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On 10 Dec 2003 at 17:05, Daniel Baum wrote: > I've done both now. It took FAR longer than it had any business to. The > opening for the shock was approx 3.7cm wide. My openings both measured 4.8 cm, and that's with a healthy layer of rust. I'll bet they would be 5.0 where the shock mounts. > Now that they're in, the rear of the car seems both higher and more > level. Is this just wishful thinking on my part, or could the new shocks > have this effect? Not likely, if they are ordinary shocks. If they are gas shocks the force they can exert might make some difference. A shock like this would be one you could not compress by hand. BTW, did you know that you should only do the final tightening of the shock bolts with the weight of the car on the tires and the rires on the ground? This way, there is no torsion stress on the shock bushings when the car is in it's neutral position. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org