Suspension Advice

[Error404]

what "damage" have you done Andy? I'm running H&Rs and Konis on mine and really happy with it, find it pretty comfy actually
Although my chassis is a bit stiffer than stock with the bracing and stich welding - i think that makes the suspension work harder since I find it less "crashy" now than when it was running ABY springs & shocks

[Tonks4x4]

I agree to standard springs and billy's :thumbs

[A80Avant]

i would suggest the same. Standard springs and bilsteins is what i have on the car all along. Not brilliant on cornering, but definitelly best of both worlds. Alternativelly, i would say bilsteins and custom springs, so that you get less than 3mm drop that you get with the HR

[gripper]

Funnily enough someone on another site told me when I asked a similar question, don't lower it ! Simply stick with the standard springs but get hold of the best shocks you can buy !
I was going to go down the H&R and Koni route till I found out my H&R's were not
Now Ive been told standard springs and Bilsteins !

Unless you stump up fo coilovers.

[TimE-J]

I know what you mean with H&R;s and koni shocks being "crashy", i'll be interested to know what people also think.

[Sonic]

So i started out with stock suspension on my coupe, nice and soggy, but comfy!

I then went to H&R's with Bilsteins, quite a change, but very impressive none-the-less.

The change was dramatic, but the car cornered like it was on rails which was great at the nurburgring. The problem is that the roads are so **** that the car is almost undrivable on normal roads unless you want to damage your spine and the car.

One of the Bilstein dampers let go anyway, so i took them off the car and thought it would be best to replace them with Koni adjustable dampers. This, i thought, would give me the best of both worlds - good stability and corner capability on track and a softer setup for the road.

I was wrong.

The car on the Koni's is now MORE crashy than it was on the bilsteins, and i've done more damage due to the road surface in a couple of months than i did in a couple of years on the Bilsteins.

I suspect this is down to the springs bring so low, that they just fully compress and bottom out when you hit the smallest bump, as the entire weight of the car is on the springs.

So... what do i do? I'm of the mind that's i'd prefer something that is road drivable. I plan to get the Bilsteins refurbished anyway, but figure i might have to change the springs.

What do people suggest?