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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: m4nesh on 31 January 2012, 16:22
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Hi,
Can you help me it is driving me insane. Car in question is a 2002 VW Golf GTI 2002 150 BHP.
When I drive on an average road all bumps are bing exaggerated through the whole car, it feels like it is from the rear of the car. That being said I have replaced the rear mountings, rear shocks and done the rear beam bushes but still have this infuriating problem. Can anyone make any suggestions as to possible or likely culprits as I have spent loads of money and still have the problem :cry:
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Tyre pressures?
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Tyre pressures?
I wish it was this... they are at 30 psi
I guess the best example of the symptoms is like sitting in a go kart with no suspension and feeling each bump
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Has it got aftermarket springs?
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nah! it is standard car and had a very smooth ride now its on par with a tesco shopping trolley :laugh:
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Shocks
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Shocks
had new Bilstein B4 Rear Shocks put on. anyone think it could be the wishbone bushes transmitting vibrations to the rear??
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are all bolts tight?
*rear shock top mount bolts
*nut that holds shock onto the top mount
*rear beam bolts
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does it sound like a metal toolbox of spanners is in your boot? i had my rear axel bushes changed last year and it was hurrendous for months, 3 garages struggled to find the problem, tunrned out they hadnt tightened the bushes>?
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well that is interesting, but I'd say it is more like pushing a shopping trolley over uneven pavements!
I called up the stealers and booked it in... Let them to diagnose the problem and fix if cheap (unlikely) will mention tightening of the bushes...
Will revert back on Friday if anyone is interested to know the VW diagnosis.
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Yeah let us know :smiley:
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Hi guys
Can you help?
Took it to the dealer they said all is fine and the harsh ride is down the the shocks that I have changed. I changed them to Bilstein B4 shocks (gas) and the technician I took the car out with said it seems as though the shocks are very hard hence the hard ride. So my question is seeing as the ride is so intolerably harsh should I change to standard VW ones and will they be that much different?
Also will the powerflex rear beam bushes I had installed exaggerate the issue also?
Your response would be greatly received as car is in the stealers getting some random warranty work on coils (which I knew nothing about) so if you think it is worth changing the shocks I guess I'll call and ask them to do the job.
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Powerflex bushes are hard as fook.. So they would be part of it and i think the shocks just added the finishing touch To your hard ride.. I ha powerflex bushes in my dogbone mount changed back to standard eventually i could not take the harshness. espicially if you live somewhere full of humps and pot holes :lipsrsealed:
Y did you not go for tt or vrs bushes?
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I also have a bmw 325 sports coupe also and was reeally pleased with the powerflex bushes on them, hence why I tried them on the 1.8t
guess I should of checked..
Just googled bilstein shocks and they are notoriously hard as mentioned by a few people
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The coil issue is a recall on the coilpacks that can be faulty on later 1.8T's all for free :wink:
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bought some oem boge rear shocks will report back and let you know if this solves the problem, cheers.