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• Rear Spring Questions Can I use two springs on one shock?? by mtnbob on 30 Aug, 2009 20:03
• I bought some springs on Vortex that were supposed to be off of a 92 GTI. They are shorter than my original stock springs on my 86 Golf. They appear to be the same diameter. I bought them hoping that they would be stiffer than stock springs since they were off a newer GTI. All it looks like they will do is ride a small amount lower.
  
  Is it possible to use both springs at once?? They fit inside each other, the spring mount has a ridge that the second spring kinda fits into. Is is possible to tie them together in some way?  I know this is probably a stupid question but it has never stopped me before I'm thinking that they would give less than one spring by itself.
• #1 by burn_your_money on 30 Aug, 2009 21:52
• I've heard of people winding them together before. The only problems I see is that the spring rate will be insanely high and you won't have a lot of travel before the springs "collapse" on one another.
  
  What's wrong with hockey pucks? They don't raise the car, only increase the spring tension for a given height... so I guess they do raise the car...
• #2 by mtnbob on 31 Aug, 2009 04:38
• I like the hockey puck idea, but I don't understand how to do it I saw the pic, but I really couldn't make it out. Do you drill a hole just big enough for the rod? Does the narrow end of the spring fit against it? The hard part will be finding a hockey puck in South Carolina LOL
  I see what you are saying about the two springs binding each other. How do they get helper springs to work?
• #3 by smutts on 31 Aug, 2009 14:57
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  The hard part will be finding a hockey puck in South Carolina LOL Grin

  Hmm, where do I find a pair in Devon UK?
• #4 by DCC on 31 Aug, 2009 15:06
• Quote from: smutts on 31 Aug, 2009 14:57

  Hmm, where do I find a pair in Devon UK?
  

  
  Ask, and thou shall receive!
  
  http://demonxtreme.com/product.php?xProd=4105&xSec=327
  
  
• #5 by burn_your_money on 01 Sep, 2009 22:56
• Quote from: mtnbob on 31 Aug, 2009 04:38

  I like the hockey puck idea, but I don't understand how to do it I saw the pic, but I really couldn't make it out. Do you drill a hole just big enough for the rod? Does the narrow end of the spring fit against it?
  

  
  You got it hole saws work great.
• #6 by Pat Dolan on 10 Sep, 2009 12:12
• I have to admit, I HAVE done the two rear springs thing in the past.  Wind a pair of SHORTENED ones together, weld at the ends (and, I think we were securing to the spring seats as well).  It is not an "insanely high" spring rate, but adequate.  However, you DO need a lot more shock absorber damping to handle them.  Seems a lot simpler today when you can buy this stuff for peanunts just to spring (sorry for the pun) for a used set on the 'tex or something.