Thanks for all the answers, although now i have a few more questions. While i would love to go with coilovers all around that is quite a bit over my budget. The shocks on my current car are shot (stock suspension), and i was hoping to replace them now that i have time. I wanted to do everything at once since i will be doing hte work myself anyways (meaning new shocks and springs). So i was looking at using the H&R race springs that are listed on parts4vws.com they state it lowers the car about 1.4 inches which is just what i would want, and then using Bilstien sport shocks with these springs.
would that be a decent setup, or am i better getting one of the 'kit' suspensions that includes everything at once. Someone mentioned the shine racing suspension, and i looked at it for a bit. It seems pretty good but the spring rates seem a bit low to me. it says 200lb front and 120lb rear. anyone have any advice here? i'm hoping to buy something pretty soon Thanks in advance -Denis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Yip" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 4:22 AM Subject: Re: [A2-16v] Suspension questions > 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 >
