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RE: I had H&R springs ANYONE else?
I run a Koni/H&R setup, and really like it. It could be a little lower for
my tastes, but that's a personal choice. The ride is phenomenal. Stiff but
not harsh. With the Konis in the soft setting, the car is very comfortable
but still "sporty." The fronts are a *tad* under-damped and on large highway
dips it bounces a little, but it goes completely away when I set the shocks
to firm. With the shocks on firm, the car stiffens up very noticably (CD
skipps a lot!) and the spring rates seem to be almost perfect. Now that I've
got a couple of autocrosses under my belt, I'm starting to do really well.
Last weekend I was the fastest VW on street tires, and one of the fastest
*cars* on street tires, beating things like modified AWD turbo Eclipses and
Corvettes! And that's with 3 Bridgestones and 1 Goodyear!! That was a good
day. ;-)
Thanks Potters! I love 'em.
Neal
-----Original Message-----
From: Majordomo [mailto:majord@neubayern.net]On Behalf Of Shannon Fenton
Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 10:01 AM
To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: I had H&R springs ANYONE else?
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!
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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