The fronts are tough because there isn't much room for spring compressors.  I
unbolted the upper control arm and the stabilizer where it attaches to the lower
control arm to give more room...but i am an amatuer at this.

The 7/16" spacer is pushing the outer limits of thickness.  The 5/16" seems fine.
steve

David Marshall wrote:

> I have the donuts in the rear... pretty simple job.  I have never had the
> front suspension apart, but I imagine that it is not much harder than a
> rabbit which I have done many times before.  How much can you insert in
> there before there is potential of the spring being able to move sideways?
>
> At 18:07 7/20/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >Dave, for the fronts, I used some very hard plastic that is about 1/8"
> >thick...I am using layers so i cna tune it easier.  The measurements in my
> post
> >are not good.  The right front is too stiff relative to the left front.  The
> >left front may be too stiff, too.
> >On the rears, you will notice that atop the spring there is a rubber
> donut-like
> >spacer about 1/2" thick.  I added another one on top of the existing one.  I
> >think the thickness may be just right for the left rear, but is too stiff for
> >the right rear.  But your preferences may be different.  I still want some
> >responsiveness.  I am going to cut a new one for the right rear out of one of
> >those plastic cutting boards.
> >Let me know how you make out and what you end up using.  Ever removed the
> >springs before?
> >steve
> >
> >David Marshall wrote:
> >
> >> Steve,
> >> I think I might of missed the original post.  What did you use for a spacer
> >> up front?  I would like to try the same thing this weekend.
> >>
> >> At 23:48 7/19/98 -0700, Steve wrote:
> >> >Yes, it's back to this topic again, but only because I have
> >> >something to report.  I pre-loaded my front shocks today,
> >> >and have now pre-loaded front and rears.  I had already
> >> >added an additional rear-spring donut between each rear
> >> >spring and spring perch.  These are a little over 1/2 inch
> >> >thick to my recollection...Up front, I followed Harold
> >> >Yancy's lead and inserted spacers between the top spring
> >> >perch and the rubber that fits on top of the spring.  I put
> >> >a 7/16inch spacer on the left and a 5/16" spacer on the
> >> >right.
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
>
> -- David Marshall, Quesnel BC, mailto:david@volkswagen.org --
>    -- 78 1.8L VW Rabbit, 80 2.0L VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KQ  --
>    --  85 1.8L VW Cabrio, 88 1.6L VW Syncro Double Cab  --
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