new suspension recommendation?

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

I have H&R Coilover on both my cars.  I love the handling but it is a
bit rough on some bumpy city roads.  Not sure that it will be any
softer than what you have.  I also have the Bonrath strut supports
which do lower the car a bit.  And I just found out after owning the
car for a year that it has no front sway bar.  IT still handles very
well never would have guess it was missing.

HTH
Don


On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:00:42 +0000, Michael Abatzis
<abatzis2@hotmail.com> wrote:
> as mentioned in an earlier post, the "roads" of new orleans combined with my
> H&R race/bilstein sport suspension have ripped the crap out of my car. need
> to change i think. looking to get good road feel, occasional autox use, full
> (or nearly so) suspension travel, and minimal lowering.  i want to keep
> suspension geometry for a couple of reasons. aside from better handling, i
> think the altered a-arm angle probably leads to cv/bearing wear. a couple of
> options:
> 1) h&r coilovers: drove these on cathy's car a few years ago and loved them.
> they should give me more suspension travel, not sure about the lowering
> aspects.
> 2) h&r cups: moderate lowering, pretty good travel i think; not much
> experience with these. anyone?
> 3) shine setup: had this before, liked it a lot running no front bar.
> minimal lowering=good travel, good geometry.  handled great.  i like running
> with a front bar though, just because it feels flatter, especially on the
> street. thinking about asking srs about recommended rear spring rate when
> running with a front bar.  they're gonna yell at me for that.
> 4) h&r sports and the like still lower the car too much--do the cups lower
> it the same amount? any other suggestions?
> 
> the car needs to  be fixed/painted SOON so i don't become totally disgusted
> with it.
> 
> -Michael Abatzis
> New Orleans!
> 1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 1.8 16V Black Scirocco
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