Re: Shine Racing Suspension

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>If you want to know about shine kits, have a look on the gti-vr6 list - 
there's a major debate on the pros & cons of their kit at the moment.

Ewan Hopkins


>From: "D&M" <dbarwick@sprynet.com>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Shine Racing Suspension
>Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:21:21 -0800
>
>After driving my brother-in-law's lowered 16V Jetta, I wonder if it is
>possible to have the aesthetics of a lowered vehicle AND a compliant ride.
>Especially after the demo in Bradley Peet's turbo (thanks Brad!!) on the
>Portland cruise, I realized that the Bilstein Sports I have on both of my
>cars might actually be as stiff as people say.
>
>Does anyone on the list have firsthand experience with the Shine Racing
>suspension (www.srsvw.com)?  Some of what they talk about in the 
>information
>part of the page applies more to the Honda crowd, but nonetheless it is
>intriguing.  Exactly the opposite of autotech or Neuspeed.
>
>My suspension experience has led me to believe that any strut with a
>standard length piston will be destroyed after about two years of usage 
>with
>lowering springs since the strut "bottoms" out more frequently.  Even with
>moderate (read: low key) street driving and slowing down to 1st gear for:
>driveways, speed bumps, and nasty highway repair spots, I have gone through
>Boge's, KYB's, and Sachs in about two years per pair.  After switching to
>Bilstein Sports, due to their shortened piston I assume, I haven't had any
>problems (about 4 years).  The piston on the Bilstein Sport strut is about
>1.5" in diameter.  I've seen trucks with smaller pistons!  The springs were
>always hor tech; they have about 150K on them now.
>
>Any comments?
>
>David Barwick
>Black '88 Scirocco
>Anthracite '84 GLI
>Eugene, OR
>dbarwick@sprynet.com
>
>
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