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patrick · Newbie Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 7 Location: orpington

Hi i need to change my rear springs (keeps hitting the end stops),wheres the best place to get them.
colorado vx 3.0 lwb 97

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Landcrusher · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 18:08 Post subject: Springs

Hi Patrick, the Milner ones are really good, but they are uprated by about 20%. In truth this means that they are slightly longer and give the car a bit of a lift. This coupled with older front springs will give your truck bit of an uneven stance. So: Either do the front springs too or find someone selling totally standard springs. My recommendation would be do both ends AND consider doing dampers at the same time, especially on the front, if you've any thought that they may need doing. It's not much more money, but double the effort to do them later. For the fronts it's well worth considering hiring a spring press rather than using screw compressors.

OK with a lwb you may not see as much rear lift due to the weight x x distance calculation, others may be able to advise here.

How handy are you with the spanners?

LC

patrick · Newbie Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 7 Location: orpington

Hi landcrusher not bad with a spanner, just finished building my kit car lotus 7,will call milners on monday,do we get any club discount with milners lol.

Landcrusher · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 19:51 Post subject: Discount - don't make me laugh

Best of luck with the discount! I'm a regular as I only live 10 mins away - and I don't get discount. I've provided Carl with the lift fitting guide and the technical details for the steering lift spacer and I don't even get a coffee when I'm in there.

The 7 sounds nice, perhaps not so good off road? Might not be bad in a hill climb though!

LC
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