Re: suspension

[Mitchman <mitchman@owt.com>]

I agree that coilovers are the best (yet a little noisy for the street)
solution .  But why do you say that cutting the coils make the car "bounce
around like a Honda"?  Coil springs stiffen 10% for each "live" coil cut.
Cutting a "dead" coil (the ones stacked on top of each other) won't change
the stiffness but will change ride height.  In fact that's normally what
they are there for.

Mitch Lewis
'97 GLX
Thinking about suspension/tires/wheels

>John,
>That is one of the main reasons that I got H&R coilovers-height
>adjustability.  Your springs did do as promised, the problem is the design
>of the fenders.  Take a look at your Jetta's profile and you'll see that the
>rear fender doesn't rise as high as the front does.  That means in order to
>get an even stance, you need to dump the front far more than the rear, or it
>will look like the car is sagging.  The only option is to cut your springs
>in the front and bounce around like a Honda, get coilovers and have infinite
>adjustability and incredible handling, or learn to live with it.  You know
>what I did.
>'95 Jetta VR6
>



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