Re: H&R springs

["Stuart Castledine" <stu@green-fuz.freeserve.co.uk>]

I've fitted H&R springs to my GTX, they now have 29,000 miles on them. They
were listed as approx. 30 mm drop and I assume they are intended for all Mk1
types.
At the front there is about 1 1/8" between the top of the tyre and the wheel
arch liner, viewed side-on, and 1" at the rear.
With the car on its wheels, the bottom 3 coils are touching. I jacked it up
to have a look and the powder coating has worn through & there is rust
around the edges. I'm not aware of any clicking from the other coils.
I always seem to find the bump stops squashed up at the top of the shock
absorber piston, and the dust cap rammed down over the strut housing.

HTH,

Stuart

----- Original Message -----
From: Smith, Mike <msm@team.co.uk>
To: 'Scirocco Mailing List' <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 12:47 PM
Subject: H&R springs


> Hi All,
>
> I note from scirocco.org that Jason, amongst others is using H&R springs
and
> Boge Turbo  dampers. Are the H&R springs you guys use specifically for
> Sciroccos or are they the 'one type fits all' Scirocco 1&2 / Rabbit /
Jetta
> types?
>
> The reason I ask is that I've recently fitted some to my mkII GTX, and
when
> I took it off the jack it just flattened the springs and sat on the bump
> stops. It seems like the car is too heavy for the springs since the bottom
> three coils are touching each other, and it clicks when it bounces as the
> other coils touch.
>
> I'm using Boge turbo dampers that are about 10k miles old.
>
> Comments please?
>
> Mike
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