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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 11:38 AM
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I am going to rebuild the rear suspension on my 79 soon. I see a new fiberglass spring on the market made by hypercoil, it looks like the old TRW spring, which i know they had some problems with in the past, has anyone used this spring ?On my last vette i used a vbp spring which worked out well.
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 11:58 AM
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Haven't used that brand before and personally I had very good luck with VBP springs.
If you were happy with VBP before and there is seemingly no other advantage to the other vendor, I'd personally stick with what you know works.

Good luck !
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by hotrodrik
I am going to rebuild the rear suspension on my 79 soon. I see a new fiberglass spring on the market made by hypercoil, it looks like the old TRW spring, which i know they had some problems with in the past, has anyone used this spring ?On my last vette i used a vbp spring which worked out well.
I have one, a 360lb, it works fine but I am considering selling it and moving to the 400lb.
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