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1.6 and 1.8 rear springs different?

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Old Aug 2nd, 2016, 17:30   #1
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Default 1.6 and 1.8 rear springs different?

Is there a difference between the rear springs on a 1.6 and a 1.8? (e.g: 1.6 here and 1.8 here)

What's different? Longer, shorter or what? Anyone know?
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Looking at those two links, one fits the rear and the other the front, so yes, they are completely different.
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Oh for goodness sake. Well spotted, thankyou.

I want to beef up the rear suspension, but I'm struggling to know where to start looking. All I keep seeing is "lowered" and "nivomats" and other words I don't understand.
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Nivomats are self levelling rear shocks.

Lowered springs and exactly what they are, springs which lower the cars right height..
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Canis: No one really knows the dark arts of suspension on these cars (I've never come across anyone). I have 4 sets of rear springs purchased/nicked/borrowed in order to raise my rear end. Finally i got it up by 25mm not the 50mm I was aiming for but it gets me out of the sh1t.
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