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Re: Rear Coil color code
Posted by Dean (more from Dean) on Thu, 2 May 2013 11:36:49
In Reply to: Rear Coil color code, alan, Thu, 2 May 2013 11:00:39
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New rear springs are not the answer. There is a huge number of posts concerning this problem. Solution is to get spacers to lift the lower spring seat. With the Koni's the upper spring seat location is an improvement, but not sufficient; the lower location is a major problem. Some advocate replacing bushings, but that is not a complete solution and replacement bushings will over time become like the old ones and they cannot alter ride height as the spring attaches to the hub itself. Bushings can affect alignment. The rubber upper spring seat will be compressed and change ride height and I expect that part of the problem is there. But a new spring seat will take a set and its contribution will return. It is widely accepted that this is a defective design in terms of specification etc.
There are two sources making spacers and they seem to be for Koni only. If I am wrong, someone will point that out.
Front ride height is also bogus. No known simple fix that I am aware of. Again, bushings not controlling ride height, but the upper rubber spring seat is again subject to compression.
Note that the rubber snubbers that the strut shafts attach to do not have any effect on ride height.
Ride height may have been wrong at zero miles. So were the springs not designed right or are the vehicle ride height specs faulty? If the camber is in-spec, perhaps the right height spec has also been somewhat wrong from the get-go.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Rear Coil color code, alan, Thu, 2 May 2013 11:00:39
- Re: Rear Coil color code, alan, Sat, 4 May 2013 07:24:39
- Re: Rear Coil color code, bobc , Thu, 2 May 2013 20:00:34
- Re: Rear Coil color code, Dean, Thu, 2 May 2013 11:36:49 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Rear Coil color code, Dean, Thu, 2 May 2013 11:15:03
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