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Old 05-04-2014, 03:44 PM
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Finally got around to installing Strano's front and rear bars today on my WS6. Overall the process was pretty simple. Took me about 1.5 hrs total. The majority of the time was jacking the car up and putting it on stands. I have to drive the car up on 2x4's as it's too low otherwise to get the jack under it (it's lowered 2"). The only thing I had trouble with was trying to figure out where the driver's side splash guard goes when re-assembling, but checked out the pic's on the "how to" post and got it done.

Took it for a drive afterwards and I felt the improvement immediately. The car feels like it is part of the road now. No dipping in the front end and going through the curves in the road the car felt really planted on the pavement. It felt awesome.
I'm super happy that I did this upgrade. Kudos to Sam and his products. They're top notch
Anyone on the fence about doing this upgrade, I highly recommend it, it was well worth it.

Anyone looking for a set of WS6 bars let me know.
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Sam has came out with some good stuff. Can't wait to get a set of these.
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don't start a thread to tell us you did something and not have pictures of it, come on now, thats just common courtesy.
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ok ok
I'll take some pic's in the next few days and post.

So demanding. Sheesh.
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now get the springs and koni shocks, i dont know what springs you have but if its a 2" lowering spring it might not be geared for handling.
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i love my strano sways and koni shocks, thinkin of ditching the springs for sam's but i might be selling the car for a 15' Golf R, baby on the way need a one car does all kinda thing lol
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I've got eibach lowering springs. I know a lot of people have negative things to say about them but I've been very happy with them. Plus they were already on the car when I bought it. If I do decide to replace them I'm def. going with Koni's and Strano springs.
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My stranos sways and springs with my konis are awesome, glad you enjoy your car now. It's amazing how good these cars feel when replacing with new better stuff, makes you wonder how you drove the car so long with stock stuff.

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Yeah,
I'm super happy with just the addition of the sway bars. I've got about 50K on the car and I'm thinking Koni's next. And just to clarify, I've got the eibach pro kit, so the drop is actually only about 1.2" and not 2" but as said before I'm quite happy with the them, but unless I try other shocks on the car I'll never know if one is better than the other. At least to me....
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Lowering springs on those factory shocks are ok but you upgrade to any other aftermarket shock and will notice a huge improvement.



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