robdesigns
Veteran Member
I did a search on the past years posts looking for anyone with a shine swaybar and SRS in a B4 Passat. Am I the first?
In the process or putting on my snow tires last weekend, I found a lot of fluid on my rear shocks and the boots were torn. When I did my road test after the tires were installed, The rear drivers side was bottoming out on moderate bumps at moderate speed. I intend to keep the car a long time, and wanted to improve it's on-ramp capability to build merging speed. I decided on the Bilstien HDs, the Shine rear sway, keeping the stock springs (shine recomended), and replacing all the urethane strut bearings, bushings, etc. Anyone else with this setup? Since I called Shine, the bottoming out has gone away, but the highway wallowing is as bad as ever, maybe worse. I did upsize to 15" Blizzaks on new steels. My new summer setup will be 16". Any input would be appreciated.
Rob
In the process or putting on my snow tires last weekend, I found a lot of fluid on my rear shocks and the boots were torn. When I did my road test after the tires were installed, The rear drivers side was bottoming out on moderate bumps at moderate speed. I intend to keep the car a long time, and wanted to improve it's on-ramp capability to build merging speed. I decided on the Bilstien HDs, the Shine rear sway, keeping the stock springs (shine recomended), and replacing all the urethane strut bearings, bushings, etc. Anyone else with this setup? Since I called Shine, the bottoming out has gone away, but the highway wallowing is as bad as ever, maybe worse. I did upsize to 15" Blizzaks on new steels. My new summer setup will be 16". Any input would be appreciated.
Rob