Rear suspension question

[hilton4942]

Hi

My ibiza 1.9 tdi is just sat on springs on the back no dampers etc.

What are your guys views on this and whats my best course of action if im wanting to change this? Its on coilovers at the front and just a spring at the back.

I cant appear to find just rear coilovers so I'm trying to decide what to do? Can I just buy rear shocks and put the spring on them or buy rear lowering kit (shocks and springs) or just leave it. Think its making it a bit bouncy and bangs when over bumps

Thanks

 

[Chino_UK]

Surely there are dampers fitted higher up the suspension arms? It is not Mcpherson struts on the back of the Ibiz\a like it is on the front.

 

[Chino_UK]

It should look like this:

 

[RUM4MO]

hilton4942, in case you are wondering, that picture is of a rear damper with the lower fixing bolt removed, and it has been removed from where it is normally located - which is in the spring lower cup which is part of the rear axle/ARB assembly (torsion beam).

 

[hilton4942]

Yeah thats what its like.

So If I jacked up the car too high on the back it could just fall out.

Im sure its making my ride more bouncy and noisy.

 

[Scottish Storm]

Yeah thats what its like.

So If I jacked up the car too high on the back it could just fall out.

Im sure its making my ride more bouncy and noisy.

The shocks will stop it going low enough for the springs to fall out.

Although the ones I removed were half the length of standard springs and when I was taking one side of the other did fall out!

 

[hilton4942]

Yeah mine are shorter than them springs. Im sure its coilover springs without the adjuster

 

[Chino_UK]

So you don't have a damper behind the spring as in that pic?

 

[Chino_UK]

What colour are the springs? You may be able to buy an adjuster cup if they are coilover set springs?

 

[hilton4942]

They are blue

 

[Chino_UK]

Could be AP or JOM, they are blue, are the front suspension struts coilovers, any marks/labels on etc?

 

[Nath.]

Very unsafe without dampers. The wheel will skip and hop. Your ABS will go mad all the time.

 

[hilton4942]

Yeah think they are strut coilovers on front, no sign of labels or anything. Bit of a pain.

Nah dampers are there mate.

 

[cupra.al]

Its on coilovers at the front and just a spring at the back.

by saying the above you had everyone believe you were running no shocks on the rear.
if you get in contact with awesome gti im sure they will be able to sort out some rear spring adjusters for you.

 

[hilton4942]

for some reason i cant show a picture

 

[hilton4942]

Think its because im new

 

[hilton4942]

here we go.

rear suspension

 

[Badger]

The shock is the cylindrical item on the right of that picture. Nothing wrong with that. Looks like someone has fitted lowering springs in the past.

 

[cupra.al]

is that shock yellow?
if you have coilovers on the front im sure there should be an adjuster under the spring as the coilovers normally come as a set but im pretty sure dpm or awesome will be able to help.

 

[hilton4942]

Yeah front ones are fine. Both blue springs on front and back