which springs: H&R or Neuspeed

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

The H&R's are stamped with '97 on the rear and '98 or '99 on the front
(from memory.)  The Neuspeeds were used when I got them in '01 - not sure
how old they actually are though.  Daun might know though - as I got them
from him.

Drew

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Sandor wrote:

> >
> Um, I've heard in the past that depending on the age of those neuspeeds,
> they might in fatc be the same as the H&R sports, as H&R use to
> manufacture neuspeeds  springs for them.
> Just wondering how old those neuspeeds are vs the H&R's
> 
> 
> sandor
> 
> 
> > I've got a set of decent used Koni Reds to put on the Scirocco (in fact,
> >  the rears have already been installed.)  I've got Neuspeed sports on
> > the  car now, but the Konis came with a set of H&R sports (have to
> > confirm they  are in fact sports but they still have the part number
> > visible on them so  I will do this tonight.)
> >
> > My question is, before I tie into the fronts (likely this weekend - the
> > bouncy bouncy of worn Boge pro-gas up front and stiff koni reds on the
> > back is driving me nuts) are the H&R sports a better spring than the
> > neuspeeds?  I'm looking for something that will handle well, but not be
> > so  rough as to jar my teeth out of my head on the rough roads we have
> > up here  in the GWN.  The Neuspeed/ProGas combination was acceptable -
> > the konis  however are a lot stiffer than the worn out Pro gas are (or
> > likely ever  were, for that matter.)
> >
> > I don't mind swapping out the neuspeeds in the back for the H&R, if I
> > decide to go H&R all around.  I don't want to have to do the swap after
> > I've done the front struts though, obviously.
> >
> > So what's it going to be?  H&R sport and koni reds, or neuspeed
> > softsport  and koni reds?
> >
> > Drew
> >
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