Anyone know what the spring rates are for the following: 1. Original MK1 Golf GTI springs front and rear? 2. Eibach ProKit MK1 Golf GTI springs front and rear? TIA Lhasa2008
they are if you can read german the one below is the mk1 pro kit http://www.autoteile-owl.de/eibach-gutachten/E8501-140.pdf
It all looks fairly self-explanatory really (spring OD, wire diameter, no. coils, unsprung length) however I can't see any rates though
if you have any old CCC's from the 90's they did a a comparison between sach kit and oem springs spring rates the silver golf that was owned be one of the guys from emerald dave walker did a series articles on the car Chris about 94 on i think
cheer chris from what i can rember the oem springs had a higher rate on the front i think and the rears where much the same but the sach where progressively wound
Meant to have posted this a few days ago.... That's a heck of a memory CCC, Dec 1994: Mk1 spring rates - OEM Front Rear First rate 85lb/in 52lb/in Second n/a - linear 58lb/in Third n/a - linear 65lb/in Uprated ones were 53.5lb/in & 70lb/in front-rear respectively, as you say, lower on the fronts than OE.
I thought that when I fitted Eibachs to the 'rocco daily. Seemed to squeeze up more easily than the stock ones. Still work well on the road though, with Koni TA Dampers.
