Opinion on price of leveling kit installation
10-31-2014, 03:33 PM
#12
Very old item that's been on the market for a very long time used mainly in racing applications to fine tune a suspension but can be used to help a sagging weak coil spring to regain lost ride height, or lift a healthy spring.
I used them for years at the Ford dealer doing alignments for people that couldn't afford to keep replacing tires or the weak springs.
Here's a few pics how it worked out and with what.
Before
After
And what I used that cost $20 (shipped)
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sps-24850/overview/
I used the 1.75" but they also have a 2" I might go up to.
All you need is something to spread the coils apart enough to pop those in place and tada!! Level on the cheap, easily installed and reversible without disassembling the front end.
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10-31-2014, 04:02 PM
#13
Very old item that's been on the market for a very long time used mainly in racing applications to fine tune a suspension but can be used to help a sagging weak coil spring to regain lost ride height, or lift a healthy spring. I used them for years at the Ford dealer doing alignments for people that couldn't afford to keep replacing tires or the weak springs. Here's a few pics how it worked out and with what. Before After And what I used that cost $20 (shipped) http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sps-24850/overview/ I used the 1.75" but they also have a 2" I might go up to. All you need is something to spread the coils apart enough to pop those in place and tada!! Level on the cheap, easily installed and reversible without disassembling the front end.
10-31-2014, 04:22 PM
#14
Yes with one major difference, those metal ones would rust and be noisy as well as bend and break.
These are some sort of hard composite nylon/rubber/(insert mystery other ingredients) and will not wear or rust or break and they do not make any noise, the key factor that makes them superior though is the fact they let the coil spring oscillate (twist) naturally as it will do on compression and expansion, those metal ones would bind the coil and was their ultimate doom due to design.
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Last edited by RLXXI; 10-31-2014 at 04:24 PM.
10-31-2014, 05:02 PM
#15
Yes with one major difference, those metal ones would rust and be noisy as well as bend and break. These are some sort of hard composite nylon/rubber/(insert mystery other ingredients) and will not wear or rust or break and they do not make any noise, the key factor that makes them superior though is the fact they let the coil spring oscillate (twist) naturally as it will do on compression and expansion, those metal ones would bind the coil and was their ultimate doom due to design. .
( thanks for the flash back... )
10-31-2014, 05:22 PM
#16
Oh snap!!!
lol bad luck, I knew those things could be dangerous just looking at how they were designed and stayed far away. I've seen coil springs break and bust a tire and just figured those metal brackets would be shrapnel and you confirmed my suspicions about them, do they even still sell those things?Well no worries about that with these little jewels, just pop em in and enjoy the nice quiet, safer, higher ride, they will also stiffen the front suspension a little which is fine with me, from day 1 I always felt it was too soft.
10-31-2014, 06:07 PM
#17
10-31-2014, 07:51 PM
#18
Oh snap!!! lol bad luck, I knew those things could be dangerous just looking at how they were designed and stayed far away. I've seen coil springs break and bust a tire and just figured those metal brackets would be shrapnel and you confirmed my suspicions about them, do they even still sell those things? Well no worries about that with these little jewels, just pop em in and enjoy the nice quiet, safer, higher ride, they will also stiffen the front suspension a little which is fine with me, from day 1 I always felt it was too soft.
lol bad luck, I knew those things could be dangerous just looking at how they were designed and stayed far away. I've seen coil springs break and bust a tire and just figured those metal brackets would be shrapnel and you confirmed my suspicions about them, do they even still sell those things? Well no worries about that with these little jewels, just pop em in and enjoy the nice quiet, safer, higher ride, they will also stiffen the front suspension a little which is fine with me, from day 1 I always felt it was too soft.Yep, sure looks like there still out there... Lol
10-31-2014, 08:03 PM
#19
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Living in a college town I figured he threw out "performance" to try and make it sound cool thinking I was just another college kid with the parents credit card. I was in there for a total of about 5 seconds.
