Re: SCARRRYY!!!!

["George Turner, Jr." <george@dxnet.com>]

hrm.. on speed bumps I go very slow!  the car still drove very well for California(Los Angeles) driving.  I have been told by many people that other states have much worse roads, so I dunno if I would try it anywhere else.  I have had to pay a big price for the car being that low, but if your willing, its not big deal.  You also have to  cut out the front fenders completely, and the rears also... not just behind the door.  
the happy medium is two inches... anything more than that, you almost have to be crazy, or live in California!
george
-----Original Message-----
From: Stewart MacLund <sundie@lunaticfringe.org>
To: jettaglx@igtc.com <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Date: Monday, October 12, 1998 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: SCARRRYY!!!!


>Question:  You're saying your suspension tune lowered your rise 3.25"? 
>How do you deal with things like, oh, say...  Speedbumps in parking
>lots?
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>See, my point here is that i want to tune my GLX up a bit, and lower it
>a bit...  BUt i still want to use it for country driving.  What's the
>happy medium here?
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>Sundie....
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>> George Turner, Jr. wrote:
>> 
>>    I experienced one of the scariest things ever over the weekend.  I
>> drove a GLX with STOCK suspension! (no disrespect to fellow glx'ers
>> with stock suspension)  To make a long story short.. I got rid of my
>> carrera coil overs and put back on my stock suspension till the H&R's
>> come in.  I have been driving my car with a performance suspension
>> about 3 weeks after I got it and forgot what it feels like to drive a
>> stock GLX.  On Friday night I had to drive about 30 miles to a friends
>> house to pick up a banner for the VW club, on the way I almost crashed
>> 4 times!  I never knew changing lanes, going on and off on ramps,  and
>> uneven roads could be soo dangerous!  I was never soo scared to drive
>> a car before in my life.  It got to the point where I almost pulled
>> over and called AAA for a tow back home!  The car totally has a
>> different personality..  I hit a bump while driving and turning at the
>> same time and the car almost jumped totally into the next lane.
>> SCARY!!  even a crappy suspension set up is better than driving a car
>> stock!  spinning out on the freeway while going 95 mph in traffic does
>> not compare to how scared I was driving the car with stock
>> suspension.
>> MORAL:  forget chips, rims, and all that other stuff...change your
>> suspension FIRST!!!
>> btw..I measured the difference between the stock set up and the height
>> in had the car with the coil overs.. it was 3 1/4 inches!!  The ride
>> quality was still pretty good..
>> George
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