is this spring all sprung out?

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noney82
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Post Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:00 pm

is this spring what they call out sprug out?
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this is the other side
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and the red ones are what i put on now i dont know the drop how do i find it out?
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this i how she looks now
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Post Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:05 pm

Not sure what's going on with that. I take it that the standard (black) springs are still fitted. By the looks of it you've either got an elephant in the boot :teehee: or the spring has collapsed. When you say this is how she looks now - is that just on the side that has collapsed i.e.is the car sat unevenly?

The new spring looks 'unsprung to be around 50mm lower but the compression rate of the spring will be different so you won't really know until you've fitted them. Different makes of spring sit differently on different models and engine variations.
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Post Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:08 am

iv took the black ones off and put the red ones on, so the here she is now pic is the red springs which have lowered the car. when the black springs were on the car sat realy uneven as a result i think its made my rear tyres wear on the inner edge, see link for more info http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=