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Title: FITTING LOWERING SPRINGS?????????????????????
Post by: shanegti3 on 14 January 2006, 21:28

hi all got the springs spax 35mm and got the spring compressors.
how hard a job is it to fit them????
ive heard that the front are harder to do???
would apreciate some input
cheers

Title: Re: FITTING LOWERING SPRINGS?????????????????????
Post by: paul1572 on 14 January 2006, 22:30

its not that hard just take it nice and easy you will be fine

Title: Re: FITTING LOWERING SPRINGS?????????????????????
Post by: carl on 15 January 2006, 12:30

on front  there are 1 bolt at top ,2 at bottom very easy to take off
dont forget brake pipes need takeing off the strut and abs wire.make sure you wd 40 all nuts before.
dont forget that you will have to have camber ajusted when you put the new ones back on or your tyres will wear out quickly.approx £60. make sure you put new vw top mounts on front as the old ones wear out and knock.
back struts are easy 1 bolt at top 1 at bottom, make sure you jack car up at back as far as you can so you can get stut off as they are a pain to get out from under arch so what i did is put your spring clamps on the springs before you take the struts off and compress the springs as much as possible then this gives you more  room to move strut ,also make sure when you put your new struts on you put the nuts and spacers back right and tighten them all until they stop or you will get knocking when driveing,
also when tightening all nuts on top of all struts you might have to hold the chrome damper with mole grips as the hole damper spins when you tighten the nuts up some times.
have fun :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

Title: Re: FITTING LOWERING SPRINGS?????????????????????
Post by: NEILS-GTI-MK3 on 15 January 2006, 13:23

I done this last year on my last mk3, do as above, but make sure you change the top mounts on the fronts, I did, but get genuine ones, cos i made the mistake and got GFS ones and they were S**T :angry:
Just knocked all day long, no matter how tight they were!
 Thought you would like to know.  good luck.

Title: Re: FITTING LOWERING SPRINGS?????????????????????
Post by: shanegti3 on 15 January 2006, 13:28

cheers for the help lads il be doin it next weekend hopefully if i can clear some space in the garage.
any idea on how much for the new top mount for front then??????????


cheers shane

Title: Re: FITTING LOWERING SPRINGS?????????????????????
Post by: NEILS-GTI-MK3 on 15 January 2006, 18:19

they are about 30 for the pair.  by the way, where did you get those wheels. nice.
What are they off?

Title: Re: FITTING LOWERING SPRINGS?????????????????????
Post by: monkeyalan on 15 January 2006, 18:50

they're mk4 wheels , monacos ,monte carlos or summat.

Title: Re: FITTING LOWERING SPRINGS?????????????????????
Post by: shanegti3 on 16 January 2006, 14:18

vw santa monica they were on the car when i got it
they are genuine vw ones
ya can get copies on ebay

Title: Re: FITTING LOWERING SPRINGS?????????????????????
Post by: Golf VR6 on 21 January 2006, 12:32

Can you post pictures after you've fitted your new setup, nice clean car btw.

Title: Re: FITTING LOWERING SPRINGS?????????????????????
Post by: shanegti3 on 21 January 2006, 14:29

yeah no probs  :smiley: