[Vwdiesel] a2 Jetta rear suspension

[Sandy Cameron]

At 08:13 AM 10/11/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>Greetings fellow v-dubbers.
>
>My Jetta has been being good to me for the last 3 or 4 months now, I now
>have time to work on something besides the power unit.  I carry probably
>about 100 -150 pounds in the trunk usually and it looks like it's
>slightly squatting in the rear. Is there some cheap, easy and quick way
>(2 out of 3 would be ok) to raise the load capacity?  I hauled 5
>5-gallon buckets of gravel in the back seat the other day and it was
>definitely maxed out.  
>
>Any ideas as to stronger springs that would fit from any specific other
>vehicle models?  The shocks are all in good shape still, all the way
>around, but I don't know how old or what kind they are.
>

A local  guy who operates a plastics business out of the trunk of his Jetta
has raised the lower spring seats 2" by removing the shocks and fitting
sleeves of pipe 2" long over them for the seats to rest on. Seems to work
well for him. 
The load of tools and supplies stays in the car, so it always looks
level/normal. 
Not "jacked up"

Sandy