I'm doing less track driving and more skiing and it has me wondering what the upper end of my ride height is like with by bilstein PSS10s. Has anyone experimented with setting high ride heights with coilovers? Specifically curious about the bilsteins but interesting in hearing all accounts.
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Coilover LIFT?
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xXDavidCXx
Autocross Champion
- Location
- AZ
- Car(s)
- 2017 GTI SE DSG
The issue will be, possibly, not having any rebound left to react to bumps. You will need to know the total free length of the shock, and the compressed length of the shock at ride height to see how much stroke you have in both directions.
You would probably be better off just putting the stock suspension back on.
You would probably be better off just putting the stock suspension back on.
ZERO815
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Köln Germany
- Car(s)
- 2017 GTI SE DSG
The Bilstein instructions (TÜV doc) call out for 230-245mm spring perch height.
However, before we moved from the US to Germany I raised my GTI for the container shipping. I went from 240mm to 260mm in the front as you can see in the pics below. Drove the car from OH to the port in NJ, and later in Germany for another ~1000km before I went down for the looks and driving performance (response/roll) again. I didn't notice any rebound topping or weird things during my lifted driving.
However, before we moved from the US to Germany I raised my GTI for the container shipping. I went from 240mm to 260mm in the front as you can see in the pics below. Drove the car from OH to the port in NJ, and later in Germany for another ~1000km before I went down for the looks and driving performance (response/roll) again. I didn't notice any rebound topping or weird things during my lifted driving.