09-02-2012, 06:07 PM
As Atterz has said, unless you want massive sacrifices of ride quality, then Billies are the way to go... Unless you're spending in excess of a grand a corner, just on suspension struts, you really aren't going to get anything close to a decent ride quality...
However, the coilovers will be good in regards to adjustability, but you are going to struggle with setting them up to begin with, what Atterz said with regards to then KNOWING what a good car handles like is perfectly true...
But it's your decision.
Some coilies with sort of 250-260lb springs would do you good, GHAs or whatever... They will do you well, but you really have to weigh up how much you're going on track, as I'd say the Billies will be 80% as good, with none of the drawbacks of trying to set them up... Whereas you could easily lose that 20% of how much better the Coilovers are going to be in slightly poor setup..
Having been in a few cars with "decent" coilovers, they never seem to ride properly... The fast rebound over little bumps and fluctuations in the road are never soaked up, and if you have the damping set anything close to correct, they will break your back on anything fast, but only just give you the damping you need throughout the corners. Whereas the Billies + Springs will be very close to stock, but improve the driving a massive amount. Peugeot weren't thick when they set up the GTi6 from the factory, they are one of the better front drive cars going, just slapping on coilovers isn't instantly going to transform the handling without sacrificing in other areas massively - you've got to remember that you're on road for 80% of the time... Is it really worth breaking your back for that 20% of the time you'll be on track...
IMO anyway.
However, the coilovers will be good in regards to adjustability, but you are going to struggle with setting them up to begin with, what Atterz said with regards to then KNOWING what a good car handles like is perfectly true...
But it's your decision.
Some coilies with sort of 250-260lb springs would do you good, GHAs or whatever... They will do you well, but you really have to weigh up how much you're going on track, as I'd say the Billies will be 80% as good, with none of the drawbacks of trying to set them up... Whereas you could easily lose that 20% of how much better the Coilovers are going to be in slightly poor setup..
Having been in a few cars with "decent" coilovers, they never seem to ride properly... The fast rebound over little bumps and fluctuations in the road are never soaked up, and if you have the damping set anything close to correct, they will break your back on anything fast, but only just give you the damping you need throughout the corners. Whereas the Billies + Springs will be very close to stock, but improve the driving a massive amount. Peugeot weren't thick when they set up the GTi6 from the factory, they are one of the better front drive cars going, just slapping on coilovers isn't instantly going to transform the handling without sacrificing in other areas massively - you've got to remember that you're on road for 80% of the time... Is it really worth breaking your back for that 20% of the time you'll be on track...
IMO anyway.
