Re: (WAS) Re:Suspension advice wanted plz: (NOW) lowered cars and Boge's

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

Progas are not a good idea with lowering springs - I used them with H&Rs and 
they were terrible. Turbogas are more suited to lowering springs; Progas are 
designed specifically for stock height springs, as I found out AFTER I had 
bought & installed them. If you are going for really low springs, full 
bilstein struts or something equivalent, instead of cartridge inserts, is 
what you need. My H&Rs were supposed to give somewhere aroung 55-60mm drop 
on a MKI rabbit and were fine with Bilstein struts but were no good with 
turbogas or progas inserts. Now I'm running slightly more sensible eibachs!

HTH,

Ewan Hopkins.


>From: "David Guido" <guido_david@hotmail.com>
>To: vfarren@rrs.cdie.org, pbureau@home.com, skerocdriver@juno.com
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: (WAS) Re:Suspension advice wanted plz: (NOW) lowered cars and 
>Boge's
>Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 09:41:03 -0700
>
>Boge Turbos will blow out sooner than expected on A1 cars with lowering
>springs. Apparently they work fine for A2 and A3 cars with lowering springs
>for some reason, probably because those applications don't compress the
>shock as much. Perhaps Progas would be a better choice for your lowered A1.
>
>On the otherhand if you use Progas on stock springs you may be unhappy with
>it as a daily driver, especially if you suffer from hemorrhoids...
>
>David
>
>
>>From: "Victor Farren" <vfarren@rrs.cdie.org>
>>To: pbureau@home.com, skerocdriver@juno.com
>>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Subject: (WAS) Re:Suspension advice wanted plz: (NOW) lowered cars and
>>Boge's
>>Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 12:21:13 -0400
>>
>>Here is another data point.  I have Boge Turbos with my lowered 16v (H&R).
>>I originally bought them for my 8v over 3 years ago.  That car got killed
>>and I transfered the shocks over to my 16v about 1 year ago.  The fronts
>>blew out a few months ago and now I have Bilsteins to replace them.
>>
>>I don't know if it was b/c the 16v is heavier up front and/or b/c the 
>>roads
>>is Washington, DC are CRAAAP, but the front Turbos didn't last too long on
>>the 16v.  All in all, I got about 3.5 -4 years out of the Turbos.
>>
>>Your mileage may vary.
>>
>>Victor
>>
>> >>> Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com> 05/02 11:30 PM >>>
>>
>>On 02 May 2001 22:17:36 EDT "Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@home.com> writes:
>>
>>
>> >what BASIC, daily driver shocks and springs would be reccomended
>> >(boges? BOSH?) , I dont race my car.
>>
>>
>>Go with stock shocks. Boges work just fine. I have the Turbogas shocks on
>>my GLi with lowering springs. They're fine for that. Go with the Progas
>>for your stock application.
>>
>>
>>Shawn MTze
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