When installing lowering springs, does it matter which way the spring is seated on the strut. Is the part with the coils closer together suppose to be on top under the strut mount or on bottom sitting on the strut. Look @ the picture on bottom notice how the springs are sitting, which is the correct way to mount the spring?
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Picture #1 is correct. You want those "soft" coils up top.
so the part of the spring with the coils closet to each other go on top! Damn now I have to do my suspension all over. Thanks you!
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i thought that car looked kinda wierd the other day!
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haha thats funny, I just went out and looked at mine, and I have them in upside down then. That sucks.....it sits fine......will it make a difference when i switch them....I always thought it was a little rough....
at least im not the only one who made that mistake. (lol)
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I thought the tighter coils were supposed to be at the base? At least thats the way valve springs are.
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Yea im confused can some on please help! Heres another pics, is this right or is the spring upside down?
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Jay Blake, I think that's upside down. I just got my eibachs, the instructions say install the springs with the eibach writing facing up. With the writing facing up, the more compressed part is at the top. Hope that helps, I'm pretty sure it should be the same as the eibach's.
not sure what suspension that is that you have but regardless you always want the smaller coils on the top (unless it says otherwise but I've yet to see any that way)
I guess I know what my project for the weekend is.............
Thankfully mine seem to be correct. Perhaps a dumb question, but would it really make a difference?
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Geeky wrote:Thankfully mine seem to be correct. Perhaps a dumb question, but would it really make a difference?
Just my theory, but on a progressive spring the more compressed area of the spring is stiffer than the not as compressed part. When you install it right, with the stiffer part on the top, the wheels do most of the traveling, due to the not as stiff area being closer to the bottom of the strut, meanwhile the stiffer part on the top helps limit bounce felt in the body. If you reverse the spring, with the stiffer portion near the bottom of the strut, most of the movement in the spring is near the body, causing it to be bouncy.
Those are dead coils designed to take up space so that the spring sits properly inside the mount. They are compressed together with the weight of the vehicle and provide no form of dampening. They shouldn't even seat properly within the bottom mount on the strut.
The smaller coils on those bilsteins are not dead coils, but are softer progressive rates designed to keep the wheels on the road when traveling over small bumps.
I'm glad this thread popped up before I went and installed my struts/springs this weekend
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