Coil Spring Gone

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Coil Spring Gone

by vec 160 » Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:01 pm

went to replace the front coil spring rubber seats and found the coil broken. The car didn't look or handle any differently

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Re: Coil Spring Gone

by v6 steve » Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:24 pm

it looks like its only the pig tail that has broken off so you wouldnt feel or see a great diffrence, but better off fixed
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Re: Coil Spring Gone

by vec 160 » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:25 pm

v6 steve wrote:it looks like its only the pig tail that has broken off so you wouldnt feel or see a great diffrence, but better off fixed


It was only the pigtail.
Fitted some at the new springs that dropped the car 40mm, but they gave the car too much negative camber at the back for my liking. So I made some platforms from 6mm conveyor belt rubber to raise the back and reduce the negative camber
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Re: Coil Spring Gone

by EddeyDancer » Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:27 am

vec 160 wrote:
v6 steve wrote:it looks like its only the pig tail that has broken off so you wouldnt feel or see a great diffrence, but better off fixed


It was only the pigtail.
Fitted some at the new springs that dropped the car 40mm, but they gave the car too much negative camber at the back for my liking. So I made some platforms from 6mm conveyor belt rubber to raise the back and reduce the negative camber


Platforms like these??? :?:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Holden-Calibr ... 20c10a4c06

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/280799742248 ... 1438.l2649
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Re: Coil Spring Gone

by vec 160 » Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:30 pm

Platforms like these??? :?:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Holden-Calibr ... 20c10a4c06[/quote]

Yes, but cheaper. When the weather gets better I am going to move the pivot point on the arms to reduce the camber
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