Suspension - Page 3

96Trek · May 12th, 2006, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jessica

You speak the truth.

I wash my car twice a day in the summer and it's still not enough!

2wice a DAY??? do you have direct debit at the carwash??

100%VAGitarian · May 12th, 2006, 11:45 PM

being in rainy vancouver, you can count the rain as washing!

Jessica · May 14th, 2006, 07:11 PM

Hahaha, I'm just really picky. I work nights alot so I have time in the day to wash it, or I clean it between classed. My car gets waxed once a week too :P

SpeedTek · May 16th, 2006, 10:25 PM

Koni coilovers here. My car has never seen snow and never will, so snowplow effect is non-existent. LOL
Yes you can reverse back to a stock suspension from coilovers, but I honestly can't see why anyone would want to (other than to swap the coilovers onto a new project whilst dumping the old one). Coilovers do ride a little harder than a spring/shock combo, but the adjustability makes up for any minor inconvenience.

96Trek · June 7th, 2006, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by search161

True that... unless you also get spindles to ensure your handling is as good as your looks. I understand this becomes a problem when MKIV suspension is dropped "too much". When the car is lowered beyond a certain point, the original spindles are no longer at an angle for which they were designed to operate, and beging to negate handling benefits that one would expect of a dropped car on high performance springs and shocks.

Couldn't you do the same thing with a camber plate / bolt? Why would you have to replace the entire spindle?

search161 · June 7th, 2006, 03:36 PM

The camber plate would only affect the camber angle of the wheel - the spindle corrects the angles of the control arms.
From _/ when the car is lowered
to --- as per the stock configuration.
(you have to imagine the wheels at either end of those very detailed drawings)

96Trek · June 7th, 2006, 03:51 PM

OOOooooOOOHHHhhhh i get it now.

Bah who needs control arms anyways...

I'm just :joke: ing.... please don't anybody explain the purpose of control arms... :boink:

Doug_1.8t · June 10th, 2006, 10:20 PM

anybody using KW V2 coils? im in the process of gettin some prices, but ive been hearing they're pretty expensive. if they're too crazy, i might go with koni's. anybody have any wisdom to share?

dodgeram · June 14th, 2006, 09:23 AM

my dad and I just put some H&R oe sport springs and Bilstein Hd's on my mom's 97 Jetta TDi and it's pretty good.

the ride is not harsh at all, ride height is almost stock and there is no body lean at all in the corners now, my dad loves it.

Jessica · June 14th, 2006, 06:53 PM

^^ Ride quality is one of the nicest advantages of using a good quality shock/spring combination. Alot of that comfort can be lost with coilovers. But that's ok, I like really stiff suspension haha.

May 12th, 2006, 11:45 PM	#22 (permalink)
100%VAGitarian Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 138	RE: Suspension being in rainy vancouver, you can count the rain as washing!

May 14th, 2006, 07:11 PM	#23 (permalink)
Jessica Super Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 457	RE: Suspension Hahaha, I'm just really picky. I work nights alot so I have time in the day to wash it, or I clean it between classed. My car gets waxed once a week too :P

May 16th, 2006, 10:25 PM	#24 (permalink)
SpeedTek Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 34	RE: Suspension Koni coilovers here. My car has never seen snow and never will, so snowplow effect is non-existent. LOL Yes you can reverse back to a stock suspension from coilovers, but I honestly can't see why anyone would want to (other than to swap the coilovers onto a new project whilst dumping the old one). Coilovers do ride a little harder than a spring/shock combo, but the adjustability makes up for any minor inconvenience.

June 7th, 2006, 03:36 PM	#26 (permalink)
search161 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 123	RE: Suspension The camber plate would only affect the camber angle of the wheel - the spindle corrects the angles of the control arms. From _/ when the car is lowered to --- as per the stock configuration. (you have to imagine the wheels at either end of those very detailed drawings)

June 7th, 2006, 03:51 PM	#27 (permalink)
96Trek Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 376	RE: Suspension OOOooooOOOHHHhhhh i get it now. Bah who needs control arms anyways... I'm just :joke: ing.... please don't anybody explain the purpose of control arms... :boink:

June 10th, 2006, 10:20 PM	#28 (permalink)
Doug_1.8t Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 70	RE: Suspension anybody using KW V2 coils? im in the process of gettin some prices, but ive been hearing they're pretty expensive. if they're too crazy, i might go with koni's. anybody have any wisdom to share?

June 14th, 2006, 09:23 AM	#29 (permalink)
dodgeram Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 29	RE: Suspension my dad and I just put some H&R oe sport springs and Bilstein Hd's on my mom's 97 Jetta TDi and it's pretty good. the ride is not harsh at all, ride height is almost stock and there is no body lean at all in the corners now, my dad loves it.

June 14th, 2006, 06:53 PM	#30 (permalink)
Jessica Super Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 457	RE: Suspension ^^ Ride quality is one of the nicest advantages of using a good quality shock/spring combination. Alot of that comfort can be lost with coilovers. But that's ok, I like really stiff suspension haha.


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