spring spacers for traction -- results

[CSX321]

A while back I thought I'd try some of the rubber spring spacers you can get at AutoZone, etc. in the rear springs of my CSX. The idea was to help reduce squat on launch. Plus it only cost a couple of bucks. I already have a 1/4"-3/8" spacer under the driver's side end of the front sway bar.

I put two of the rubber spacers opposite each other in each rear spring. It definitely cut down on squat, but traction seemed worse. After talking about it on the FMML, the other day I removed the spacers from the passenger's side but left them in the driver's side.

Wow, that made a difference! Immense improvement in traction. Now these Yokahama AVS ES100's are doing what I bought them to do--sticking to the road, even now when it's cool out (mid-60's here in Dallas, and it's a summer tire).

Go to a VW dealership and ask for a few of the little yellow discs used in transporting new VWs to their lot. They are about 1" thick and fit snugly against the strut shaft. These work much better than the little rubber spacers.

Most dealerships throw these away, and some will keep them in a box. Get like 4-6 of them and experiement some more.

so I won''t look like an idiot when I go to the VW place where are the disks used? Springs? got a pic of one?

Thanks
Chris

[lowrango]

there transporation blocks, look like florescent hockey pucks, lol they prevent shock from fully compressing and have to be removed during prep

[GLHS422]

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I already have a 1/4"-3/8" spacer under the driver's side end of the front sway bar.

What kind of spacer did you use and where did you get it from?

Did you notice a big improvement?

[CSX321]

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Originally posted by GLHS422 What kind of spacer did you use and where did you get it from? Did you notice a big improvement?

It's just some rubber cut from an old radiator hose. No, I didn't notice much improvement from the sway bar spacer. I don't think it's thick enough to make much difference. That's as thick as I could make it and still use the bolts that are in there, though.

Do those 'transportation blocks' from VW work on the minivans? Where would you use them (rear driver's side shock or all around)?