Suspension Question/Recomendation

[roccolister@hotmail.com (Craig Williams)]

Well,

Most fools that I see with coil overs on the street use them merely to 
adjust the height of their cars for no more then visual reasons. In fact, 
I'd say the majority of people I've seen with these use them to park their 
cars at a car show and lower it as much as possible for that o-so-cool car 
show look.

AFAIK, the best true advantage to having coil-overs is so that you can have 
your car coner balanced. By adjusting the height at each corner you transfer 
the weight of your car. This is most effective for track and auto-x 
purposes. Not something that can be done in a home garage unless you have 4 
digital scales you can drive your car onto, so you'll have to bring it in to 
a race shop.

Scott has some opinions about the usefulness of coil-overs on the street. 
He'll probably chime in with a more technical view on this.

-- Craig


>From: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
>To: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>,"Scirocco List" 
><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Suspension Question/Recomendation
>Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 19:21:31 -0700
>
>Speaking of coil-overs, what's the big deal/benefit? I was absent that
>day...
>
>Please edu-mi-cate the village idiot   :)
>
>JT
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
>To: "Robert Luhrs" <rob.luhrs@sitescape.com>; "Scirocco List"
><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 5:09 PM
>Subject: Re: Suspension Question/Recomendation
>
>
> > If he's like me (and we're probably close to the same age) he should 
>leave
> > the stock springs on the car and just go with Bilstein HD's.
> > If he's not like me, he can go the whole coilover route...
> >
> > Larry   old crock and his old 'roc ('87 16V)
> >
> >
> >
> > > This is actually for my dad.. he has an 88 16v and says this:
> > >
> > > What would you recommend for a new suspension fo rmy Scirocco?
> > > The shocks are getting weak and it would be a good time to
> > > upgrade.
> > > I would like to have good handling without getting a punnishing ride
> > > or lowering the car too much (if at all). As far as I know, the
> > > suspension is stock now.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?  Speaking from experience, he likes the car to
> > > handle about as well as possible without being punishing.. his first
> > > car was a bmw 2002, thena daimler Sp250, then a euro spec Opel
> > > GT, and now a 88 16v 'roc, so all the cars have been pretty damn
> > > sporty, if that helps at all....
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help!
> > > Rob
> > > (also an 88 16v)
> > >
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