N15 gti lop sided

[seanp1981]

yes just realised rowdy lol but spoke to mij who i got the suspension off and he has said that they both came off a black gti and when he removed them he didnt notice they was uneven???so ....................

 

[CoV]

Problem being unless you're looking for a difference you won't find one

 

[seanp1981]

Problem being unless you're looking for a difference you won't find one

No offense. Mate but thats all i have been doing just asking for advice as im no self proclaimed mechanical genius lol

 

[CoV]

I meant mij

 

[rowdy-GTi]

Check them side by side!

 

[seanp1981]

AND we have a winner jusr measured from bottom of strut leg to the spring cup notch and the drivers side is 235mm and the passenger is 200mm?? Could anyone tell me what cars legs i have on pls lol

 

[5Zigen_Eddie]

Lol, guess at a pulsar/sunny shock on one side

But if your having to buy a new one, car would be abit rough with one old shock/one new. So seems like you need to buy two new shocks anyway unless your have spares?

 

[seanp1981]

Guna get 2 new at leastivefound the problem lo,

 

[Sam]

Could be 1 Sri shock and 1 gti shock... Assuming no one has ever actually measured them...

 

[Simcard]

As Eddie says, Sunny shocks are shorter and still fit.

 

[5Zigen_Eddie]

So we have potentially found a way to go lower on oem shocks without paying £750 on coilovers hmm

40mm lowering springs + pulsar shocks (235-200) 35mm = 75mm drop

 

[CoV]

Yeah but what about the rear?

 

[5Zigen_Eddie]

Rake yo!

 

[CoV]

Hot rod

 

[RAJackson]

You are gonna have to compare the shocks side by side.

Might be a sunny shock on there or something

Im just gonna refer back to this and take the credit

 

[rowdy-GTi]

So we have potentially found a way to go lower on oem shocks without paying £750 on coilovers hmm

40mm lowering springs + pulsar shocks (235-200) 35mm = 75mm drop

Found this out about 7yrs ago.
Phase 1 shocks with phase 2 oe spring gives a nice drop. Cut one coil off the rear to even it out. Dodgy, not recommended, but works.

Any more than 40mm drop will ride the bump stops.

I at least deserve a thanks for sussing this out ( before Ross ) , and MIJ needs to give a refund for selling faulty goods.

 

[RAJackson]

there you go rowdy.

I probly learned it from you some time ago anyway lol

 

[5Zigen_Eddie]

Wait so Ian your saying phase one N15 is the same 35mm lower as N14 pulsar/sunny shocks... so it might not be a pulsar/sunny shock more likely MIJ sold a phase one and a phase two shock as a matched pair without noticing.

Know that phase one/phase two front springs are different but rears stay same length. But phase 1/2 shocks differ in length also??

 

[RAJackson]

well for the shock to be shorter, the spring has to be longer. so if the springs were different, inherently the shocks have to be different to maintain the same height spec between phases?

 

[rowdy-GTi]

No.
The phase 2 front damper uses a shorter spring with a raised lower spring perch.

http://www.buypartsby.co.uk/buy/NIS...eering-suspension/suspension/shock-absorbers/

The dampers aren't different lengths just the height of the lower perch.
N15 p1 front same as N14 and B14.
N15 p1 rear same as B14.
N15 p1 and p2 have different ID rear springs.