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Old 02-20-2013, 07:37 PM   #20 (permalink)
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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.

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.
Man,that would be a great contribution.We could also look at mpg as a function of steady road velocity and begin constructing mpg vs speed tables.
Hope that falls together!
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