lift a 90 Jetta

[Rabbit on Roids]

did it finally just rust away? or did someone hit you and total it?

[truckinwagen]

well, I got in an accident, which totaled it, but it was still drivable, so I did for almost a year.

the shell was plagued with rust so it was scrapped in favor of a red two door shell, but engine problems kept the new shell off the road for over a year, and it was crushed in the end under pressure from the city of Anchorage.

I saved all the worthwhile stuff off of it, which went into the supercharger motor build soon to be installed in the 85 GTI I replaced the red car with.

pics of the damage, swap into the red car, and the poor red rabbit that saw one mile of road.

[rabbitman]

I hate it when city's make people get rid of stuff, what business is it of there's?

[trev]

With the huge lift from the springs, did you have to monkey around with the drive axles?

Cheers
  Trev

[Rabbit on Roids]

he still had the stock suspension limits. im sure he didnt use different struts or anything. the bump stops are built into the struts. i bet the axles worked just fine.

[truckinwagen]

yep, stock struts, so the full droop was the same as stock, which is as far as you can go without having your axle hit the frame horn.

[Rabbit on Roids]

thats really cool, i think i need to take and do that with my rabbit. ive always wanted a hunting rabbit, just need more ground clearance. so, i guess you could call it "wabbit hunting" then.

[veector]

This is passat wagon 16v suspension

[burn_your_money]

Veector, new or used? Struts/shocks and springs or just springs? Is that freshly installed or after it's had time to settle?

[8v-of-fury]

Veector, that looks swell. I love the height!!

[Rabbit on Roids]

This is passat wagon 16v suspension

so, how does it do offroad? it looks like its been wheelin a time or 2. ive had mud clear up past the windows on my rabbit. and i dont mean a little mud, i mean you couldnt tell what color it was underneath the mud.

[veector]

Now its settled a bit so the front is a bit lower but the rear is still up in the air like that.  Its good offroad never gotten stuck but I dont push my luck too much.  The real fun is in deep snow!

[Smokey Eddy]

I didn't read the whole thread but i've lifted by jetta quite a lot by adding a big nylon spacer ontop of the springs and riding on much bigger tires. 195/65/r15.
the nylon/plastic thing is just like hockey rink material and comes in big ... rolls? of it. You just cut the length to the desired lift and drill a hole the size of the strut plunger thing and drop it down onto the spring.

[ozzie]

I brought up the back of my 90 jetta an inch or 2 by doubling up the spring seat on the shock (hope that is what it is called - you know, the bottom plate that the spring sits in)

i have a buddy that has 3 on each side.  just a thought
oz

[Kantdrivefast]

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