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Originally Posted by Overkll
Please tell me how installing one set of SPRINGS differ from installing another set of SPRINGS. I'll give you a dollar bill or 4 quarters or 10 dimes or 20 nickels... to explain it too me.
Please don't feed BS... a SPRING is a SPRING. The install will not differ.
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Thank you for your kind post Mr. Overkll,
We must say it was very kind of you to post on a forum that we are feeding someone BS. Perhaps if we ever met or if you ever done business with us you would think twice about posting that comment. However, since this is an open forum you are certainly entitled to your opinion.
To answer your question how is one spring different than another and how could our installer possibly say that one was easier to install than another?
Well, it is rather simple to explain. Personally, I am by no means an expert in springs. I leave that to our manufacturing partner with over 40 years of experience. After doing a bit of research on the subject here is what we found out.
Each spring set up is different. You can have a lowering spring or a performance spring. A lowering spring gives your car a more drastic reduction in height. A performance spring is designed mostly to improve the handling of the vehicle. If you are looking for a daily driver with a lower stance and an added benefit of better handling than a lowering spring is what you want. If you are looking to track your car than you would want to look for a performance spring. Since most will not track the smart a lowering spring is the ideal set up.
Each spring set up can have different number of coils and each set up can have the coils spaced apart differently. In addition, they can also be of different tolerances. If I am incorrect about any of the above I truly apologize. I am simply explaining what I learned over time as I did research on the subject.
When doing our own springs we decided to go with a set up that is similar to the H&R spring, meaning offering folks the same type of a drop, but at the same time have a bit softer ride. Our goal was to also offer them at a lower cost and simply provide our customers with more choices.
The reason our installer said it was easier to install is simply because the springs were different size and the coils had different spacing. Here is how it went. I walked in the shop and asked him "How was the install". He said, I did the new springs on the Yellow car and the Eibachs on the Black one and the Yellow ones went in easier". I am guessing that was because they were shorter and fell in place easier.
If we wanted to as you say "BS" someone we would could certainly find something a lot better to talk about or claim than this.
Thank you for your time...
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