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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Zerocool on 14 March 2010, 21:44

Title: Car seem's to bouncey since i lowerd it!!
Post by: Zerocool on 14 March 2010, 21:44
Hi since i lowerd my gold the back end seems fine but it the front end i have a prob with you hit a dip or a bump and it bouncers everywere back end sits fine i lowerd it 40mm front and back , its just not a nice ride looks good but not enjoying it if i can't stop the bouncing i will just put the outher springs back on .

Anyone got any ideas what it could be??

Title: Re: Car seem's to bouncey since i lowerd it!!
Post by: Zerocool on 14 March 2010, 21:49
Allso can someone explain how to put a picture on my profile on here !! , cant seem to get one on!!

thanks
Title: Re: Car seem's to bouncey since i lowerd it!!
Post by: VR6-Joe on 14 March 2010, 21:54
Try changing your front shocks for a set of decent uprated ones.
Title: Re: Car seem's to bouncey since i lowerd it!!
Post by: Wayne on 14 March 2010, 22:03
Quote from: VR6-Joe on 14 March 2010, 21:54
Try changing your front shocks for a set of decent uprated ones.

+1 if your running the old shocks I would suspect they have had it.
Title: Re: Car seem's to bouncey since i lowerd it!!
Post by: Zerocool on 14 March 2010, 22:07
that may be it as i am still useing he old one's i'll get some new shocks over the next few days and see if that makes a diff
thanks
Title: Re: Car seem's to bouncey since i lowerd it!!
Post by: Ess_Three on 15 March 2010, 07:45
Quote from: Zerocool on 14 March 2010, 22:07
that may be it as i am still useing he old one's i'll get some new shocks over the next few days and see if that makes a diff
thanks

Sadly, it's a typical VW thing - under-damped suspension, and even when the car was new, fitting lowered and uprated springs meant the springs were too much for the dampers to control.
They won't have got any better over the last 14ish years!

Uprated dampers are the only way to cure it, as Joe says.