lesjofors coil spring have you fitted advice

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	Oct 12, 2012 17:43:01 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	hi guys I'm fitting some lesjofors springs to my saab and I'm after some advise if youve fitted some to any car in the past fronts went fine but on the rear springs the top coil of the lesjofors spring is a slightly larger diameter than the origional saab top coil and beetween the spring and car body theres a rubber bush that wraps around the top coil with a circular bit on the car to centralise things and the rubber part moves around inside the top spring coil and when fitted it moves sideways at the top maybe almost 1cm i contacted them they confirmed there definately the right springs for my car and said theyve had no reports of anyone having any problems after fitting them the saab has rear trailing arms for the rear springs not mcferson or double wishbones just wondering if you guys had fitted them to any car and found same sort of issues and fitted them and thay were fine etc otherwise i may make up some polyurethane bush type affair to hold it in place maybe thanks dave


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ChasR RR Helper motivation Posts: 10,194 Club RR Member Number: 170	lesjofors coil spring have you fitted advice ChasR @chasr Club Retro Rides Member 170
	Oct 12, 2012 18:36:35 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I did, but bear in mind I used the car very hard (read almost 10,000 miles a month!). I fitted them to my old Mk3 Mondeo. After 2 months the front had lowered itself from the springs becoming tired. It became so bad that bar the handling being a little meh and soft, speed bumps required caution since the bottom could quite easily ground out on most of them. Whilst the lowered 'rake' look may have impressed many it was becoming annoying to drive the car on a daily basis (after all, it was a workhorse), so after having the Lesjofers springs on the car for 3 months, I took the decision to remove them and fit genuine Ford springs. Yes, one of them cost as much as the pair of Lesjofers but 9 months on, the ride is spot on, and the front is still at the correct height with no evidence of the springs becoming tired.
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