports suspension kit. Current favourite is a bush kit from Super-flex and a set of Koni SSK shocks and springs:

http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pages/products/product_info.mhtml?id=437609

Has anyone tried this kit? Any thoughts on alternatives?

I don't want to drop the ride height too much. I've got some 17" 215/45's on a 35mm offset to complicate things and the car is a 2.8 V6 Quattro rather than an S2 (sorry).

Just off to measure the bushes and re-seat the springs (hoping to resolve the creaking noise when cornering, accelerating and braking)