do coilovers replace shocks and springs?

tjpeterson96

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Aug 1, 2014
Location
Winter Garden, FL
TDI
04 bew jetta
just like the title says. struts and shocks need replacing on my mk4 and am considering going with some koni or bilstein coilovers as an upgrade. so do you keep the rear coil springs or take them out because the spring is attached around the shock in the coilover?
 

GoFaster

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Jun 16, 1999
Location
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
TDI
2006 Jetta TDI
"Coilover" kits on cars with twist-beam-axle suspension often (usually?) keep the damper and spring separate on the rear suspension if that's the way the vehicle was originally designed, although typically they will be replaced with new parts.
 
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