lop sided

Westy · rice boy Joined: 16 Nov 2001 Posts: 41

Hey i get rather annoyes looking at my lovely gema because its lop sided on the front left hand corner why is this and how can i fix it? i think the previous owner lowered it himself and now its all BLEH! what can i do to even it out

MatMan · tinkerer Joined: 04 Oct 2001 Posts: 280

I'll have a guess and say that the spring has collapsed. Get a new pair of front springs.

Racegem · backyard mechanic Joined: 30 Jan 2002 Posts: 987

Check to see if the coils have been cut, the most common cause of odd height (cause they're so much of a pain to keep pulling apart)!
Two options.
1) pull the high side front spring out and take a bit more coil off, 20mm at a time till it sits level. (cheap, sorry Adam)

2) (better option) Order a set of front springs. Somewhere between $100 - $160 a pair, depending on brand.

Yonnee.

Racegem · backyard mechanic Joined: 30 Jan 2002 Posts: 987

....you could rename your car Eileen.... lol

Westy · rice boy Joined: 16 Nov 2001 Posts: 41

what would be the best brand sprind to buy?

Racegem · backyard mechanic Joined: 30 Jan 2002 Posts: 987

How long is a peice of string? Pedders, Kings, Lovells, K-mac, Aroura, and Adam's, among others. Everyone will have their own opinion. Mine is that companies that produce shocks as well as springs, usually design them to work together. For instance, a variable rate spring won't work as well as it was intended when mated to super hard shocks. Alot of post threads I've seen, guys have got King springs. One experience I've had with them though, customer complained his springs weren't the right height for what he ordered, their response... "bad luck!!" But that may be an isolated case.

Yonnee.

Adam · Site Admin Joined: 04 Oct 2001 Posts: 682

I run standard height king springs (yes, I know I should replace them with 'Adam' brand springs, but I had bought them already) and they are immensely stiff, far too stiff to be ideal for road use, but this does make them good fun as the car is very 'chuckable'...

GeminiKing · tinkerer Joined: 18 Mar 2002 Posts: 61

Doesnt matter - a front spring is a front spring. Whatver is cheapest.

The only rear springs I've seen worth buying are King Springs, cos they are tapered like the originals.

Racegem · backyard mechanic Joined: 30 Jan 2002 Posts: 987

Actually Mr "King", there is a great deal of difference between springs and spring rates. Is a cheap set of springs going to be tempered properly?! Or shotpeened?! Not all King Springs are tapered, only the ones they sell that are "vairable rate". That's if you want a "cushy" soft ride when your car is unloaded.