Back in May I replaced my rear shock absorbers with Sachs ones from a Mk7 Golf, as others on this forum had suggested. This actually made the rear suspension a little firmer but made a night and day difference to the ride quality at any speed. It made the car a bit more composed and settled at speed as well. Overall it's so much better.
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Techtonics Tuning for the Win! 210mm Sachs Clutch Kit 03/’94-early’99 Mk3 2.0L & ’95-’02 Cabrio - Techtonics Tuning Sachs Clutch Kit For Single Pin Pressure Plate 28 Spline Clutch Disc Thrust Plate Thrust Plate Ring Main & Push Rod Seal Kit Alignment Tool 03/'94-early'99 Mk3 Golf 2.0L, 03/'94-early'99 Mk3 Jetta 2.0L '95-'02 Cabrio
I ordered one from RockAuto for $370. This came in today, all logos are in the correct place, however they sanded off the Honda logo. Super excited to be clutch buzz free for half the price!
VW/Audi uses Sachs on some of the base models of their cars and SUVs. Those will be closer to original specifications, with longer service life and better performance than the KYBs.
Had an 85' Jetta GLI: installed lowering springs (1/5" front, 1" rear, 40% stiffer? Hor brand? Pretty sure I picked them up from Autotech) and used HD standard struts (coilovers were not available and pretty sure I used Sach's struts).
Let me know...main reason I went with Sachs was stock like driveability with no chatter and less chance of crank walk compared to other set ups with SMF and high torque pressure plates
I'm running this with my is38 and it's been great over the last 10k miles since I installed it. I used a brand new dmf as well.
Oem sachs if you want them to last for a good amount of years.
I recently replaced them with the Sachs oe equivalent to save money. They’re a softer ride than the B4 and in hindsight, while not a bad purchase, I would have preferred the B4.
They put on new oem Sachs shocks, which are too soft.
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