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Re: I had H&R springs ANYONE else?
Progas or turbogas?
At 10:00 AM 9/17/99 -0500, Shannon Fenton wrote:
>I just ordered a set of H&Rs and Boges for my 16V yesterday.....please dont
>tell me I just made a big fuck up....anybody else running this setup!
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>At 03:03 PM 9/17/99 +0100, you wrote:
>>I had H&R springs on my '85 Storm which originally came off a MKI golf.
>They were rated at 55-60mm drop for the golf and they were too short for my
>setup. Side-on there was virtually no gap rear or front and it bounced on
>the stock bump-stops and bottomed-out regularly when i removed the stops.
>I was using boge shocks in the stock struts. The guy who had Golf used
>bilstein sports and had no problem with bottoming-out. Sounds like you
>might have the same springs. If that's the case, I think your only options
>are:
>>shell out £450 on a set of Bilstein sports ( not HDs as you'll stillhave
>the problem of not enough travel);
>>or do what I just did and ditch the springs. I've just fitted a new set
>of Eibach Pro kit springs which are 30-40mm drop, with standard bump-stops,
> and it's much better. I think I might get a pair of poly bump-stops for
>the front as there is still a touch too much bounce.
>>
>>HTH,
>>
>>Ewan Hopkins.
>>
>>- ----- 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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>Thank You for your Time,
> Shannon Fenton
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