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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: RocketRossUK on 13 June 2013, 22:16
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Just a quick one. How stiff is your rear suspension on a scale of 1 to 10.
VW saw that i needed new spring when going in for service. " I said new spring, its only 3 and half years old", she said "yeah, they are nearly gone"
I said "gone where?" :grin:.....she said they could become dangerous. With her been just the service desk lady , she had no idea what she was banging on about., and she said the service engineer was busy...
Anyways, VW fitted a new set of rear springs - Not Shocks :undecided: No idea why....but check the parts number they fitted and it was defo the rear springs.
I do remember them been stiffer than my MK5 before it went in, but for standard springs they seem vey stiff. Feel a fair bit in the cabin, but they do hold corners very well.
If you are still on standard springs and shocks, what number out of ten would you give them for stiffness and how much do you fee in the cabin?
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Mine are 2 out of 10 for everyday road use
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Mine are 2 out of 10 for everyday road use
2...WTF...i would say mine are at least a 6-7. So now i start to wonder...what the problem?
I lot of road around here are pretty sh!te as they have been dug up loads for internet...but still, my rear suspension feels too firm.
Could be the change fro 17s on the MK5 to 18s again on my MK6, ....what size rims you got?
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Shouldn't coil springs like last forever? unless they snap?
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Probably 4-5 standard,
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This is so odd. I would have asked to see the old ones to see why but then ive worked on cars for years.
To answer the question I think mines hard. Vw do have a habbit of using hard springs and soft shocks.
My leons like that which I just replaced two front springs on which had snapped.
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Would say mines about 6/7 - hard. Feel quite a lot in cabin, but on 19" rims. Can lessen it a bit with the ACC but like it firm.
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Would say mines about 6/7 - hard. Feel quite a lot in cabin, but on 19" rims. Can lessen it a bit with the ACC but like it firm.
I dont mine it been firm, alot of my cars have been firm. But for standard springs, just seems pretty stiff.
Well they replaced them for free, so there must have been something wrong or they wouldnt bother.
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The spring should last the life of the car it's not something that wears out unless it corrodes and snaps. I would have asked to see the old ones
If the springs were that bad what's the rest of the suspension like?
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Strange this.
A coil spring is either broken or its fine.
Have you had a look under your car to confirm the rear springs have been changed?
Also I'd check what colour the paint markings are and maybe a fellow Gti owner can confirm the correct springs have been fitted.
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yeah they are new springs, as soon as i got it i checked and they are defo new. Its been 2 weeks now and they feel fine (just a bit stiff).
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Colour on mine are blue, pink, yellow spots (MY 2010). Would rate mine 5/6.
Had a front coil spring break on a Vauxhall after 5 years and the pair were replaced free of charge after I found out that there was a faulty batch shared with Saabs of about the same age! Could be a faulty batch?
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Colour on mine are blue, pink, yellow spots (MY 2010). Would rate mine 5/6.
Had a front coil spring break on a Vauxhall after 5 years and the pair were replaced free of charge after I found out that there was a faulty batch shared with Saabs of about the same age! Could be a faulty batch?
Ok guys, after calling them and getting more info, they said the top of them had worn a way a bit, so therefore not sitting flush on the arms. So they said these new batch are much tougher and double painted so no bare spots where corruption can enter and should lest 5-10.
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My rear suspension stiffness is one at the moment, but then I can turn it to ten just by moving the setting on my Bilstein B16 PSS10's..........which just happen to have ten settings :laugh:
Seriously though for the road I wouldn't want the rear to be much stiffer than setting one!
Even on track I don't set it higher than eight.
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I'd love to mock you John but I went down to 2 from 3 on mine when I dropped it a bit more, I think my wife would have had two black eyes
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Having never really thought about the subject until this thread was started I'm inclined to think about 2 or 3.
I've done a few quickish A road runs recently and the arse end seems to wallow too much even driving at 6 tenths.
Yesterday evening I had a really good 60 odd mile cross country run on some excellent roads in warm dry weather, not driving silly either having wife and teenage sons in the car, but I really did find the standard suspension a bit soggy accelerating out of fast roundabouts in the middle of nowhere.
The trouble is the GTI has a good blend of comfort and handling as standard and I'd be loathe to change anything after having at least a dozen cars with modified suspension that I grew to gradually hate.
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if its standard suspension your running the rear rebound is nowhere near matched to the springs
if you hit 2 bumps in succession the rear cant compose itself following the first bump in time and makes the rear end skip.
the rebound is far too fast (or soft)
i wouldnt say the GTI suspension was hard at all. not very well damper'd for the spring or weight of the car though IMO.
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well maybe its because i havent drove a really stiff car, or maybe its just 18's with 38 PSI...what PSI is everyone running?
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38 PSI on mine
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38 PSI on mine too, VW keep lowering it to 34 PSI.
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41 PSI on mine but 19" wheels.
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I'd love to mock you John but I went down to 2 from 3 on mine when I dropped it a bit more, I think my wife would have had two black eyes
:grin:
If you've seen how low mine has settled now, you'd know why it is on one! :laugh:
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I'd love to mock you John but I went down to 2 from 3 on mine when I dropped it a bit more, I think my wife would have had two black eyes
:grin:
If you've seen how low mine has settled now, you'd know why it is on one! :laugh:
Where about in Yorkshire you at?