Lowering Springs 40mm

[Wompa]

Hi.

Im looking to lower my Syncro but not by much, just 40mm.

Any where I can buy some cheap springs and struts?

A mate said I could use MK2 front springs and struts and MK1 rears…

Dont know what he was on about but…

Or is he right on that MK1 parts will work on the MK2?

But does anyone knew a site with cheap kits?

[Chris S]

mk 1 rear struts will not fit, we tried that years ago!

if you do a site search on rear shocks there is plenty of info on here.

[Wompa]

Great, thanks!

[Chris S]

The Golf 1 rear shokker on the right, the original G2 Syncro rear shokker is on the left,
note the hight difference in the spring perch!

Golf 1 shokker built up with Golf 2 Syncro spring/fittings etc

See where the tyre has been hitting the spring perch when the suspension deflects on hitting a bump or cornering fast!

Spacer rings I had made up & fitted to give more clearance

& fitted

Extra clearance

But even after that the Golf 1 rear shokkers are not hard enough damped to cope with the extra 300 kilos (empty) load on the rear axle.

[Ademaxx]

Thats good work Chris! Did you weld the spacer and cup to the shocker?

[Chris S]

No it wasnt needed, it sat tightly against the shokker seat lip, as you can see in photo 4,

it was made from 3mm thick steel tube so it wasn’t going anywhere.

[Wompa]

Awesome, thanks for the info Chris!

I think I will just go with some coilovers. Seems like the cheapest option right now…

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