With all this talk about different suspension setups...anyone have the Shine setup(springs and rear bar) for sale by chance?
Greg -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Pelletier [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:23 PM To: John Caldwell; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [A2-16v] handling questions and answers put on a shine rear bar then try that again : ) --- John Caldwell <[email protected]> wrote: > What is the rest of your setup, and under what > circumstances can you get the > tail to come out? E-brake? I've driven my cars with > the following setups: > > GTI, stock bars: > eibach springs, tokico shocks: > - crappy michelin mxv4's > - dunlop sp8000 > - pirelli p7000 > > bilstein coilovers, 400/300: > - pirelli p7000 > - some shitty kelly tires > - kumho v700 > - toyo ra-1 > > bilstein colovers, 500/300: > - pirelli p7000 > - toyo ra-1 > > > Jetta, stock bars: > Stock: > - crappy kelly tires > - dunlop sport a2 > > Ground control 300/200 w/bilsteins: > - dunlop sport a2 > - toyo ra-1 > - falken azenis > > > GTI is corner-balanced, 2.5 deg. of negative camber > in the front, zero toe, > and solid rear axle bushings. Jetta is at 1.5 deg. > negative, zero toe. Both > cars have the control arms at or just barely past > parallel (i know), and > they sit level. > > and under no circumstances in any of those setups > would I say that I've been > able to "easily" get the tail to come out. It > either involves going in way > hot and letting off the gas, left foot braking, or > pulling the e-brake. > > What sort of tires are you running? Are your rears > bald? :) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:36 AM > Subject: [A2-16v] handling questions and answers > > > > Let's remember that Golfs and Jettas have > different weight distributions. > > Let's remember that most of us are running > different tires. Let's also > > remember that we're all running slightly different > suspension setups. > > > > All these things affect the handling, and > therefore different > > bars/shocks/camber settings, etc will give > different results to different > > people. > > > > For example, I run stock swaybars, and I can get > the tail out on my car > > pretty easily. Others can't. > > _______________________________________________ > > A2-16v mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v > For list archives, see listinfo link above. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com _______________________________________________ A2-16v mailing list [email protected] http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v For list archives, see listinfo link above.
