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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Junior74 on 31 October 2011, 14:20

Title: missing spring?
Post by: Junior74 on 31 October 2011, 14:20

How important are the smaller (helper) springs on coilovers?
Just went to raise my car (which is a recent purchase) and the drivers side front is completely not on there...

Title: Re: missing spring?
Post by: tweed on 31 October 2011, 14:40

not that important. take the otherside out

Title: Re: missing spring?
Post by: Junior74 on 31 October 2011, 16:27

Thanks mate, love your car by the way...

Title: Re: missing spring?
Post by: tweed on 31 October 2011, 16:46

cheers  :kiss:

Title: Re: missing spring?
Post by: Wayne on 31 October 2011, 21:48

You can leave them out but you will be limited to how high you can run it.

Title: Re: missing spring?
Post by: Junior74 on 31 October 2011, 23:05

Ok, so am I right in assuming I will have to stay pretty low if I get rid of them? Thanks for the input fellas...

Title: Re: missing spring?
Post by: Junior74 on 31 October 2011, 23:38

Smashing...thanks!!!  :smiley:

Title: Re: missing spring?
Post by: vdubnut on 08 November 2011, 11:20

mine are allready squashed would it be better be taken them out? what do they really do!?

Title: Re: missing spring?
Post by: tweed on 08 November 2011, 15:19

Well since you can compress them with your hands I would say they do f**k all!
They are for when jacking the car up to hold the spring in place, so that the spring is seated in the right place when you lower the car back down.

Anyone that says they soften the ride would need to back this up  :smiley:

Title: Re: missing spring?
Post by: stainesy on 08 November 2011, 17:07

I never new that. I have been through loads of coilys and I never new that's what the helper was for.
Always makes me wonder how close to floor some people's cars are as I am about 10mm from bottom of thread on my front coilys and parts of metal frame under my car are so close to the road. If I took helpers out of mine my car would be sitting on the floor.