Thread: Ebay Coilover Sleeves

So I'm investigating my options for lowering my Passat Wagon. I like the idea of coilovers for their adjustability, but the kits for my car cost $1500. I only paid $2000 for the car. I noticed that eBay is almost overrun by kits like this:

Pretty much an adjustable collar and a coil spring that slips over your existing strut. Seems that most of these kits include springs with linear 350/450 lb rate springs. I know that these are pretty much universal kits, and even more likely just Chinese junk, but I'm still interested for some reason. I found a race shop online that sells coil springs in different rates, so that could be the answer. Just buy a kit and toss the springs that come with it, and buy better matched springs for my car.

I think some guys here used these kits for Challenge cars, but what about for a DD?
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dom lindars
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Here is the deal.

#1. Most people pay less than that for their project cars and dump thousands into them. $1500 on a good set of coilovers is cheep. I think they even make a Koni bolt in kit with Eibach race springs for you application.

#2. Lowering a car on stock struts is a problem, whether you use springs or sleeveovers.
You ever see those Hondas jumping down the road .... that would be you and thus defeat the purpose of a dd and any handling upgrades. Plus you would probably mess up your tires because they dont come with camber plates.

#3. People on here using sleeveovers are using gc sleeveovers with upgraded struts. Eventhough Koni is the only replacement offered to lower our vehicles properly on lowering springs, the added dampening force of say a AGX makes it ehhhh ok.

#4. Save your money and buy a good set or dont do it at all, you will be very frustrated with the results if you do.

Hope this helps clarify before Shawn has your head.


Brian