Sports Car Club of Vermont

Any ideas for a shop that can check the coil overs I have for spring rates? If I don't need to buy springs I would be happy. The IT Rabbit came with Carrera coil-overs that were painted.

Thanks,

George

If you have a scale that can handle the weight, just compress the springs down an inch and that'll be the spring weight. (Or so I believe)

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vtgti wrote:If you have a scale that can handle the weight, just compress the springs down an inch and that'll be the spring weight. (Or so I believe)

Or, for more technical info than most anybody would need: http://www.stockcarproducts.com/spgtech.htm

I did it the other way around: put 100lbs on it and measured the displacement.



Warning: this may result in weights or springs or both going flying around your workshop.