Fk Coilovers

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henry01
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Fk Coilovers

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hi, sorry if this has been posted before. has anyone tried the new-ish budget coilovers from FK. there call the AK.

i was told they werent very gd and wont last but i cant really afford the high sports.

i dont drive my car much during the week. which ones shall i go for??

cheers
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Re: Fk Coilovers

Post by JarnoVWPolo6N »

henry01 wrote:hi, sorry if this has been posted before. has anyone tried the new-ish budget coilovers from FK. there call the AK.

i was told they werent very gd and wont last but i cant really afford the high sports.

i dont drive my car much during the week. which ones shall i go for??

cheers
I've got the FK-AK coilovers under the 6N for over a year now, cleaned the brake-calipers last week, coil-overs still looked great! Not even a spot on it whatsoever, and still very good stiffness in them, it's the FK quality, but at a lower price, with a smaller 'range' for lowering and only voor VW's, Opels and BMW's.

I'd really recommand them!
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Post by Randall »

if you plan on having them for a long time i think you would be better off holding back and saving some more for some silverlines or similar as ive heard about after 18months of being installed they seize up big time
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Post by henry01 »

cheers thats a great help.

not sure how long i'm going to be keeping my car at them moment. might be moving to london next year so would have to get rid of it then. and if not i hope to move on to a polo gti (my dream car) by then.

if anyone else has had experiences of them please post it up as i dont want to waste my money.
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Post by scotia_polo »

Well I bought the fk suspension kit and I tell you its absolute quality looks the part and handles the part, guy in 2.2 vectra tryed to be smart tonight and race me up in the country roads, although am not one for racing this guy was annoyin so had a go left him for dead round the corners should have saw the look on his face priceless! So all in all mate I say go for them!
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Post by silvermk4polo »

Well ive just ordered a set of FK highsports, i was too going to go for the AK's but was told that they were a waste of time, now like all things steel, highsports will rust , but ....... if u keep them oiled and wax to stop the weather ketting to them to much u should be fine,... lets hope for my sake neway
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Post by Randall »

run some regular cooper slip on the threads and do this once and a while and i guess it would help

oil/grease them up a lil too

all the best with em mate
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