JwTDI212
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Let me preface this post with this: I have never lowered a car before.
Given that, please excuse any mistakes I may make when typing this out or any obvious oversights in the parts I've picked out to be potentially put on my car.
I want to lower my car. Not slammed, but enough to make it look a little more agressive. Essentially I've seen two routes: coils and lowering springs.
I'm aware coils are a very expensive route. I talked to the nice folks over at KermaTDI where I got my tune, and they stock these: https://kermatdi.com/i-2613-solo-we...html#!year=2015||make=VOLKSWAGEN||model=JETTA
SoloWerks S1 Coil set. Front, Rear, Springs, struts and all for only $500???
Sounds like a good deal to me. They seem to have gotten good reviews from the few things I could find on the internet about them for jettas. Most everyone who bought them has a GTI as far as I can tell, which is a completely different kit than the one above.
The other route that sounds better (at least to my wallet) is H&R sport springs here: https://www.urotuning.com/products/...35SjKo1scT6ZS8J4vQLywTmgaNZqtc_UaAhdVEALw_wcB
Essentially the decisions boils down to a few important points, to which I come to the community to vouch for/denounce either of these routes.
-Are these coils any good? $500 seems very cheap as most other sets are well above 1000. I'm worried that they may not hold up in the long run.
-These coils are going to completely change the ride and handling of the car, hopefully for the better. I feel My factory rear suspension is a bit worn or perhaps undersprung from the factory, as I sometimes scrape my factory mudflaps going over simple bumps such as railroad tracks even at normal speeds. Are these coils going to be stiff enough that I could keep mudflaps or would they need to come off?
-I've heard very good things about these springs, but I've also heard they can be detrimental for ride quality. I do road trip my car roughly once every couple months so if these are going to make the car unbearable for more than an hour at a time, I don't want to buy them. Also, will using these springs with otherwise factory suspension cause excessive wear on the remaining factory parts?
Finally, can anyone recommend an intake for a 2015 tdi that produces some nice turbo sound? Power would be nice too, but being that I don't have an exhaust delete I don't think I stand to gain much power at all via an intake, so this upgrade is mostly for my own enjoyment of some nice spooling sounds.
Thanks in advance for reading all of that and sharing your experience with these modifications or similar alternatives.
Given that, please excuse any mistakes I may make when typing this out or any obvious oversights in the parts I've picked out to be potentially put on my car.
I want to lower my car. Not slammed, but enough to make it look a little more agressive. Essentially I've seen two routes: coils and lowering springs.
I'm aware coils are a very expensive route. I talked to the nice folks over at KermaTDI where I got my tune, and they stock these: https://kermatdi.com/i-2613-solo-we...html#!year=2015||make=VOLKSWAGEN||model=JETTA
SoloWerks S1 Coil set. Front, Rear, Springs, struts and all for only $500???
Sounds like a good deal to me. They seem to have gotten good reviews from the few things I could find on the internet about them for jettas. Most everyone who bought them has a GTI as far as I can tell, which is a completely different kit than the one above.
The other route that sounds better (at least to my wallet) is H&R sport springs here: https://www.urotuning.com/products/...35SjKo1scT6ZS8J4vQLywTmgaNZqtc_UaAhdVEALw_wcB
Essentially the decisions boils down to a few important points, to which I come to the community to vouch for/denounce either of these routes.
-Are these coils any good? $500 seems very cheap as most other sets are well above 1000. I'm worried that they may not hold up in the long run.
-These coils are going to completely change the ride and handling of the car, hopefully for the better. I feel My factory rear suspension is a bit worn or perhaps undersprung from the factory, as I sometimes scrape my factory mudflaps going over simple bumps such as railroad tracks even at normal speeds. Are these coils going to be stiff enough that I could keep mudflaps or would they need to come off?
-I've heard very good things about these springs, but I've also heard they can be detrimental for ride quality. I do road trip my car roughly once every couple months so if these are going to make the car unbearable for more than an hour at a time, I don't want to buy them. Also, will using these springs with otherwise factory suspension cause excessive wear on the remaining factory parts?
Finally, can anyone recommend an intake for a 2015 tdi that produces some nice turbo sound? Power would be nice too, but being that I don't have an exhaust delete I don't think I stand to gain much power at all via an intake, so this upgrade is mostly for my own enjoyment of some nice spooling sounds.
Thanks in advance for reading all of that and sharing your experience with these modifications or similar alternatives.
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