Suspension Geeks: Strut mount question

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

I have H&R coilovers with the Bonrath Strut Caps.  The coilovers still use
the upper strut cap.  The boraths lower the car without losing the amount of
travel.

My son's car has H&R Coilovers with the stock strut mounts.  They tend to
wear quite fast.


On 2/23/06, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I have to admit I'm curious about this whole thing because my 16V with H &
> R springs sits low enough in front that it's sitting on the bump stops and
> as a result rides like crap.
> So, at some point I'll be rounding up a set of A2 struts and laying them
> out next to A1 parts and seeing what needs to be done. I don't mind spending
> money on my 84, but the 16V should have been sent to the junk yard, so I'd
> like to come up with a cheap way to get that little bit of extra front
> suspension travel while keeping the car at it's current ride height. Maybe
> cheapassed A2 inserts and housing adapted to the A1 chassis. We'll see.
>
> I'm not sure why this is even on the table for the H & R coilovers though.
> The coilovers completely replace the stock strut housing. I'd have to assume
> that they'd be engineered to have sufficient travel bearing in mind the
> amount of drop they provide. There are several guys on the list with H & R
> coilovers. What's the scoop on this?
> Dan
>
> From: "Brian Haygood" <haygood@myway.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:56 PM
> >
> > Grant,
>
> > Concerning long (A1) vs. short (A2) struts, your problem is that your
> long struts can't get short enough to give you the travel you want, so you
> are trying to modify the mounting to give more space for your long
> strut.  The other approach to elongating the space for the strut is to
> shorten the strut.  So the A2 shorter struts will help.
>
> > Now, maybe Neal can tell us exactly how the struts have to be modified
> to get an A2 insert into an A1 car. ???
> >
> > Brian
> >
>
>
>
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1984 8V Audi 4000s (lastest addition)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)