VBP leaf spring
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 118
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From: baltimore md
not impressed with vbp
I'm having a heck of time with vbp fiberglass springs. It's a 360lb spring. I looked under the car one day and noticed it was breaking apart. I ordered another one to replace it and talked with the someone at vbp about it. Never really got an answer on why it broke. Well here I am again with a broken spring. I'm leery to order another one. Does anyone else have this issue? Any ideas on what would do this? I would guess this spring doesn't have 20 miles on it in the last 5 years.
I've had problems with VBP . I have both front and rear composite springs. Front i just put on and its too long. Called them up and they gave my wife a line about settling and yada yada .. their person on the phone knows less than nothing about their products and keeps telling my wife to talk to the owner. I'm not ordering anything from them again. They sent me broken ball joints on the transverse front control arms assembly...i ended up having to buy two new moogs myself and switch them out. The front springs hit the lower ball joints ...lol.. owner says it will settle .. well if it settles, then the spring will get longer? no? and really smash into the lower ball joints... nope... i'd rather go with coil overs .. cheaper and you don't have to deal with what appears to be a 2 person company... i have no idea what's going on with VBP these days ..
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 118
Likes: 1
From: baltimore md
Well I'm finally getting around to replacing this. I don't really have any answers as to why its failed twice on me. I checked temps after a cruise and the spring was 125 degrees. My mufflers have a heat shield and the pipes are wrapped so I don't think its heat. V&BP didn't have any answers either. I'm going to get rid of the traction bar and see how that goes. I hate to get rid of it as it was great bottom out protection for the exhaust but I don't know what else it could be. Here's some pictures. Let me know if something jumps out at you.
I'd get some serious Flaming River coil over package if you're going to race on those big tires . they make a lot of packages that would work for the use you want ...
