Coil springs
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2002
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From: Norfolk VA
Coil springs
The coil springs in my vette will be 28 years old on April 27. They are ugly. I have purchased "new" coil springs in Oct 05 but have not installed them on the vehicle. The current springs are at the proper height but ugly. My question is how can I be certain they are worn?
If they are now worn which I think they are not.... I will remove them, blast them and repaint them, or should I just swap them out for the freshly painted black ones.
If they are now worn which I think they are not.... I will remove them, blast them and repaint them, or should I just swap them out for the freshly painted black ones.
Racer
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 453
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From: Austin TX
I replaced the ones on my 78 recently even though I wasn't sure they were original. They looked like crap and surely couldn't be as strong as a new pair.
I dunno about a vette, but I had a front spring go out on my truck and it was no good. When I went down a hill or something that forced the truck's weight to the front, the tire would sink so far up into the fenderwell it would rub on the inner lip on the fender. I have a slightly wider wheel on my truck over the stock ones so it ended up slicing the tread down near the sidewall. Needless to say I wasn't happy.
I bought the vb&p gt coil springs for my vette when I went through the front suspension. Not too expensive and it seems to sit right even though I have aluminum heads and no a/c installed right now.
I dunno about a vette, but I had a front spring go out on my truck and it was no good. When I went down a hill or something that forced the truck's weight to the front, the tire would sink so far up into the fenderwell it would rub on the inner lip on the fender. I have a slightly wider wheel on my truck over the stock ones so it ended up slicing the tread down near the sidewall. Needless to say I wasn't happy.
I bought the vb&p gt coil springs for my vette when I went through the front suspension. Not too expensive and it seems to sit right even though I have aluminum heads and no a/c installed right now.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: New Cumberland PA
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Butler Pa
Is the only reason you want to change them because they're ugly? Using the new springs is going to be a crap shoot. There's no guarantee that the car will sit the same as with the old ones. Could sit higher or lower. You won't know until you put them in. If your happy with the way the old ones work, just clean and paint them and put them back in.
