RE: "SoftSport" Springs in a Scirocco 1

[Mash <type53@yahoo.com>]

> I also have been mostly happy. On my 79 Scirocco,
> Neuspeed to a direct question
> told me that the springs would go right in ... they
> did not. I had to 
> go out and
> get a different "fitting" for the spring to sit in.
> The original 
> springs were of
> a consistent column radius top to bottom. On the
> model that NS shipped me the
> spring radius gets smaller at the top and bottom.
> 
> George

Yes, in late '79 model year or 1980, VW changed the
design of the front springs to the tapered style used
on all subsequent A1 models.

I previously updated the springs on the '78 to the
later style (along with many other features).

Any pics?

Thanks!




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1982 Scirocco, 1981 Scirocco, 1978 Scirocco, 1987 Golf GT
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