Lowering an A2 any more than 1" will result in a higher roll center and undue camber changes.
If you don't want to go with Ground Controls, the Shine Racing springs are very nice. They're linear, stiffer than the "sports" springs out there and retain alot of wheel travel for an acceptable ride. They also make the car handle quite well. The differences between Bilstein sports and HD's are that the sports have a 1" shorter shaft to help retain wheel travel lost when the car is lowered. The full strut housings are sometimes necessary dependant on what the factory installed on your car. On my '91 I had factory inserts, so I didn't need the full housing, on my '90 I needed the full housings... -josh --- Matthew Yip <[email protected]> wrote: > Too low on an A2 really changes the roll center of > the vehicle and > makes it handle like crap - in other words, all > those "slammed" cars > that are built for "racing" are truly poseur cars. > I don't remember > how many inches I lowered my car but I stopped when > the front control > arms were parallel to the pavement. Anymore and > you'll get bump > steer in places where you thought the road was flat. > > > I'd go with a coilover setup such as Ground Control > or Carrera (or a > variety of others) before I ordered some generic > lowering springs. > Most lowering springs are progressive in order to > preserve ride > quality. Race springs tend to be linear although > they're still > fairly soft and they don't offer the changeability > of coil overs. > > Bilstein Sport and HD - valved the same (from what I > know) but the > Sport is designed to work with lowered supsensions > while the HD is > not. > > > --- Denis Palmans <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just a few more suspension questions. first off, > how low are most > > of your > > cars? I found a good deal on a set of springs, but > it lowers the > > car from > > 2-2.5 inches. That seems a bit extreme for me, any > opinions on > > these? > > > > second, does anyone know the spring rates for the > H&R 'race' > > springs that > > parts4vws.com sells? > > > > also what is the difference between the bilstein > HD's and the > > bilstien > > sports? i'm assuming one is stiffer than the > other? > > > > finaly, on the parts4vws website they list 2 > different bilstein > > sport shock > > sets, one for pre '90 cars, and one for 90-92 > cars. It says the > > 90-92 ones > > include a full front strut. Is this nessecary? > cant i just get new > > front > > shock inserts instead of the whole strut itself? > > > > any help on these questions would be really great. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > http://health.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com
