suspension hell now = suspension heaven, but with questions

[wolfsburg16v@hotmail.com (Tony Morehead)]

if he is rubbing on 185's does that mean my 205's will rub when i lower the 
87?  the wheels arent stock, they are 14" american racing. i want to lower 
the car at least an inch, but no more than 2". i need new suspension soon 
because mine is too soft. i bottom out the front suspension when going over 
speed bumps (im sure slowing down wouldnt hurt, but thats no fun)

-tony


>From: "calimus" <calimus@techography.net>
>To: "Scirocco-l" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: suspension hell now = suspension heaven, but with questions
>Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 00:08:13 -0400
>
>Ok, finally completed my suspension overhaul. H&R sports + gabrial cheap-o
>struts/shocks.  The ride is nice, sometimes a bit rougher then I'm used to
>but I kinda expected that.  I'm seeing some rub marks on the inner side of
>the front tires but I know that cause everything is out of adjustment and 
>an
>alignment should fix that.  Problem is I'm also seeing some spring rub on
>the rear tires and that bothers me a bit.  Should a 4 wheel alignment fix
>that?  If not what can I do?  I really don't want to blow a tire while on
>the highway.
>
>Big plus, the car corners great even with a screwed up alignment.  I also
>replaced the rear control arm with all of this as mine was bent to hell and
>chewing tires.  I'll be checking into getting the alingment tomorrow but my
>major concern is those rear tires and the spring rub.  It could be 
>happening
>when I hit bumps (I did do a fair bit of hard cornering tonight just to see
>how everything felt) but I want to be more cautious then ignorant of the
>problem.  Any and all help would be appreciated.  Before I forget, I'm
>running the stock teardrops with 185-60r-14 tires so no weirdo tire size
>issues should come into play here.
>
>William
>
>88' Scirocco 16v
>
>
>
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Tony Morehead
1987 16v Scirocco


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