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vw_brandon
 Post subject: why so bouncey?
PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 8:58 pm 
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why is my rear so bouncy i got a irs rear end

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 Post subject: Re: why so bouncey?
PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 9:07 pm 
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Not sure but I would think the torsion is too stiff or the shocks are no good. That is the job of the shocks to eliminate the recoil, both up and down.

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 Post subject: Re: why so bouncey?
PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 9:10 pm 
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Your shocks are shot or not strong enough.
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 Post subject: Re: why so bouncey?
PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:44 pm 
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My Wife ask me the Same thing.... 8)...lol..!
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vw_brandon
 Post subject: Re: why so bouncey?
PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 2:12 am 
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:lol:

i got monroe shocks on it it bounces like hell and it seems like when it bounces and like if im on a rock or somethin and it drops down it does it and you'd think something was breakin i just put the shocks on towards the end of last summer i took my old ones with me to advance and they matched them up

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 Post subject: Re: why so bouncey?
PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 8:55 am 
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vw_brandon wrote:
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i got monroe shocks on it it bounces like hell and it seems like when it bounces and like if im on a rock or somethin and it drops down it does it and you'd think something was breakin i just put the shocks on towards the end of last summer i took my old ones with me to advance and they matches them up


Did the old shocks work well? Replacing inefficent shocks with inefficient shocks will not solve the problem. Todays auto parts store clerks no very little about auto parts in general. Relying on them to make the right decisions is like relying our current Goverment to do the same!

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vw_brandon
 Post subject: Re: why so bouncey?
PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 4:51 pm 
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Odyknuck wrote:
vw_brandon wrote:
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i got monroe shocks on it it bounces like hell and it seems like when it bounces and like if im on a rock or somethin and it drops down it does it and you'd think something was breakin i just put the shocks on towards the end of last summer i took my old ones with me to advance and they matches them up


Did the old shocks work well? Replacing inefficent shocks with inefficient shocks will not solve the problem. Todays auto parts store clerks no very little about auto parts in general. Relying on them to make the right decisions is like relying our current Goverment to do the same!



the old shocks were wore completley out you could push them down and they wouldent even raise back up

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A. Cole
 Post subject: Re: why so bouncey?
PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2010 7:49 am 
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the old shocks were wore completley out you could push them down and they wouldent even raise back up


Some shocks don't recoil. If your running stock vw shocks there is a good chance that they won't.

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Yes, generally only high pressure gas monotubes with fairly big piston rods expand on their own.

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jon williams
 Post subject: Re: why so bouncey?
PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2010 10:23 am 
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YOU NEED TO GET SOME GOOD OFF ROAD SHOCKS. LIKE RANCHO OR PROCOMP THEY ARE PRETTY AFFORDABLE

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vw_brandon
 Post subject: Re: why so bouncey?
PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 7:14 am 
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A. Cole wrote:
vw_brandon wrote:


the old shocks were wore completley out you could push them down and they wouldent even raise back up


Some shocks don't recoil. If your running stock vw shocks there is a good chance that they won't.


they wouldent vw shocks i think they was shocks for a 1/2 ton truck if i aint wrong all i know is that they were for a truck or so they said

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A. Cole
 Post subject: Re: why so bouncey?
PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:08 pm 
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I use to run shocks off a 91 ford ranger 4x4 rear. Big shocks and $20 at autozone.

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