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Old Feb 26, 2017 | 01:51 AM
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Small chip next to rubber mount
during my suspension rebuild I decided I want to put 94-96 soft ride springs to get a better ride. Well this part of my project keeps throwing me lemons. 2 sets of spring and they all had like a small chip or crack. Look at this pic and tell me what you think
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Old Feb 26, 2017 | 02:05 AM
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Maybe I'm not seeing it, but if your talking about the little lump by the mount, it looks ok to me.
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Yeah it's on the very edge by the mount. But looks like it's starting to crack right there.
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From the image it looks fine, i assume you have them in hand?

If not in hand, and just going off of some pictures it looks good to me.

Eta: as in it looks raised, and not indented. Like its raised goop sitting on the spring...
however, it's a 2d image...

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Closer look

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