Springs and ride height... Questions.

Soooo... I had the front end rebuilt last year. The car (Sprite MK
III) sits too high in the front, visually. The bottom of the fender
is about 2 3/4" above the top of the tire on the left (driver) side
and 3 1/4" above the tire on the right side. ...

I see the the workshop manual that there were actually 3 different
length springs from Bugeye to Mk IV with a total difference of about
1/2", tho the load rating never changes. I only see two different
springs offered for sale.

So, a few questions.

A) how far above the tire should the bottom of the fender be? Could
someone (multiple people) measure and report?

B) Should I just lower the spring pan 1/2" on one side to get the
car to sit level? Is there a downside to this (It IS a cure for
"bachelor lean" and I had it like that before the front end rebuild)

C) Has anyone had custom springs made, and if so where and does the
company have records to get another set made up?

D)If I get a set made up, should I then go ahead and have different
lengths made to make the car sit even? or go with the spring pan
lowering?

E) Does taking a set amount (say 1") from the length of the spring
lower the by exactly that amount, or is there some other effect
going on to make it some multiple or a fraction of the 1"?


I know there are some racers out there who have lowered the front
end much more than stock. What's the method .. Spring pan? Spring
set? or something else?

You got shipped the wrong Springs, Likely later Midget Springs for RB Cars. Here is what happened to me after I installed Replacement Springs for BugsyI my '68 Sprite.
Picture 1 - Sprite with Wrong Springs
Picture 2 - Measuring the gap
Picture 3 - L - Original Spring R - Spring Originally Shipped to me, Middle Replacement Springs Moss reshipped to me.

I had the wrong springs on my Sprite (a Bugeye) for a number of years! Like Jim's photo of the springs, the difference seemed subtle but changing to the proper ones made a huge difference.