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I just recently acquired an ABT upper stress bar,
and it seems my hood is about .5 to 1.5 centimetres higher than it should
be. Argh. The bar is TOO high and the hood rests on it. Any
Ideas.?
I love how the car handles now, as I also put in an
ABT lower stress bar (ugh, you have to drill the frame) and poly
bushings on the front control arms. It dosen't chatter/wobble/noodle
around corners any more and feels quite a bit more solid when
manoeuvering(sp). I recommend the lower stress bar at the very least as
the A1 volkswagens are particularly weak in the lower front (sub?)frame.
The lower stress bar was pretty cheap too, at 120$ CDN.
I've got a problem /w the steering/handling on
"rippled" roads though. You know, the roads that have sunken indents where
heavy trucks have squished the pavement into ruts? When changing lanes (at
any speed) my scirocco intermittently madly resists turning, or lurches in
the intended direction like a Ninnyhammer. This sort of happens when
cruising straight at regular speeds, and steering lightly/changing lanes.
I realize that this would sort of happen with any car, but I've driven a few
different cars down the same strip of road and they don't do the funcky noodle
all over the place.
Some background on parts and stuff, if it
helps...
--1985 8v
--control arms --> original on driver's (quite
corroded)/ new on passenger's side
--control arm bushings --> polyurethane
(TIGHT!)
--upper & lower stress bars
--brand new ball joints
--CV Joints --> 3 mo. old
--New upper strut bearings
--new "crappy" parts master gas shocks (not sure if
they fit properly in the strut tubes, they shift up and down a little
<2-5mm>, but are tight laterally)
--new Eibach 1" lowering springs
--steering rack had 1 boot replaced about 2 years
ago.
--yokohama p195/70r14 guardex 600 winter
tires on NEW oem steel rims (heh, the roads have been dry for a
month.)
I have a hunch that it's either the weak control
arm or possibly the steering rack. I've had the car aligned a couple of
times @ Northland VW and it hasn't helped.
Umm it's not the winter tires is it? I've
sort of gotten used to the "waterbed" feeling of them, but the handling problem
is a little more retarded than that... I think. Never had pure winter ice
tires b4.
let me know.
Chadwick..
85 8v Scirocco
93 \/R6 Corrado
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