# Help me decide: Springs vs Coilovers

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [April 23, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-decide-springs-vs-coilovers/263495 "2012-04-23T12:28:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![PFaux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pfaux/32/6722_2.png) [@PFaux](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PFaux)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-me-decide-springs-vs-coilovers/263495/9 "2012-04-23T12:52:32Z")

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> [@FS: American Racing Rims 5 x 5.5, Fits Ford 4x4](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-american-racing-rims-5-x-5-5-fits-ford-4x4/48674/7):
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> I put coil overs on VOT VOTs tdi and he had me smear them with boat grease all over the place as well as velco covers. The coil overs will pay for themselves the first time you have to have the stock springs reinstalled for winter use… initial install’s the same price either way.

i’d be curious to know how they held up. I guess that would prevent the corrosion.

if he is dead set on adjusting height up and down summer to winter then deffinetly go with coilovers. but if he’s not perpared to install them himself then maybe he shouldn’t bother. To adjust the height on mine you had to disconect the coil over from the knuckle, which was arguably the hardest part of the install.

if i were u and i installed the springs i’d just deal with the ride height difference… probably wont make as much difference driving in the snow as you’d think.

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