This company will make what every I want - stiffer - weaker - taller -
shorter... The rear springs are more expensive as they are more
complicated.  The front springs are just a simple coil so this is why I was
quoted $100 US a corner.

I personally will go for the extra lift and the same stiffness.

At 23:28 11/6/98 -0800, Steve wrote:
>My guess is that you will sacrafice suspension performance in exchange for
>added ground clearance by doing this...and my guess would be that it would be
>better to go with a softeer spring rate...but these are just guesses and i
>can't defend them.  I suspect that after you squeeze that taller spring into
>the existing spring perches, your suspension will be too stiff and will
top out
>too easily.  But this topic is not my best.  :~)
>
>Will this company make stock length springs at a slightly stiffer spring
rate?
>same price i would guess, eh.
>steve
>
>
>
>David Marshall wrote:
>
>> Volks,
>>
>> The insurance runs out on my Syncro Double Cab in a few days and I will be
>> doing some p.m. on it before winter really hits hard.  One of the things I
>> will be doing is sending my front springs to a company to get them analysed
>> and some new taller ones made up.  Cost is about $200 US plus shipping for
>> a pair of springs.  Now this brings me to a few questions for the group.
>>
>> - Is anyone interested in a set of springs?
>>
>> If so:
>>
>> - How much lift would you want?
>>
>> The most common measurement in the survey that I did is 47.5cm (from the
>> wheel center to the fender lip) static and 55.5cm fully extended.  This
>> leaves me to think that a static height of 51 or 52 cm would be about the
>> max that one could do.  This translates into a 3 to 4cm lift (1 1/4" to 1
>> 1/2") to leave some travel in the front suspension.
>>
>> - Should the rate remain stock or should they be stiffer?
>>
>> Any other considerations I should look into?
>>
>> -- David Marshall                                    --
>> -- 78 1.8L VW Rabbit, 80 2.0L VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KSQ --
>> -- 85 VW Cabriolet, 88 2.0L VW Syncro 16" Double Cab --
>> -- Volkswagen Homepage   http://www.volkswagen.org   --
>> -- Volkswagen/Audi Parts http://parts.volkswagen.org --
>> -- mailto:david@volkswagen.org - Quesnel, BC, Canada --
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-- David Marshall                                    --
-- 78 1.8L VW Rabbit, 80 2.0L VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KSQ --
-- 85 VW Cabriolet, 88 2.0L VW Syncro 16" Double Cab --
-- Volkswagen Homepage   http://www.volkswagen.org   --
-- Volkswagen/Audi Parts http://parts.volkswagen.org --
-- mailto:david@volkswagen.org - Quesnel, BC, Canada --