Primary height setting on those is the springs, as the car ages the springs weaken, the suspension sags a bit, the static position of the wishbone sits a little higher and you get a bit more negative camber.
Just changing the shocks will yield poor results, springs are the primary
I suspect the standard Golf shocks ae ZF (so Sachs/Boge) and the WSS setup would be Monroe
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How does £125 to do all that sound, which would include a rough and ready alignment to make the car at least drivable. Hi Nick, I've sent you a message if you are still able to help with this? Cheers |
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I did quite a bit of research last night. No adjustment on stock suspension for camber but you might get a tiny amount from the holes where top of strut mounts.OEM are almost certainly Bilstien on that... Same struts as the Leon/Altea/Octavia. |
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Samantha Davis - wife of Warwick. Only 53. That is quite short. |
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Strange So how does the dip stick reach the oil if there's an obstruction ??.... Exactly my thoughts.......The dipstick is extremely skinny for the last 5 or 6 inches and the tube simply can't be pushed in far enough. |
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I did quite a bit of research last night. No adjustment on stock suspension for camber but you might get a tiny amount from the holes where top of strut mounts.
Could be some damaged suspension component but most likely a bent part of shock absorber. I watched an excellent how to video on changing front shocks. Definitely beyond my current capabilities. I was really impressed by their attention to detail. Cleaning bolt and nut heads before undoing and applying spray copper grease afterwards. Never seen that product but I still have my tub and tube from probably the seventies . I wish every mechanic paid that much attention to detail. Obviously everyone on here does! In the summer , I will cast around for a garage to do the job. In the meantime I will do some research on which shocks to use. I won’t go OEM. Might go Bilstein B4 but don’t want a lumpy ride. What is on now are original fitment on 125k miles so are perhaps giving a lumpy ride ie jarring when you go over a sleeping policeman. I guess any would be an improvement …… Any recommendations? |