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RE: suspension
At first I thought the helper springs were there for a smooth ride also. I
mean, how can this suspension feel so damn smooth with 400# springs? But
actually now I believe they are there so that you can adjust the height more
easily. Next time you jack up the car and lower it, notice that the helper
springs compress fully from just the weight of the car. So, the coilovers
still really have "linear rate" springs.
With my 17" rims, I've tried to *raise* them past the factory settings
(which lower the car quite a bit to begin with), and once those helper
springs compress all the way, dialing up the suspension with those spanner
wrenches is extremely tough even though there's plenty of thread left. Oh
well, time to do some fender rolling...
Kevin Ng
97 GLX Windsor Blue
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Brekke [SMTP:d_brekke@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 12:57 AM
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: suspension
>
> The AVO coilovers are pretty good. I recently sold mine for a set of H&R
> coilovers, but the AVOs were still in excellent condition. Euro Sport
> prototyped the VR6 application on my car a few years back, so I got a
> really
> good deal on them. Now that the H&Rs have dropped to a reasonable price,
> albeit more than the AVOs, there really is no reason for an indivdual in
> the
> market for coilovers not to buy them. Where the AVOs need further
> development in stiffer spring rates to match the shock valving, the H&Rs
> are
> perfectly engineered right out of the box. The H&Rs are the only coilover
>
> setup I've seen that do not bottom-out under adverse conditions. A major
> reason is the incredibly high spring rates matched with properly valved
> Bilstein shocks made tolerable by small helper springs. This yields a
> smooth ride which quickly stiffens during compression and incredible
> handling. We chose to drive German cars for a reason, so why would you
> buy
> a British suspension for it? :)
> -Doug
> '95 Jetta VR6
>
>
> >From: RAZO6@aol.com
> >Reply-To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> >To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> >Subject: Re: suspension
> >Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:31:05 EDT
> >
> >How are the AVO coilovers? How much are they?
> >
>
>
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