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Nic Barnes
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Looking for 350lb front springs, the 250 I've got in now are no way near stiff enough. Far too soft keeps bottoming out on the bump stops. Lengths I've found are either 10.5" or 12" yet to be annoying when I measured my old one that wasn't cracked it was 11" in length.
Olsrey
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16th Jul 12 at 06:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If they are the ones I sold you with the coilovers they were longer in length than normal springs, I had them custom made to try to stop it bottoming out.
Nic Barnes
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Ones that you gave them with we're same length as the ones I just fitted which were standard issue ones by all accounts? Yours must have been 300-350lb fronts as its completely shocking now on 250s.
Olsrey
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The ones I was given with them as a kit must've been very short then as the new ones were longer, and I think they were 300lb springs.

[Edited on 16-07-2012 by Olsrey]
Nic Barnes
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16th Jul 12 at 09:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Will try some 12" ones
Corsa_Sport21
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16th Jul 12 at 09:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
D Faulkner sells 11" springs. Also have 10.5".
Nic Barnes
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Who where link?
Corsa_Sport21
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http://www.dfaulknersprings.com/
Corsa_Sport21
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http://www.dfaulknersprings.com/sp19110.htm
Nic Barnes
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Nice one cheers ken
Corsa_Sport21
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No worries you Scottish wannabe.
Mieran
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350 is too soft imo specially for a 2.0 with f28

I run 500 on a 1.6, and its my daily!
Nic Barnes
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500 sounds extreme like
Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
No worries you Scottish wannabe.
7 miles English and proud of it pmsl
Generation
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16th Jul 12 at 12:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You run 500lb?
Wtf???

My Avo's are 300lb on a c20xe.
Mieran
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16th Jul 12 at 12:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
500 with no front ARB, handles much much better now

Not GAZ shocks though, they're JOM

I didn't want to listen to keyboard suspension experts and decided to try a few things myself

[Edited on 16-07-2012 by Mieran]
Nic Barnes
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Yeah that's my normal methods as well. For the sake of £60 for springs might try 400s first
Mieran
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I would get them from rally design, much cheaper than falukner (£15 each)

[Edited on 16-07-2012 by Mieran]
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16th Jul 12 at 14:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I also have no arb.

I'm not claiming to be an expert, but even changing from 250 to 300lb was crazy. Avo themselves recommended me 300lb. Surely your car won't have weight to compress such hard springs, and ride will be so harsh.
Nic Barnes
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16th Jul 12 at 14:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mairan or me? I'm more thinking about lift as well as its utter garbage now and was on what im guessing we're 300lb spring

 
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