Apex Springs

[nicebutdim]

Hi everyone. I'm looking at replacing my suspension on the mk 1 tdi gal and would like to put some uprated springs in. I would like to keep some of the ride quality but stiffen it 'a little.' I've been looking at Apex springs kit, p/n 80-8000, which drops her by 25mm. Has anyone here put these in before? If so are they good? I don't want massive lowering and keeping some comfort.

Sorry for all the questions, quite a big outlay for me.

Many thanks in advance,

Tim

[STYLIN]

i know it's not quite a galaxy but...my friend had apex springs on his passat and was very impressed by them although the yellow coating soon goes flakey on them :)

[nicebutdim]

I meant to update this thread a few days ago. I went for Eibach springs in the end, 20mm drop. All I can say is they feel excellent. Managed to change the whole suspension (shocks, springs, arms and all ball joints) in 1 day! I was very happy as I had planned for it to be off the road for a couple of days. I do admit though that I bought everything need to make up the whole front strut units and built them up before hand, but even that was a 20 min job. Regarding the rusted nuts on the top mounts, I used a Bosch reciprocating metal saw and cut the rim off the upper cups. It took about 20 mins to do both sides and saved a whole load of hassle. In fact the hardest part to do (I found) was getting the rear springs to seat correctly on the rear arms, but a little force and some KY jelly soon sorted that, and realising that as soon as it is back on it's wheels the spring near enough seats itself. I bought new everything to do the job including subframe bolts and such, came in around

[dodalexander]

Would you have a parts list for the whole job? I've been thinking about doing the same to improve the ride and hopefully fix the rear alignment.

[nicebutdim]

Would you have a parts list for the whole job? I've been thinking about doing the same to improve the ride and hopefully fix the rear alignment.

I'll try to find the receipts a bit later and will list everything. I didn't do the rear trailing bushes which may be a cause of rear alignment being out.