KWS Coilovers - any PHers experience?

[Gunner Bill]

I'm thinking about tuning the suspension on my AudiS6V10 with these KWS Coilovers:

http://www.kw-suspensions.co.uk/uk/kw_variant_3.ph...

Does anyone have any experience (good or bad) with KWS products?

Cheers!

[Kentish]

Pretty good; I had them on my Audi for a while.

But it never sat right (to me) so I went for a set of G-Maxx and they were really good, fully adjustable and very well made. They get excellent reviews.

The price is very low but the quality quite high.

I bought them from MotorsportWorld (I dealt with the very helpful Garry).

http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk/

HTH

[Nikko 40691]

I was always under the impression that G Maxx were cheap nasty coilies?

[Gunner Bill]

GMaxx - no fitment for S6. Not that I am adverse to "value" but at £451 I'd be questioning whether they should be going on my S6.

That said I'm looking at the KW because they have compression and rebound adjustment. I don't think the GMaxx would.

[vx220]

Kw up with bilstein and eibach for suspension products...

Gmax... Err... They aren't!!!

[martin mrt]

I had eibachs on a mk4 Golf years ago, they are made by KW. Great product, however the fixed damping made the ride awful

[croakey]

KW's are amazing coilovers...whole heartedly recommend them

[Kentish]

Nikko 40691 said:

I was always under the impression that G Maxx were cheap nasty coilies?

They revamped their product range and they're actually made by one of the others now, could be FK?

I was sceptical but thought them to be worth a punt for the price and then read some really good reviews of their latest range and I was very pleased.

The downside to them is this; they are not serviceable other than thread lubrication. they cannot be disassembled and components replaced like Eibach and other premium suspension ranges. This means they are disposable at some point. I saw my old Audi the other week and it was sitting quite low how I had it set up when I sold it so I'd imagine it is still running on the same suspension so they have been on for around 4 years now.

[458bhp]

croakey said:

KW's are amazing coilovers...whole heartedly recommend them

Completely agree, i have variant 2 on the Volvo T5 and they are outstanding.

[Kentish]

458bhp said:

croakey said:

KW's are amazing coilovers...whole heartedly recommend them

Completely agree, i have variant 2 on the Volvo T5 and they are outstanding.

Yes I agree; don't get me wrong - I thought the ride and handling was brilliant on my KW's it was just that I couldn't get them adjusted for the car to sit right (IMHO) but that was purely aesthetics.

KW are at the high end of the budget range and good VFM.

[LiamM45]

I wouldn't dare fit G Maxx products to an S6.

In my experience I've found KW products to be fantastic, ride quality is excellent and the quality of the 'Inox' range is again, excellent.

[Gunner Bill]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm seriously htink about the KW.

[Viperz888]

Kentish said:

KW are at the high end of the budget range and good VFM.

To get much better, you will have to spend some serious money.

I had some Gmax shocks and springs on one of my old cars - they were pretty good for what they cost.
Wouldn't put them on an S6 though.