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MS70GS
01-03-2007, 12:00 AM
https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif coil spring pictures.
Ok this was crazy. I ordered some coil springs and got the wrong ones and this is what happened. The pictures tell it all.:screwy: :pat:

The first picture is with the new wrong springs they sent me.

(A word to the wise, check them before installing them.)

The second picture is of when I got the car, notice how low it is, that was because of 2 shocks being completely busted and smashed in and drag race coil springs that are to make the car leap up at take off for better traction. Let's just say they did not work well.

The third picture is of the coil spings themselves that I had to work with and the last picture is of when I got the right ones finally installed.
Thanks to Hotchkis for getting it right for me.
Later;
Mike
Pzary3233
01-04-2007, 05:48 PM
Looks much better now! Sucks to go though all the work though!
MS70GS
01-04-2007, 11:49 PM
Looks much better now! Sucks to go though all the work though!

Thanks!
Yeah the work was frustrating to say the least, but the difference in ride and handling was well worth it.

P.S. Nice car Paul Z. I like the color too.
LowBuckX
01-05-2007, 12:15 AM
Come on you coulda cut a foot off the wrong springs and made it sit level :twothumbs
MS70GS
01-05-2007, 03:19 AM
Come on you coulda cut a foot off the wrong springs and made it sit level :twothumbs

:hah: Haha! They were for a 1 ton truck! :screwy: I had to use a breaker bar on the spring compresser just to compress the springs enough to get them out.
I had one coil spring pop-off the spring compressor and thankfully it did'nt hit me. :angel: It just slammed hard against the floor.:scared:
I sure learned how to do this well, :1st: since I did it 3 times within a period of 2 days. :banghead:
Beegs
01-06-2007, 03:09 PM
C'mon, it wasn't that bad... I think it would have settled after the first 125,000 miles. lol
MS70GS
01-06-2007, 04:27 PM
C'mon, it wasn't that bad... I think it would have settled after the first 125,000 miles. lol

Haha! That's what everyone was saying to me. Oh it will settle. :rotfl:
Kenova
01-07-2007, 07:57 PM
You could have saved yourself a heap of trouble and just thrown on a set of 24 inchers.:lmao:
Ken
MS70GS
01-07-2007, 08:45 PM
You could have saved yourself a heap of trouble and just thrown on a set of 24 inchers.:lmao:
Ken

Like this? :banghead: & No this is not a 4x4. :hammer: I'm not sure why people "bop" these things.:dunno: :rotfl: :hah: :lmao:

Later;
Mike :yeah: