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Re: I had H&R springs ANYONE else?
I've had H&R / Boge TurboGas on my 16V for a couple weeks now. The
setup is surprisingly quite tame. It's not too harsh at all. But what
bugs me is that the rear didn't seem to get lowered enough. Sometimes I
look at it and it looks fine and other times I wish the rear was lower.
I spose it depends how it's sitting. The front end seems a little too
bouncy too. I feel the fronts are a bit too soft. The setup makes the
car look 100% better and handle quite well. I have no idea what the
spring rates are. I ordered them from the Potterman.
Bottom line, for $405 including bump stops and new strut bearings from
the Potterman, I'm very happy with the setup.
If anyone wants to see how the car sits with the setup, I just took a
pic this weekend that I can send to you.
-Mike
Shannon Fenton wrote:
>
> I just ordered a set of H&Rs and Boges for my 16V yesterday.....please dont
> tell me I just made a big fuck up....anybody else running this setup!
>
> At 03:03 PM 9/17/99 +0100, you wrote:
> >I had H&R springs on my '85 Storm which originally came off a MKI golf.
> They were rated at 55-60mm drop for the golf and they were too short for my
> setup. Side-on there was virtually no gap rear or front and it bounced on
> the stock bump-stops and bottomed-out regularly when i removed the stops.
> I was using boge shocks in the stock struts. The guy who had Golf used
> bilstein sports and had no problem with bottoming-out. Sounds like you
> might have the same springs. If that's the case, I think your only options
> are:
> >shell out £450 on a set of Bilstein sports ( not HDs as you'll stillhave
> the problem of not enough travel);
> >or do what I just did and ditch the springs. I've just fitted a new set
> of Eibach Pro kit springs which are 30-40mm drop, with standard bump-stops,
> and it's much better. I think I might get a pair of poly bump-stops for
> the front as there is still a touch too much bounce.
> >
> >HTH,
> >
> >Ewan Hopkins.
> >
> >- ----- Original Message -----
> >From: Smith, Mike <msm@team.co.uk>
> >To: 'Scirocco Mailing List' <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 12:47 PM
> >Subject: H&R springs
> >
> >
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I note from scirocco.org that Jason, amongst others is using H&R springs
> >and
> >> Boge Turbo dampers. Are the H&R springs you guys use specifically for
> >> Sciroccos or are they the 'one type fits all' Scirocco 1&2 / Rabbit /
> >Jetta
> >> types?
> >>
> >> The reason I ask is that I've recently fitted some to my mkII GTX, and
> >when
> >> I took it off the jack it just flattened the springs and sat on the bump
> >> stops. It seems like the car is too heavy for the springs since the bottom
> >> three coils are touching each other, and it clicks when it bounces as the
> >> other coils touch.
> >>
> >> I'm using Boge turbo dampers that are about 10k miles old.
> >>
> >> Comments please?
> >>
> >> Mike
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> Thank You for your Time,
> Shannon Fenton
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