[Vwdiesel] was rear shocks-now springs and ride height

[Tony and Lillie]

What I did years ago an a vehicle that sagged was to take the old spring
perch off the old strut (cutting torch). I then cut a piece of pipe that was
about 1/2" tall (it was about 2 1/2" pipe, IIRC. I put the pipe on top of
the existing spring perch, then put the old spring perch on top of the pipe.
Just like that, I raised the back 1/2". At that point it sat level again.

Now, you wouldn't want to go too far with this. The reason is, if you raise
the spring-lets say 4"- you have taken out all the downward travel from the
strut. At this point, your strut is essentially bottomed out all the time.
That's a gross exageration, but just using it for a point.

Tony Hoffman


----- Original Message ----- 
 From: "James Hansen" <jhsg at sasktel.net>
 Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Rear shocks 91 ECO Jetta


>> For sure it's a spring issue Bryan.
>> If you plan on permanently altering the weight of the vehicle, ideally
>> you need to change the rate of the springs, so that they support more
>> weight per inch of travel.  That can be acomplished two ways. shorten
>> the existing spring, so you have less coils exposed to the travel, or
>> just change the spring, but htat's tough with passenger car springs, as
>> you need to determine a lot of things if you want the first try to work.
>>  Going to a new stock spring won't address ride height THAT much,
>> because you are carrying more weight that the stock setup permanently,
>> unless you install a spring spacer to raise the ride height back to what
>> it was.
>>