No, shocks, unless the lower mounting position of the spring changes, do not determine ride height...LoW n SloW wrote:obviously a new shock would be higher coz its new, old shock had adapted and wore out thus started sitting on the height which u are used to
Citi Golf Higher After Fitting New Shocks
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Re: Citi Golf Higher After Fitting New Shocks
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Re: Citi Golf Higher After Fitting New Shocks
Unless the shock is physically shorter in length like Gabriel Shortened Gas Rider? Right
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Re: Citi Golf Higher After Fitting New Shocks
I presume that shortened shocks will have different mounting positions for the spring?Evilsheepclone47 wrote:Unless the shock is physically shorter in length like Gabriel Shortened Gas Rider? Right
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Daily Drive: 2014 VW Touareg 3.0 V6 TDi R-Line
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Project XXXX: 1967 VW Type 3 Variant (Squareback)
Project Betty: 2005 Polo 1.9 TDI (PD130) Sportline
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Re: Citi Golf Higher After Fitting New Shocks
Anyone here still on this topic? I've got this problem fitted new shocks all around to my Chico 1.3 but the rear is extremely high part number on Monroe shocks match and everything what could be causing the rear to be so high
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Re: Citi Golf Higher After Fitting New Shocks
If the shock supplied is correct.... . Then Then spring rest plate that fits on the shock, might be the wrong way around.
This plate is usually not supplied with a new shock and is taken of the old shock