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my lowering kit has made the golf a tad lower than perfect at the back
I was thinking some kind of rubber seat for the spring would boost it that little bit higher
any ideas for a little raise at the back...not looking at spending lots
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tri
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Might raise it too far, but you can get spring assistors for most cars for towing loads iirc.
Think I even saw a universal kit at Halfrauds.. might be imagining tho
edit: use of english are has fail!
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Last Edit: Jun 2, 2009 16:45:20 GMT by tri
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There are those rubber spring helpers that fit between coils to help with towing, fitting those might suffice.
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yeah halfords sell em (there in a red packet shrink rapped and usually hanging up) i had em in the back of my old loon and they worked
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I got some towing/load assistors from ebay, theres a chap/company selling loads, It was falling low under any weight and these seem to help, wouldn't say they raised it a lot, just stopped it sinking.  Otherwise i did ponder putting longer/stronger springs in. HTH |
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What lowering kit did you fit? I have a set of 40mm Spax springs forsale cheap if thats any help. Failing that the rubber inserts from halfrauds/any motorfactors would work  |
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those inserts look a bit thick to fit ...my coils are closly wound
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When I saw the title of this thread I thought you meant 10-15 INCHES....!! I had visions of a 70's custom style Golf. ;D Hmmm, I wonder...  |
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... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down  and that's not really the car's fault. |
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what spec golf and springs have you got?
mk 2 golf 16v springs are 15mm lower than standard mk2 golf springs, so might fit in the height range you want.
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When I saw the title of this thread I thought you meant 10-15 INCHES....!! I had visions of a 70's custom style Golf. ;D Hmmm, I wonder... Now you mention it, That was why I opened the thread! ;D  |
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts |
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its a 16v already on wietec springs they did make a raised golf 2...called a country    |
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand another car I never knew existed is brought to me by Retro-rides |
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its a 16v already on wietec springs they did make a raised golf 2...called a country I'm guessing you don't have the Weitec shocks as well - they are height adjustable at the rear for this reason. The Weitec springs seem to be quite saggy for lowering springs in my experience, the rear usually drops a bit too much with just the springs and needs raising back up on the shock collars. Of course you could lop a coil out of the front and just run less tyre. |
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Lower the front more to give the impression you raised the rear.
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well long story but the weitecs started to knock so its on ajustable damping konis now
yeah the platform up one notch would be ideal really
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tri
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Lower the front more to give the impression you raised the rear. Sounds like a plan to me |
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I forgot how to retro... |
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its fairly low already , just want a nadge more at the rear  |
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my passat was like that when I put -40mm springs on it. a set of JOM lowering spring caps on the front and its spot on now it doesnt help that VW cars of that era all seem to have been designed with "lower" wheelarches at the back, so although the chassis is probably sitting level, the arches give the impression of rake. |
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yeah thats true , it probably is a level drop comapred to a new one
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and that's not really the car's fault.
