[Vwdiesel] a2 Jetta rear suspension

[James Hansen]

for that kind of change, just increase the rear spring rate- that's what 
"stronger springs" mean anyway....
You do this by rendering a portion of the spring ineffective- say by 
installing a spring rubber- one of those circular rubber spring rubbers 
you can get a canadian tire/flaps or the like that have an "H" shaped 
cross section.  should cost 12 bucks or so for one, which should be all 
you need, just cut one in half so you have 2.
See; > http://www.springrubber.com/?section=1
this just came up on google, but you'll get what I'm talking about.
zip-tie the thing in as well, they fall out at the damndest times.
if you have chunks of your springs missing, then you need to get springs 
in the future and the rubber is just a band-aid, but if they are intact, 
that's what I would do.
-james



mikel 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.
> 
> Thanks for any pointers,
> 
> Mike in NC
> 
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