What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

[glf455]

Because of exactly this, the advice i read was to make the links short, not long

about 3/4 of the way down:
anth's MKIV Golf 2.0 daily driver

or chop down adjustables:
drop links from other makes / marques? - uk-mkivs

Shortened mine this morning... No rubbing lock to lock it was a lot more pleasant forward parking on the right today. So I guess I can go lower now and scrap the idea of going back higher gravity wouldn't agree with things going up anyway.

[Lito]

just ordered a whiteline 24mm rear sway bar, can't believe its taken me this long to get around to doing it!! tripod action here i come!

[Stan]

just ordered a whiteline 24mm rear sway bar, can't believe its taken me this long to get around to doing it!! tripod action here i come!

you will be surprised the the difference this makes. My car's steering felt more responsive after this, and turns a lot flatter

[Lito]

you will be surprised the the difference this makes. My car's steering felt more responsive after this, and turns a lot flatter

yeah, im pretty happy with how it handles at the moment, very neutral. Hoping the sway bar will make it just that little bit more tail happy

[kendog]

I'm at work & can't explain this any better with the whole 30 secs I have to write this, but....

I've now moved closer to the City (Surry Hills), and there's a lot of **** roads, and I wanted to raise the car up 1 or 2cm (maybe get some 16" steelies, made wider, with decent rubber at some stage). All the speed humps etc., I seem to find harsher than say a few months back when the engine conversion was only a few weeks old.

Main problem is at the rear, I don't think I can actually go much higher at the rear with my FK AK Street coilovers, they all keep slowly getting lower over time, and there is always 'a bit more' thread on the front to wind them up a bit more, but not on the back. I'm just about to wind them up to the very last few mm on the post of the rears, and after it settles, won't be enough height.

What else, CHEAP, can I do? Like just get longer coil posts for the rears? Or, Just get replacement springs that don't go as low as the kit ones??

All help appreciated!!

[dylan8]

Might be riding a bit rough due to being wound all the way up?
Id get some lowering springs and shocks to replace the whole setup if you are trying to raise it that much

[dylan8]

awkward moment using 4,000th post on raising a mk4

3rd weekend in a row partying it up with the dubbers. quick sneaky photo between checking out beachs and babes with thestu.

[glf455]

Love those tele dials Dylan. On a less exciting not my window acctuators failed on my drivers window. I couldn't help but think I should've replace the driver side when I did the passenger ones. Oh we'll lesson learnt after paying someone else to do it today.

[kendog]

Might be riding a bit rough due to being wound all the way up?
Id get some lowering springs and shocks to replace the whole setup if you are trying to raise it that much

awkward moment using 4,000th post on raising a mk4

Haha, no, not exactly raising, more like just stopping it from sinking!

Realistically, I probs only want to get it back up another 5-10mm at the guards ... so another 3-4mm at the threads? Problem is, with the rears, I want it to stay there.. ..they just keep slowly going back down again..

Maybe you're right about the ride being a bit rough due to the rears being wound all the way up. What could I do to fix? I have orig springs, but that would be WAY too high!

[dylan8]

get some pics of the rear springs and adjusters while the car is sitting on level ground without being jacked up etc. (so full weight on the spring).
also some pics/arch to ground measurements would be good.
I noticed mine has started to sag in the rear, but mine have 75,000km on them now... I cant imagine yours are that old.
Otherwise im sure you could get a spacer/mount made up to either replace the adjuster or sit under the base to lift it up...

Either way, will be interesting to see how the shocks like being ridden on at the higher end

[Lynchy]

1st post!
I replaced my green coolant with red coolant.
Hooray for less than adept mechanics!

[Lito]

look what the postman delivered!

[Cookie28]

took my car in to get my coolant leak(s) fixed. mum spoke to the mechanic and he estimated about $900 ($400 in parts and $500 in labour apparently) to fix it will find out what it was tomorrow

[Stan]

Lito, Rear anti sway bar , you will love it

[Lito]

and done..


Car does seem to turn in alot sharper need to go to happy laps to really test it out