I've run the bilstein with H&R springs, Hor springs and the Shine Racing springs. The Shine springs, despite their printed spring rates, are, by far, the stiffest springs of them all. They have WAY more roll stiffness than the H&R, etc, etc have. The car doesn't bottom out and it also handles much, much better.
This seems to cross chassis lines since I noticed the same thing in my Corrado VR6 as well... Denis, if you're in the Boston area, please drop me a line and I'll let you drive my Shine racing suspended GLI. I can honestly say that without going to Ground Control coilovers this is by far the best suspension out there... -josh --- Denis Palmans <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
