Re: Suspension....

["David Ruby" <dbruby@ainet.com>]

I have the Hor springs/Boge Progas setup on my '86 8v.  They lowered the car
1.25 inches.  On smooth asphalt the combination is superb; on choppy stuff
or highways with expansion joints, the choppiness can be maddening.
Cornering transition feels smooth and natural, although I'd surmise that's
tied in with what tires are being used (I run Continental CH51 205/60HR13's
on 5.5x13" factory 7-spoke wheels).  The suspension equipment seems to be
fairly durable, BTW.
Macht's Gut,
Dave
- -----Original Message-----
From: dalewitt <dalewitt@express-news.net>
To: I.Mannix <mannix@privateI.com>; Scirocco Email <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Montag, 26. Oktober 1998 20:48
Subject: Re: Suspension....


>I have run Sachs suspension on my 82 for the past six years with no sign of
wear.  They are stiff but not too harsh
>and I wouldn't change.  Have owned seven roccos with as many suspension
combinations.
>
>dale
>82 2.1 16v rocco (Zender 400 w/NOS)
>86.5 2.0 16v rocco
>
>----------
>> At 08:45 PM 10/26/98 +0000, Ryan Schuermann wrote:
>> >just a note, one of mine cracked in half, I'd think twice about
>> >every buying ST springs, then again maybe other springs crack too,
>> >dunno.
>>
>> OTOH, a friend had a set on his 2002, they did'nt crack.  ST makes
springs
>> for virtually everything, I'd not worry too much about them breaking -
>> every company has things fail, and with the sheer number of springs they
>> make, they're more "likely" to have some failures.  I've not heard of
many
>> ST springs cracking, either.  I have heard bad things about Spax - lots
of
>> people have had problems with those, Tokico had a high failure rate a
while
>> back, EIP has had some bad things said about them, etc - onesy twosy
>
>> failures, eh, bad things happen.  When the NG/lists fill up with horror
>> stories about company X, well, maybe then it is time to look
elsewhere(with
>> a grain of salt, of course).
>>
>> My front Neuspeed swaybar broke an endlink - the heim joint sheared off
>> when I tried to adjust it(I'm not _that_ strong!).  I don't think this is
a
>> common occurence, so I don't bother telling anyone about it.  The A3
Nspeed
>> bars seem to break endlinks a lot, however.  We all know about Autotech's
>> brackets.  Some things are known to break, others are not - I don't
>> personally put ST springs in the "breaks-a-lot" category.  FWIW!
>>
>>
>> I.Mannix
>>
>>
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