Fox Suspension and Ride Height Numbers

[Banned wagon]

just numbers no reviews or opinions.

Car:
Year:
Type: 2door,4door,Wagon

Suspension type:
Adjustable Coil over, Static coil over, Air ride,...

Springs: Front and rear
Brand, model, length, rate

Struts & Shocks:
Brand, Model number,

Rim & Tire:
Wheel size, offset, tire size, brand & model of tire

Ride height:
(For ride height measure the highest point on the front and rear wheel arches front and rear)

Pictures:

If you only have some of the info just fill in what you have. then go back later and add it in.

I will go first

Car:
Year: 1988
Type: 4door

Suspension type: Adjustable Coil overs. Shortened strut housings(-52mm)

Springs: Front: Eibach 7" tall 2.5" diameter, Rate 350lbs
Rear: Eibach 10" tall 2.5" diameter, Rate 200lbs

Struts & Shocks:
Front struts: MK1 Bilstein sports F4-P30-0032M0
Rear shocks: MK1 Bilstein sports F4-B46-0657-H1

Rim & Tire: Wheels:Borbet 13" x6" ET33
Tires: 175/50 13" Sutomo HRT2000

Ride height:Front height: 19 5/8" Rear height: 20"
(Theses are my daily driving height numbers as the coil overs can go down 40mm in font and 60mm rear)

Pictures:

Sub frame

Front Fender arch

Rear Fender arch

S-10lip

Modified by Banned wagon at 8:35 PM 4-25-2008

[88vwFox]

Car:
Year: 1993
Type: 2door

Suspension type:
Static coil over

Springs: brazilshop lowering springs all around with the fronts cut a coil.

Struts & Shocks:
.......

Rim & Tire:
15" ICW 7 spooks (rocking the 90's wheels) 195/50r15 nitto 450's fornt and 195/50r15 dunlop sp 5000

Ride height:
front 22" from the ground to the fender at highest point. rear 24" from ground to the highest point. my s-10 lip 3" from grond yo highest point.

Pictures:

front

rear

lip

over all stance



Modified by 88vwFox at 11:45 AM 5-6-2008

[oRANGEJULIUS]

Car:

Year: 1993

Type: 4 door

Suspension type:

Static coil over

Springs:

Front:
Volkswagen factory MKII springs with 1 3/4” coils removed from bottom of spring ($10 used, pair)

Rear: Afco 250lb 7” long 2.5” I.D ($20 used, pair)

Struts & Shocks:

Front: Modified strut housings with Monroe Sensatrac for MKI (for, externally threaded housings) ($64 new, pair)

Rear: Modified* Sachs Super Touring struts for MKII ($46 new, pair)

*Modification: I removed the top stop from the shock shaft, moved it down 1 ¼” and welded it to the shock shaft. Now the shock will not encounter its internal bump stop, and the operating range is closer to stock specifications.

Rim & Tire:

Wheel: 13” Factory steel wheel from 1985 Volkswagen Golf ( 13"x 5 1/2" 38mm offset, I think)

Tire: 175/70/r13; Bridgestone up front, Warrior in the back

Ride Hight:

Front (highest point on fender arch***): 19 7/8”

***My wheel openings hang 1 1/8” lower than the stock configuration, due to the widened fenders. The measurements are of my modified fenders. This same suspension configuration on stock fox fenders would measure in at 21” exactly.

Rear (highest point on fender arch): 21 9/16”

Subframe (at lowest point): 2 ¾”

MKIII lip (at lowest point): 2 3/8”

Exhaust (at lowest point, non factory custom bent): 2 ¾”

Pictures:

Front:

Rear:

Subframe:

MKIII lip:

Exhaust:

Stance:

Total cost ( less labor):
$140

Modified by oRANGEJULIUS at 9:57 AM 5-2-2008


Modified by oRANGEJULIUS at 10:34 AM 5-9-2008

[snowfox]

Car:
Year: 1989
Type: Wagon

Suspension type:
"Stock" coil-over-strut/damper configuration

Springs: Front and rear
"OG Stylz"
Neuspeed Sport Springs for the Fox Wagon

Struts & Shocks:
Bilstein Sport front: Audi 4k/80/90
Bilstein Sport rear: VW MkII G/J

Rim & Tire:
Wheel: Ronal "GTA's"; 15 x 6J ET 34.5
Tire: Kumho Ecsta AST; 195/50-15

Ride height:
Front: 23.25
Rear: 24
[edit]
24" at 1/2 tank. 23.75" with a full tank and two cases o'
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Pictures:

Compared to Banned Wagon, I'm flyin' high.




Modified by snowfox at 1:09 PM 5-21-2008

[kerensky]

OK, snow, here's your info, now quit houndin' me!

Car:
Year: 1989
Type: 4door

Suspension type:
Stock Static coil over

Springs: Front and rear
Front: brazilshopping.com lowering springs
Rear: Stock OEM (new springs awaiting a free weekend)

Struts & Shocks:
Front: Cofap OEM replacement
Rear: Stock OEM (new shocks awaiting a free weekend)

Rim & Tire:
13" Tarantulas (stock equipment) ET45
Tires: 175-70R13 Hankook

Ride height:
Front: 23 1/4"
Rear: 24 1/4"

Pictures:
Pending me borrowing a camera at work...

[Banned wagon]

Car:
Year: 1989
Type: Wagon

Suspension type:
"Stock" coil-over-strut/damper configuration

Springs: Front and rear
"OG Stylz"
Neuspeed Sport Springs for the Fox Wagon

Struts & Shocks:
Bilstein Sport front: Fox
Bilstein Sport rear: Fox
Rim & Tire:
Wheel: Prime 15 x 7 ET 35
Tire: 205/55 15"
Ride height:
Front: 23.25
Rear: 24

Pictures:

Front

Rear

Stance

[88vwFox]

this needs to be a sticky. and edit this out when it does.

[HiJinx]

Quote, originally posted by 88vwFox »

this needs to be a sticky.

it took everything in me to not make that into a 'yer mom' joke.

[88vwFox]

priceless

[Banned wagon]

This needs more info from everyone! (and why is this not in the FAQ's yet)

[Banned wagon]

ok i hate it when people bump old posts, but this thread needs your data. So just do it

[cack]

Car: Volkswagen Fox
Year: 1990
Type: 2door

Suspension type:
Static coil over

Springs:
Neuspeed Sport

Struts & Shocks:
Bilstein Sport; F4-P30-3006-H0 in the front, F4-B36-0656-H0 in the rear with the bottom spring perch adjusted all the way up

Rim & Tire:
14"X6" Votex ET33 195/60/14 Falken Azenis RT-615

Ride height:
24"

Pictures:

front:

rear:



Modified by cack at 2:39 PM 9-10-2008

[voxwagen88]

Car:
Year: 1990
Type: Wagon

Suspension type:
"Stock" coil-over-strut/damper configuration

Springs: Front and rear
Brazilian Racing Springs for the VW Parati

Struts & Shocks:
Bilstein Sport front: Fox
Bilstein HD rear: Fox
Rim & Tire:
Wheel: VW Bottle Caps 14x6
Tire: 195/60R14 ET38
Ride height:
Front:23 5/16
Rear: 23 1/2

Front:


Rear:


Stance:

[dacolino]

Year: 1988
Body type: Wagon

Suspension type: Stock configuration/static springs
Springs: Vogtland 60mm springs for a MK2
Strut insert: Bilstein sport
Rear Strut: Bilstein sport for a MK2 application
**I used the spring isolators from a mk2 in the rear, The fox one didnt fit correct (very close but the diamater was a little bigger on the fox spring) and my lower spring perch is set at the highest of 3 settings for now**

Wheel/tires: Centra type 11 14x6, et30. Tires are 185/60/14 sumitomo htr200

Ride height: 23 1/4 at every corner (will return with other numbers after some miles if it settles down a little more)

Heres what it looks like:



I took a measurement of mine before (well a measurement of the front, which was 25 1/2)
Before:

[redone17]

Car: VW Fox GL
Year: 1988
Type: Wagon

Suspension type: Static Coil Over

Springs: Vogtland Sport for MK2 2.4"/60mm - 956656

Struts & Shocks:
Front: KYB - GR-2/Excel-G - Part# 365008
Rear: KYB - GR-2/Excel-G - Part# 343191

Wheels and Tires:
Konig Feather
wheel diameter: 15"
wheel width: 6.5"
wheel offset: ET40
hub ring size: 57.1>73mm
wheel spacer (rear): 1/4" (this was in a pinch - was rubbing spring perch - I'll update once I find a solid solution)

Yokohama S.drive
tire size: 195/50R15

Fenders: slightly rolled rears

Ride height:
Before:
Rear: 24 3/4"
Front: 23 1/2" (wondering why this was so low with stock components)

After:
Rear: 22 7/8"
Front: 23 1/4"
(need to measure the other points)

I'll update once it settles. I'm wondering if I need some sort of spring seat or an actual MK2 perch in the rear to even it out. Might have to come up with something. I'm sort of just hoping the front will settle more and I'll get 23" at all four corners.

Pictures:

Front:


Rear:


Stance: