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Jan 11, 2010 | 04:04 PM

#16

TT Gasman

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Originally Posted by Schwabe

My car had the Champion springs. The ride was great. That is not the issue. The tt has a frotn lip that goes out horizontally, almost 90 degrees unlike say a Cayman were the nose goes slightly up. I had springs also on my Cayman which now has coil overs. I never scraped with the Cayman however the tt scraped everywhere. The drop and the low, far reaching lip will be an issue. I switched back to stock springs and will go will coilovers and a mild drop of about 10mm. Most springs will drop your front by 1 - 1 1/2 inch or 25 - 35mm. I have my Champion springs for sale on ebay. I suggest you see the drop in person on somebody's car and even better get a ride.

This is almost my exact story, the H&R/Champs were great from a performance standpoint, maybe even better than the coil overs. As a practicle matter, they were not so good on the TT, the lowering was just enough to scrape everywhere (especially my driveway

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I also changed to the Bilsteins at a minimum drop, the ride is similar and the scraping is now virtually a non issue.

Jan 11, 2010 | 11:10 PM

#17

TT Surgeon

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HRs DO sag overtime, so be careful. Only the gmg springs will not sag, they drop exactly 20mm, no more no less. I never scraped with those, now with the bilstein they seem to have settled and now I'm scraping all over