I would enjoy a firmer, lower suspension than stock.
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We had water coming in from a leaking sunroof. They fixed it but then they did a terrible job installing the new headliner leaving black greasy thumbprints and the alignment was way off. VW has agreed to replace our vehicle with a similar so all is well thus far. Haven't gone through the process of getting the replacement yet but they have done a pretty good job of responding in a timely manner. I will hold final judgement off until the whole process is complete. Its very frustrating having a 4 month old car get issues like this. VW needs to step up their Quality Assurance game.
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Master_Of_One...Have you asked your dealer if lowering you Alltrack will affect the warranty? I posed that question to a VW dealer and he said lowering an Alltrack would surely void the power train warranty. I'm assuming he meant anything to do with suspension and drive train components. I didn't get any more specific than asking about lowering springs and shocks. I asked him if Koni FSD shocks would be ok he say yes...just no lowering springs. That was one dealer, I'm going to call a few more in my area because I've heard and see where some dealerships are ok with it and even sell cars lowered.
Have you swapped springs yet? I've got R springs like you and planning on changing out struts and shocks too with Golf R shocks/struts to have exact match for the stiffer/lower R springs. I'm of the belief that springs and shocks should be matched as closely as possible.
I'm concerned that just changing out the springs and not the shocks would cause the stock shock to bottom out causing premature failure also the mismatch of stiffer springs with stock socks would affect ride and handling negatively.
Changing out both springs and shocks to Golf R just makes sense to me. It's kind of pricey I know around $500+ for all the needed (shocks/struts bump stops and hardware) but to me worth it in the long run saving the expense of probably having to do the work twice either because of the ride quality or failure of the shocks or both.
BTW, I did find a local dealer that was ok with the lowering option and said it wouldn't affect the warranty just wouldn't cover the replacement springs and shocks if they were to fail which makes sense.
I'm concerned that just changing out the springs and not the shocks would cause the stock shock to bottom out causing premature failure also the mismatch of stiffer springs with stock socks would affect ride and handling negatively.
Changing out both springs and shocks to Golf R just makes sense to me. It's kind of pricey I know around $500+ for all the needed (shocks/struts bump stops and hardware) but to me worth it in the long run saving the expense of probably having to do the work twice either because of the ride quality or failure of the shocks or both.
BTW, I did find a local dealer that was ok with the lowering option and said it wouldn't affect the warranty just wouldn't cover the replacement springs and shocks if they were to fail which makes sense.
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I plan on lowering line in the near future in waist deep in a mk3 Jetta build right now so after it?s finished I?ll start missing the alltrack a little. I have a full set of gti dampers and springs but I don?t think the rears will work because of the AWD. I have been researching the R suspension and will probably go that route.
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