Boge TurboGas ... :)

[Paul Smith]

George Tur wrote:

> Grant Lenahan wrote:
>
> > At 09:43 AM 9/7/00 -0400, Ryan Gemmill wrote:
> > >Just one question (or two) for
> > >the list. The rear of the car is higher now since the swap to the Boges (2
> > >inches at least). Any ideas? Improper installation?
> >
> > BOGE are not high pressure gas, so this is wrong.  Improper spring
> > installation, maybe?
>
> Had this happen on the wife's A6Q and it was an installation problem. Brought it
> back to the shop, they said oops, did something to it and it sat correctly after
> that.
>
> George
>

Sounds like the lower spring seat has been installed upside down. As I recall the
boge units have separate spring seat collars, like the Sachs Race Engineering
dampers. These are commonly fitted upside down for some strange reason, which
results in the car sitting about two inches higher, and being downright dangerous
too...

Paul Smith