Coileys or shock absorber

[Ed Doe]

Well for some reason Gaz don't have a very good rep on the 6 forum, particularly the gha's. But honestly I don't see why; I think its largely because the people who buy the 'cheaper' end of the coilover market are going more for looks, and therefore don't bother researching how to set them up properly or what spring rates to go for. They then invariably end up with way too hard main springs, inevitably with only a gti rear beam, and as a result irrespective of what rebound setting you adjust it to, it's still going to suffer from fairly chronic understeer on the limit.

They then go on the 6 forum to moan about it, setting a bad rep. And all those who research and have the money to afford much more exotic/expensive set-ups then jump on the bandwagon and thus they get a bad name.

As far as I can tell, if you bother to do the research, and know what spring rates you need etc, the GHA's are a genuinely good product!

I will say though if you're going for a 40-50mm drop, bilstein b8s and eibachs are supposed to be a very good combo, and they also retain much of the oem ride comfort... I have no personal experience with these however, and from memory they are around the £500mark from when I last checked...

And if you get bilsteins, it means you can't put adjustable topmounts on them. Which is a big disadvantage imo!