darkostoj
01-22-2009, 07:26 PM
well I finally got around to installing all of my new front suspension parts.
I did:
SPC upper control arms from SC&C with the tall upper ball joint
stock lower control arms with DSE delrin bushings
2" drop sbc DSE front coil springs.
I can't get the springs to seat properly. The coil ends on the bottom and top of the coil dont match up with the originals and are different. I got everything together, set the car down (its a bare subframe so no front clip/engine/trans) and the suspension was completely maxed out. I had my old man come by and stand on the subframe with me...its almost a combined weight of 500lbs and we were jumping up and down on it and couldnt get the suspension to budge at all. I really upset that i'm having these problems. I went with the DSE because I thought they were supposed to be real good products...and they were more expensive than other companies.
here is a picture of what i'm talking about
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
in this picture you can see how they are almost the same height as my stockers, and one end of the coil spring isnt made so the spring can lay flat on the ground without falling over like the stockers....its kind of hard to explain, but if you look at the top of this picture you can see how there is a much larger gap between the end of the coil spring and the next coil. The DSE springs are also angled where the tops of the stockers are flat.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
I did:
SPC upper control arms from SC&C with the tall upper ball joint
stock lower control arms with DSE delrin bushings
2" drop sbc DSE front coil springs.
I can't get the springs to seat properly. The coil ends on the bottom and top of the coil dont match up with the originals and are different. I got everything together, set the car down (its a bare subframe so no front clip/engine/trans) and the suspension was completely maxed out. I had my old man come by and stand on the subframe with me...its almost a combined weight of 500lbs and we were jumping up and down on it and couldnt get the suspension to budge at all. I really upset that i'm having these problems. I went with the DSE because I thought they were supposed to be real good products...and they were more expensive than other companies.
here is a picture of what i'm talking about
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
in this picture you can see how they are almost the same height as my stockers, and one end of the coil spring isnt made so the spring can lay flat on the ground without falling over like the stockers....its kind of hard to explain, but if you look at the top of this picture you can see how there is a much larger gap between the end of the coil spring and the next coil. The DSE springs are also angled where the tops of the stockers are flat.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif