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oprn
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Location: Western Canada
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 Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: Jetta lift kit? |
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I built some 1.5" spacers for the front and installed them. Happy with the results as the car sits almost level now, just a touch tail high. I can't believe how much it stiffened up the ride! Not unbearable by any means but definitely not the stock ride.
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oprn
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Joined: November 13, 2016
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Location: Western Canada
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| Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Jetta lift kit? |
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Just finished a 1.5" lift on my son's Gulf. Maybe a touch too much but no more knocking manhole covers off driving down the street! Won't hurt for plowing snow through the mountain passes either.
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TDCTDI
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Joined: August 31, 2013
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Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Jetta lift kit? |
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Here’s my contribution..
‘99 Jeep Cherokee front springs & Bilstein HDs up front
‘08 Jeep Wrangler front springs on the rear with Bilsteins for rear of ‘99 Ford F-150 4x4.
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Chickensoup
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Joined: January 06, 2018
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Location: Good Hope, GA
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:01 am Post subject: Re: Jetta lift kit? |
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any lifted passat wagons here on the sambas?
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calvinater
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Joined: September 06, 2014
Posts: 3330
Location: 802 The Pointless Forrest
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: Jetta lift kit? |
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| TDCTDI wrote: |
Here’s my contribution..
‘99 Jeep Cherokee front springs & Bilstein HDs up front
‘08 Jeep Wrangler front springs on the rear with Bilsteins for rear of ‘99 Ford F-150 4x4. |
Hey Chris , how ya doing?
I went straight to my mechanic and had him Waxoyl it right away.
Rode great on the 800+ mile ride home 90+ on 95 in southern Va.
put up for winter ( salt/chloride here)
Boy wants me to 4motion it, any suggestions on tranny and rear diff parts?
great to deal with you , any leads on a diesel caddy?
Dewey
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TDCTDI
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Joined: August 31, 2013
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Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:00 am Post subject: Re: Jetta lift kit? |
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| calvinater wrote: |
Hey Chris , how ya doing?
I went straight to my mechanic and had him Waxoyl it right away.
Rode great on the 800+ mile ride home 90+ on 95 in southern Va.
put up for winter ( salt/chloride here)
Boy wants me to 4motion it, any suggestions on tranny and rear diff parts?
great to deal with you , any leads on a diesel caddy?
Dewey |
I’m doing great, I hope you are too.
Making a golf 4 motion is pretty invasive, the rear floor would have to be cut out & one from a 4- motion or Quattro would have to be welded back in to have all the correct mounting points for the rear suspension. You would need a 4-motion golf, a R32, Audi a-3, or a TT Quattro as a donor.
I occasionally come across Caddies, I currently have a customer that may be parting with his TD swapped caddy, I’ll keep an eye out.
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GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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