H&R Street Coilovers - Is it just me?

[dotcom619]

I have been diving through coilover reviews and ended up buying the H&R Streets, mainly because the B14s have been on back order forever. Notice there has been a lot of mixed reviews on the H&R Streets.

After installing, I was not very impressed with the ride quality. I understand that I loose some comfort to gain MUCH better handling, but it seems really rough... Car has 50k on it and I installed new strut mounts/bearings with them. Like I said, it handles great but any sense of "daily driver comfort" is gone. I was actually lifted from my seat several times on medium size freeway bumps.

I kept the ride high within H&Rs "adjustment range", which is only really the middle 1/3 of threads and kept them high (25.5" FTG for now).

Anybody else have similar (or different) thoughts on their H&R Street coils? I know comfort is subjective but these seem pretty rough for $1300 coils. I have only put 50-75 miles on them so far (mainly freeway). Any chance some comfort will emerge after they are "broken in"?

[5l33P3R]

Had them on my mk7 gti and couldn't stand them! Completely regretted the purchase the whole time I had the car.

[Chaoscreature]

dotcom619,

You would have been happier with some lowering springs and Bilstein Sport shocks, or Koni Sports if you really wanted a knob to play with.
I don't understand the fascination with "coilovers" on street cars... the front is ALWAYS a coilover and the rear never is anyways, it's really a misnomer.

[dotcom619]

Good to hear (I guess?). Perhaps I spring for the b16s for a few hundred more, or for a few hundred less get the b8 setup.

[dotcom619]

Good to hear (I guess?). Perhaps I spring for the b16s for a few hundred more, or for a few hundred less get the b8 setup. Luckily the vendor I bought them from is willing to return/exchange

[PINGERS]

Had H&R coilers on my MK4 and hated them. The ride was harsh, super aggressive and bouncy. This time around I bought the B14s and love them. They ride awesome and I'm slammed. I got lucky when they were in-stock back in October for like a day, lol.

[Chaoscreature]

dotcom619,

I recommend the B8's and some springs. Unless you plan on tracking the car or have some very specific chassis tuning goals, spend the money you saved on some good tires :)
That's one hell of a vendor! I have never heard of a shop letting you return suspension components unless they are truly defective.

[Jshiloh10]

I have the H&R’s on my A3 and the first 1000 miles they where very rough. I now have about 2000 miles on them and they have calmed down a lot. The only time they are rough is going over a bridge deck.
I know that bilstein makes the H&R shocks because my shocks have a bilstein logo on the top of the shock engraved they must be valved differently from normal bilstein’s

[dotcom619]

Thats interesting. I did notice they are Bilstein struts as well. Perhaps they would have been better after 1000 miles or so. Unfortunately, when I hear people like PINGERS and 5l33P3R say they have/had them and regretted it, I decided to pull them off and go back to stock for now. 4x4 status while I wait for Bilstein to come back in stock ANYWHERE.

I am getting very skeptical of taking anybody's opinion on ride quality comfort for coilovers. I feel confident that the B12 set up is probably a great setup for a daily driver. From pictures, it looks like the "stance" is good enough for me but the idea of adjustability is still on my mind. Wish I could ride in an a3/s3 with B14s to see how they ACTUALLY feel compared to stock or B12 type set up.

Thanks for the replies. Good to know I am not the only one that thought the H&Rs were a let down (on this platform).