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: Which springs to get


sherr20
May 10th, 06, 04:48 PM
Attached are pictures of my car with 3" blocks on mono-leaf springs to mock up my stance. This is a little low in the back and am thinking maybe 3/4 of an inch to an inch higher in the back. Which springs do you guys think would accomplish this?

1. Hotchkis 1 1/2" rear drop leafs, then add a 1/4" to 1" spacer or block to fine tune ride height, will have to use a adapter spacer anyway due to mono pads on rear end.

2. DSE 2" drop leafs and adjust if necessary.

3. DSE 3" drop leafs, no adjustment available once installed, if too low, only re-arch would work.

importkiller69ss
May 10th, 06, 04:55 PM
my stance is a tad lower than that with the hotchkis leafs...i am running 245 50r16's ..i love the hotchkis for the sole purpose they gave me the ride height i wanted and costed half as much as dse
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/importkiller69ss/th_carshow048.jpg (http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/importkiller69ss/carshow048.jpg)
however i have heard of both springs not giving the ride height that the ower thought they would so i guess you never know...if anything get the hotchkis and let them settle and if this isnt enough get a 1" block kit for 30 bucks and still come out way cheaper

sherr20
May 10th, 06, 05:04 PM
Thats what I was thinking, if I go too low right off the bat I'm stuck with spending a lot more money to fix it.

importkiller69ss
May 10th, 06, 05:07 PM
excatly..but on my car i dont think i would have wanted any lower...but some other have had problems of not being too low...

pdq67
May 10th, 06, 08:15 PM
Imho, do this the hard, but CHEAP way!

Buy whatever springs you end up with AND if they are too low, add a leaf or two out of a couple of old worn out multi's and I bet it will set just fine!!

Maybe one leaf extra per side?? Maybe two??

I've got the second and third leaf's out of my stock, worn out '68 'Bird's 5-leaf multi's in my cheap JCW 3-leaf mono replacements and I know I'm gonna go back under her and pull one out b/c it is like 3.5" too tall!

But, what the hey, cheap enough to me b/c my time is free!!

pdq67