koni and H&Rs fitting? (Pic at end of PG 1)

[glen 0]

Having koni and H&Rs springs fitted today and just had a phone call from them to say that the H&R front springs are to wide for the spring caps koni ones and original ones and is worried they will come out when i hit a bump???

 

Any ideas is he right?

 

How can i sort this......... :(

 

Sorted this prob now have new one please see end of page......

[Supercharged 2]

What car is it, a late VR6??? - If so you need the early caps from VW...

[glen 0]

yeah 94 VR6

 

Am i also right in saying i need:

 

MK 4 rear bump stops

standard front bump stops - would these need to be cut down 35mm?

standard VW top mounts all round

and the early vr6 top plates

 

Dont suppose any one has part numbers please? Ta

[glen 0]

???

[Mike Edwards 0]

Yes to the last 2 items.

 

Not tried the Mk4 rear stops so don't know (do they work with the standrad dirt covers?)

 

Mk4 front stops (to use with the sports springs - already shorter) are the way to go at the front.

 

See the picture to understand why.

[glen 0]

Ah i see

 

Cheers

[Supercharged 2]

glen, get the rear bump stops from GSF as they are solid rubber - then hacksaw 30mm off, get everything else from VAG

[NickVR6 0]

I fitted lowered spring caps. I have 2 brand new larger (early style) caps sat in the garage if you want them. Had the same problem!

 

These were on my car for no time before i put the lowered caps on.

 

Pay the postage and there yours and i could post them tommorrow. just thought it may help if you've got to wait 3 days for vag to get em bud.

ill pm you my mobi so if your interested just give us a buzz

[glen 0]

cheers mate, but hopefully they should fingers crossed arrive today from VW

 

did lowered spring caps make much differance?

[NickVR6 0]

no, just made the ride a lot harder im now realising!! dont do it

[andy 0]

no, just made the ride a lot harder im now realising!! dont do it

 

do you reckon? I've got Konis/H&Rs with lowering top caps and never been bowled over by the 'acceptable' ride quality. Have you tried the same setup without the lowering caps?

[glen 0]

Koni TAs/H&Rs all put on but when fitting new whells i notice the spring might be the wrong way round!?

 

as front are differant from back.....

 

 

I fault the tightly wound end goes at the top?

[andy 0]

No thats the right way round mate, you can't really get them on the other way up, the coil diameter is vastly different top to bottom.

[glen 0]

should the bottom of the spring though be totally conpressed as in first 3-4 coil touching?

 

also does it matter the rear springs are the over way round?

 

Ta

[andy 0]

Not sure about the rears off the top of my head but regarding the front my closer wound coils are pretty much touching too. What you have to remember is that the supension has to extend as well as compress. The touching coils are there imo to extend when the wheel goes down a dip and the suspension has to extend to retain overall stability.

[andy 0]

Just looked at some old photos and yes my rears have the closer wound coils at the top, so yes they are the other way round to the fronts.

[mehtasvr6 0]

that looks fine glen, did you fit them yourself, how long did they take to do?