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I'm frustrated. When my blue 100 (shown in the small photo below my signature) got re-restored, we/they installed a pair of used front coil springs to replace the ones that were on the car. The ones that were on the car were probably the originals, but one had a couple of odd metal spacers/blocks inserted between two of the coils -- as if to prevent them from compressing -- and so it was diagnosed as bad. So we cleaned up a used pair, got them power-coated all real nice, and installed them.
Anyway, the front of the car was sitting very high with those used originals installed. And I don't mean just a little high; I mean high like there was no engine installed. Very strange. Stranger yet, when we pulled them off, they were probably over an inch taller than a bunch of other originals that the restorer has -- same "wire diameter" and same number of coils, just elongated. Anyway, we thought, "Great, that's the problem -- easy fix."
So, I bought a new pair, of whatever they are selling nowadays, from a well-known parts supplier. Unfortunately they have a greater wire diameter AND they also have about 1 1/2 more coils, all within the same height as originals (of the correct height). Obviously this will make them much stronger than originals. But, we thought that maybe since they were at least the correct height, it would lower the front end to an acceptable height.
However, with these newly supplied, “reproduction” springs installed, the front end now sits exactly as high as it did on the old, elongated ones. So I'm wondering, has anyone out there in BCF-land changed their BN2 front springs to new ones that gave the correct-appearing front-end height? If so, where'd you get 'em? Thanks.
Anyway, the front of the car was sitting very high with those used originals installed. And I don't mean just a little high; I mean high like there was no engine installed. Very strange. Stranger yet, when we pulled them off, they were probably over an inch taller than a bunch of other originals that the restorer has -- same "wire diameter" and same number of coils, just elongated. Anyway, we thought, "Great, that's the problem -- easy fix."
So, I bought a new pair, of whatever they are selling nowadays, from a well-known parts supplier. Unfortunately they have a greater wire diameter AND they also have about 1 1/2 more coils, all within the same height as originals (of the correct height). Obviously this will make them much stronger than originals. But, we thought that maybe since they were at least the correct height, it would lower the front end to an acceptable height.
However, with these newly supplied, “reproduction” springs installed, the front end now sits exactly as high as it did on the old, elongated ones. So I'm wondering, has anyone out there in BCF-land changed their BN2 front springs to new ones that gave the correct-appearing front-end height? If so, where'd you get 'em? Thanks.
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