On the spot suspension help.

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On the spot suspension help.

October 29, 2005, 03:25:41 PM

I'm currently in the process of installing new shocks, springs, and spring isolators on my bird. The current dilema i'm having is that with the old and new set of springs out of the car there seems to be a slight uncompressed size difference. I bought the progressive rate (heavy duty?) springs from Napa. I'm just curious to know if it's ok that they are like a half inch shorter due to the fact that they are the progressive type. As it stands now, they take a lot to get to seat flat in the lower spring seat. Just wondering if this if ok, cause i'd hate to have to do this twice.

On the spot suspension help.

Reply #1 – October 29, 2005, 04:12:53 PM

You should be ok. But that's just my opinion.

On the spot suspension help.

Reply #2 – October 29, 2005, 10:09:02 PM

Well, it's been a few hours and the car is still upright. So I think that I actually got it right. For using the force, it looks as though everything came out level and solid. No major thunking over the bumps anymore!

Congrats!

Reply #3 – October 30, 2005, 08:30:46 PM

It must be like driving a different car. What kind of isolators did you use?

Chris

On the spot suspension help.

Reply #4 – October 30, 2005, 10:00:59 PM

Quote from: Chris1987LX

It must be like driving a different car. What kind of isolators did you use?

Chris

Well it's only half of the car that's been done. But so far it seems to have tightened up a fair amount. As for the isolators, I unfortunatly I went with the Energy Suspension isolators. I'm not to terribly fond of the brand due to prior experiences, however I could not find a Prothane branded set.