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Sven7 · 02-20-2013, 07:23 PM

I ran with cheapcheapcheap coilovers on my Rabbit for several years and never had a single problem. The ride was rough, though not unbearable. Handling was dramatically improved. Grease the sleeves if you drive in the winter.

You might be able to find some used H&R's or similar for much less money. Look on vwvortex, local VW forums or your local Craigslist type site.

Otherwise the popular cheap brands are Vmaxx, Raceland and Rokkor.

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If anyone in the Michigan area has a Scangauge they'd be willing to lend for a weekend I would very much like to plug it into a car with air suspension (I could probably find someone on MIVE) to get real-time readouts on MPG as a function of ride height.

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Sven7 Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Warren, MI Posts: 2,456 Boo Radley - '65 Ford F100 90 day: 13.28 mpg (US) Thanks: 782 Thanked 669 Times in 411 Posts	I ran with cheapcheapcheap coilovers on my Rabbit for several years and never had a single problem. The ride was rough, though not unbearable. Handling was dramatically improved. Grease the sleeves if you drive in the winter. You might be able to find some used H&R's or similar for much less money. Look on vwvortex, local VW forums or your local Craigslist type site. Otherwise the popular cheap brands are Vmaxx, Raceland and Rokkor. ============================== If anyone in the Michigan area has a Scangauge they'd be willing to lend for a weekend I would very much like to plug it into a car with air suspension (I could probably find someone on MIVE) to get real-time readouts on MPG as a function of ride height. __________________ He gave me a dollar. A blood-soaked dollar. I cannot get the spot out but it's okay; It still works in the store Last edited by Sven7; 02-20-2013 at 07:35 PM..