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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 12:16 AM
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Is this a 9 leaf or a 7 leaf? Do you count the very top short one?



This is my 78...I thought 78s had a 10 leaf stock, yet this looks like too many leafs to be the Gyhmkana...

I havent been able to find a good pic of the 7 leaf spring anywhere...
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 01:00 AM
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Here's a pic of a factory gymkhana SIX leaf spring(with a spacer at the top)
Aftermarket gymkhana are 7 leaf.
Yours is standard suspension.
You don't have a rear sway bar, do you?
Also, notice the shim because the spring is 2 1/4" wide instead of 2 1/2" wide.
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Old Oct 24, 2012 | 05:55 PM
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thats appears to be a 9 leaf spring. you count all the leafs.
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