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Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:25 pm

I remember reading the right way to install the lowering springs but i cant find the thread it was on.

So i got my set of h&r purple springs form allsprings.com in the mail today. Im itchen to run home and install them but what side is up?
Does the tighter coils go up or down?
The back springs have a flat on one end (last coil ground flat) up or down.

Thanks for the help.

jcl

Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:45 pm

I'm pretty sure that the tighter (closer together?) coils are supposed to be on the top. Those coils are going to sit flat on one another, and aren't intended to provide any travel. they are there to keep the spring in place when the suspension droops.

As far as the flat coil... if I remember correctly... I think it was on the bottom of the spring. It doesn't fit very well into the notch in the trailing arm, (which is clearly shaped for a fully round coil) but for me, it has been working just fine like that for quite a while.

Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:11 pm

this any help?
http://82westy.com/pic_pages/06_Suspension.htm

(got rid of the KYB and went with Bilsteins)

Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:40 pm

Hey thanks
That helped out lots.

thats why the Samba rocks!!