shine kit

[abatzis2 at hotmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

i had a shine kit on mine for a long time.  really liked it, and am thinking 
of going back. main advantages are:
1) neutral handling: when running without a front sway, this car was great 
for auto-x. i now have h&r races/bilstein sports. haven't auto-x'ed them 
yet.
2) very little drop: this is a huge advantage, imho.  keep most of your 
suspension travel. that thing NEVER bottomed out, in contrast with the 
h&r's.
2a) since there isn't much drop, you keep your suspension geometry intact, 
with parallel a-arms. so you don't have all the camber probs that the 
lowering springs have.

they are definitely a better ride than the h&r's, though most bumps are 
comparable.  the big difference is over big bumps, which the shines are much 
better at. the shines were great with the bilsteins, and harsher with boge 
progas.  actually, what i'm thinking of doing is bastardizing the shine 
concept; since i already have 200# fronts (with 100# rears), i'm thinking of 
buying some matching 200# rears, and keeping my autotech front bar. 
hopefully, this will give me the best of both worlds...
hth,


-Michael Abatzis
Hotlanta! GA-->Soon to be New Orleans!
1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP-->parting, finally taking orders: 
www.learnlink.emory.edu/~mabatzi/mikes_page1.html
1987 Scirocco 2L 16v...




>From: "Jonathan" <astrocowboy5@hotmail.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: shine kit
>Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 21:27:15 -0400
>
>dose any one have the shine kit on their Rocco? is it as good as they say?
>if not what is the best suspension setup for a 16v Rocco for tearing up the 
>streets and the occasional track?
>
>thnaks
>jonathan
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