Hammersticks
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- Bay Area, CA
- Car(s)
- '16 GTI, '18 e-Golf
Wanted to share my encounter in case others are considering.
As many of you know, I've f'd around with my suspension quite a bit. Too cheap for Ohlins and prefer the flexibility of just changing springs out.
Anyway, my latest endeavor involved purchasing a set of used 034 dynamic springs which I had been eyeing for a while, which I got around to installing last weekend. Rears went in no problem. I used the TT pads since I knew they were going to sit really low.
Then came the fronts...I go to put the strut together...rubber isolator, bump stop, 034 spring (correct PN), bearing/dust boot, SuperPro mount, top nut....Usually when you go to put the mount on you have to compress it down a bit to expose the threads. Not the case here, the mount just slid right to the lip of the Koni yellow piston. Ummm. Certainly I had done something wrong, let me check again. Rinse and repeat, everything is right. WTF.
Took it all apart and the Koni yellow shaft is about 1/8" longer than the stock damper. So it's longer, but barely.
Let me check the mounts, maybe be some difference. Tried the stock mount. Still the same issue.
I then tried the other front spring and it worked. Barely, but the spring wasn't rattling around like the other one. So one spring is slightly shorter than the other after being used (the springs allegedly had 7500 miles and in good condition).
I'm going to contact 034 but doubt there is any recourse here.
So as of right now I have HR OE Sports on the front and 034's on the rear. I must say the 034's feel good in back. Would love to see what they are like in the front.
As many of you know, I've f'd around with my suspension quite a bit. Too cheap for Ohlins and prefer the flexibility of just changing springs out.
Anyway, my latest endeavor involved purchasing a set of used 034 dynamic springs which I had been eyeing for a while, which I got around to installing last weekend. Rears went in no problem. I used the TT pads since I knew they were going to sit really low.
Then came the fronts...I go to put the strut together...rubber isolator, bump stop, 034 spring (correct PN), bearing/dust boot, SuperPro mount, top nut....Usually when you go to put the mount on you have to compress it down a bit to expose the threads. Not the case here, the mount just slid right to the lip of the Koni yellow piston. Ummm. Certainly I had done something wrong, let me check again. Rinse and repeat, everything is right. WTF.
Took it all apart and the Koni yellow shaft is about 1/8" longer than the stock damper. So it's longer, but barely.
Let me check the mounts, maybe be some difference. Tried the stock mount. Still the same issue.
I then tried the other front spring and it worked. Barely, but the spring wasn't rattling around like the other one. So one spring is slightly shorter than the other after being used (the springs allegedly had 7500 miles and in good condition).
I'm going to contact 034 but doubt there is any recourse here.
So as of right now I have HR OE Sports on the front and 034's on the rear. I must say the 034's feel good in back. Would love to see what they are like in the front.
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Plus no way in hell would I ever track with that setup.
