Hi Folks,
Just picked up a JCE and love pretty much everything but one thing - I find the ride a bit too rough on freeways and highways at 60-80mph over less than stellar surfaces. Unfortunately my commute include a good stretch of these. The car jumps up and down quite a bit. I know it's mimicking the road surface but its a bit to much communication for me. I guess at my advanced age of 47 I'm willing to take a bit bit more "show" than "go" here.
I figure there are two main variables to "softening" the ride. Going to 17" wheels and/or swapping out the struts/springs for a combination thats more forgiving. Possible just switch over to the standard 2010 Jetta struts/springs? What about the sway bars?
The problem of course is not knowing exactly what you'll end up with in the end. It's always seemed VW has been vague about exactly what they install in a given suspension package as it can include different bushings, strut mounts, etc. So how do you know exactly what to swap out.
I know most folks go for a more aggressive suspension mod rather than the other way around. I guess I'm the outlier here.
Any help would be appreciated.
Just picked up a JCE and love pretty much everything but one thing - I find the ride a bit too rough on freeways and highways at 60-80mph over less than stellar surfaces. Unfortunately my commute include a good stretch of these. The car jumps up and down quite a bit. I know it's mimicking the road surface but its a bit to much communication for me. I guess at my advanced age of 47 I'm willing to take a bit bit more "show" than "go" here.
I figure there are two main variables to "softening" the ride. Going to 17" wheels and/or swapping out the struts/springs for a combination thats more forgiving. Possible just switch over to the standard 2010 Jetta struts/springs? What about the sway bars?
The problem of course is not knowing exactly what you'll end up with in the end. It's always seemed VW has been vague about exactly what they install in a given suspension package as it can include different bushings, strut mounts, etc. So how do you know exactly what to swap out.
I know most folks go for a more aggressive suspension mod rather than the other way around. I guess I'm the outlier here.
Any help would be appreciated.