'96 Golf shocks/springs

I have a '96 golf 2.0 GTI in need of shocks. I wanted to know if anyone
out there has experience on the replacement of springs and shocks for an
upgrade in handling with little or no change in ride height?
Opinions on keeping original springs?
Opinions on the Touring bilsteins?
What other parts (bump stops, strut bearings, etc) are recommended as to
be replaced when doing this job?
TIA
Andy

On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:09:59 -0600, Andy wrote:

>I have a '96 golf 2.0 GTI in need of shocks. I wanted to know if anyone
>out there has experience on the replacement of springs and shocks for an
>upgrade in handling with little or no change in ride height?
>Opinions on keeping original springs?
>Opinions on the Touring bilsteins?
>What other parts (bump stops, strut bearings, etc) are recommended as to
>be replaced when doing this job?
>TIA
>Andy
I think I am going to do the adjustable Konis yellow when I change
out my 2003 struts. On the old cars you always do bearings and
bumpers. I have not done my esearch on my car to discover what the
typical policy is. I happen to live in a smooth roads state so my
parts may not be as beat up as someone who lives in Ohio. Even so
since I have almost 160,000 miles on my car I will replace all the
consumables.

There is a nice article at tdiclub.com
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=133342 that discusses some
of your questions. I think the article may have starte at vwvortex.
TDI seems to be slightly less myth ridden than the vortex.