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General Information => Upgrades (non engine related ) => Topic started by: dieselweasel on April 27, 2009, 11:15:00 pm

Title: Passat coils into an mk3
Post by: dieselweasel on April 27, 2009, 11:15:00 pm

I always carry a lot of weight in the back of my Jetta and have wanted to beef up the rear suspension for a while now.  The rear end usually sags low and I sometimes hit the trailer hitch off the ground when I go down a sharp incline.  I have read over at vortex about using passat rear coils.  Could not get a good read on what year or type of passat to use coils from though.  Any suggestions?

Title: Passat coils into an mk3
Post by: commuter boy on April 29, 2009, 08:42:28 pm

B3/B4 coils should work.  I'm not sure if the wagon ones are the same as the sedan ones though.

Title: Passat coils into an mk3
Post by: dieselweasel on April 30, 2009, 03:00:51 pm

Went to the wrecker's today and picked some coils from a '93 Passat Sedan (B3)...will report back once I have them in.  The B3 wagon coils looked the same.

Title: Re: Passat coils into an mk3
Post by: dieselweasel on July 26, 2009, 01:48:28 pm

I put the coils in a while back but never got around to showing my results!  I hindsight I might have cut one or two coils off, but overall I'm pretty happy with it.  

BEFORE:
(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3489/51818091.jpg)

B3 COILS ON LEFT, STOCK MK3 COILS ON RIGHT:
(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9716/51818161.jpg)

YES, ALL THIS STUFF FIT IN THE TRUNK OF A JETTA!:
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/986/51818111.jpg)

AFTER:
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/972/51818211.jpg)

(http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5411/51818101.jpg)   ;D

Title: Re: Passat coils into an mk3
Post by: catlin_cava on July 26, 2009, 02:56:01 pm

Quote from: dieselweasel on July 26, 2009, 01:48:28 pm

YES, ALL THIS STUFF FIT IN THE TRUNK OF A JETTA!:
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/986/51818111.jpg)

Have you ever thought of purchasing a cube van :P ;)