lowering?

[greg.rocco at gmail.com (Greg Pallett)]

I think it's the general consensus that cutting springs is not the way to
go.
There was a thread about this on *that other site *in the last week.  It's
funny, and there's even some decent into in thre.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2975690
I'd think even some cheap lowering springs off ebay would be better than cut
springs.
GP


On 12/20/06, Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> My (less than advanced) point of view:
>
> If you cut the springs, you'll loose some of the "progressiveness" of the
> springs.  They will be lower and slightly stiffer, but with Sachs/Boge
> Turbos, they'll be more prone to bounce and bottoming.  The bounce will be
> due to the fact that the damping on the shocks isn't great enough to
> control
> any oscillation that the springs might set up.
>
> IMO, most people who lower their cars don't get stiff enough shocks and
> the
> cars ride like ass.....or I should say: they don't buy shocks that are
> able
> to control the compression/decompression of the springs.
>
> I personally need 2 cars; one that is still as hell and handles like it's
> on
> rails and another that handles well at all speeds but can also deal with
> potholes and stuff.  The latter of the two is harder to achieve.
>
> Most decent quality lowering springs are progressively wound, so they get
> much stiffer after the inital inch or so of travel.  You'll need stiffer
> shocks to compensate or you'll get bounce or bottoming.
>
> As soon as I get an extra set of strut housings, I hope to cut the lower
> spring perches and reweld them a conservative 1/2 to 3/4 inches
> lower.  This
> will even out the stance of the car and hopefully still allow enough
> travel
> without bottoming under normal conditions.
>
> I'd suggest some 3/4" or so progressive lowering springs that have a near
> OE
> rate, but I don't think they exist.
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "levi perkins" <subawrxsti@yahoo.com>
> To: <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 4:27 PM
> Subject: lowering?
>
>
> > can i just cut the spings to lower the front end or sould i just buy
> some
> lowering springs?
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