Rear Shock Aggravation, mk2 Golf, A2

[smutts]

If you are replacing your shagged shocks, then it would be handy to know that the top mount of my original knackered Bilsteins is  M10X1.25, on my new Boge it is   M10X1.0, with only one nut supplied per shock, NOT the required three per shock, (2 of 5mm thick, 1 of 8mm thick, engineering grade of course).
Its the weekend, standard metric is M10X1.5, at a guess the extra nuts I need will be within a 30 mile radius of here or unobtainium,  the car is in bits and the animals are queuing up two by two at present. (i.e. RAIN!) this = Hitching fun.

:evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:

 :idea: So before you get stuck into redoing your dampers,  get  the new nut of the replacement shock and try it out on the top of the existing shock before you find out afterwards. This would have been a good thing. :roll:

P.S. How do you stop the car looking like a lady dog having a pee? is it weak rear springs, or were all Golfs like that? Soft springs to tame lift-off oversteer perhaps?

[jtanguay]

If you are replacing your shagged shocks, then it would be handy to know that the top mount of my original knackered Bilsteins is  M10X1.25, on my new Boge it is   M10X1.0, with only one nut supplied per shock, NOT the required three per shock, (2 of 5mm thick, 1 of 8mm thick, engineering grade of course).
Its the weekend, standard metric is M10X1.5, at a guess the extra nuts I need will be within a 30 mile radius of here or unobtainium,  the car is in bits and the animals are queuing up two by two at present. (i.e. RAIN!) this = Hitching fun.

:evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:

 :idea: So before you get stuck into redoing your dampers,  get  the new nut of the replacement shock and try it out on the top of the existing shock before you find out afterwards. This would have been a good thing. :roll:

P.S. How do you stop the car looking like a lady dog having a pee? is it weak rear springs, or were all Golfs like that? Soft springs to tame lift-off oversteer perhaps?

heavier rear springs maybe?   good luck getting the extra nuts for the rear!

[burn_your_money]

My car sits pretty level with stock stuff all around. It's a spring problem if it's sagging.

Thank you for the heads up