DCC - how good is it?

[monkeyhanger]

They can be present right up the top of the shock piston, well up in the rubber bellows.

Jack the car up yourself so that the gap between wheel arch and top of the wheel is accessible and give the rubber bellows a squeeze or pull them up and feel around. If there’s nothing there all you will feel is the conical bump stop rather than the pucks which are a plastic disc about an inch thick, they will slide up and down the shock piston, so you can slide them out and discard.

[Chief1337]

They can be present right up the top of the shock piston, well up in the rubber bellows.

Jack the car up yourself so that the gap between wheel arch and top of the wheel is accessible and give the rubber bellows a squeeze or pull them up and feel around. If there’s nothing there all you will feel is the conical bump stop rather than the pucks which are a plastic disc about an inch thick, they will slide up and down the shock piston, so you can slide them out and discard.

Thanks Monkey - appreciate that. The dealer only pulled up the 'bottom' of the gaitor from what I can see. But there is potentially some further up from what you are saying?

[monkeyhanger]

Thanks Monkey - appreciate that. The dealer only pulled up the 'bottom' of the gaitor from what I can see. But there is potentially some further up from what you are saying?

Yes, potentially they could be 2/3 up the gaiter. Mine (blue ones)were well up there as the cutout had a tight enough grip on the shock piston arm not to drop down. I believe Norbreck’s pink pucks were a looser fit and so sat at the bottom of the shock piston arm.

[MJ-GTI]

Hi All,

Just had the car back into VW (250 miles covered) to check to see if any of the 'transport blocks' are still in place following reports on the forum. I really can't notice ANY different between sport/normal/comfort and have the DCC option spec'ed.

They got under the car, lifted up the bottom of the suspension gator on each side and couldn't see anything. The dealer mentioned that 'you'll only notice it round a track or at high speeds round corners', I'm not sure of that based on other peoples comments on this forum.

I argued the points about there being 3 sets in each but they were adamant they weren't in.

Couple of questions:-

1) They only lifted up the 'bottom' of the suspension gator, will there be a set higher up that they may not have seen?
2) Does anyone have any picture of these blocks in their cars before being taken out, or at least a diagram or something showing where they might be?

They may genuinely not be in there, but after spending the best part of £1000 on this option, I'm sure that I should notice some difference even at low speeds!

I do not understand why it should be so difficult for the dealer to pin point where the transport blocks are? I am sure VW gave them some guidelines?

[Chief1337]

Thanks - back into the dealer tomorrow. Given them all this information!

[karlak]

VW don't learn then.

They did this when I picked up a Passat in 2001.  The car was awful to drive and it was a local (non-supplying) dealer that found they had left the transport pucks in.

Mine was a company vehicle, I remember the lease company went scatty at the supplying dealer at the time.

[Geomets]

But changing the damping does not change the travel, it means that you need a greater load to effect the same compression but the maximum travel remains unaffected...

It does not change the actual travel, but it does not make all the available travel because the magnets won't allow all the fluid to pass through the other side of the tube. So you get a feeling of softish springs with stiffer and less travel dumpers (but in a more refined style, as it's set by the factory and not by a grease-monkey -no offence there, I hope you understand what I'm saying, my English isn't very good-)

[Chief1337]

Car back to VW again tomorrow to check the transport blocks 'higher up'.

I'm really hoping they find something as I'm not happy paying the best part of £1000 for an option (DCC) for which I can not notice any difference.

I am right in saying that I should be able to notice the difference between say comfort and sport at lower speeds (Sub 30mph) going down bumpy / bad roads etc?

[monkeyhanger]

Chief: You should definitely see a difference between comfort and sport going 30mph down a bumpy road.

[mcmaddy]

you should feel the difference at any speed on any road. it's an instant change. I'm suffering with a bad back at the moment and I can tell the difference on any surface at any speed.