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Does anyone know where I could get some lowering springs made? I have a mk1 espace so you can guess the availability of coilovers or spring kits  I've tried Sheffield springs but no reply. Don't even know if they're still trading Thanks Ross |
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Try Brost forge
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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Thanks Ian, I'll try them in the morning
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Try springcoil on 0114 2731111 ask for Ryan , making me a pair for my Rambler Rebel
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Try springcoil on 0114 2731111 ask for Ryan , making me a pair for my Rambler Rebel Thanks I'll give them a try on Monday buddy |
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I used South Yorkshire Springs.
It was a couple of years ago, the price was great but the service less so. I don't have contact details to hand.
They had a lot of history from previous jobs and if you can send an original spring and tell them the standard installed length so that they can measure the rate they can work from there to achieve what you want.
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It might be easier to get custom shocks made from gaz or avo. Then you can use off the shelf 2 1/4 inch springs.
Or get so coil over converter for the standard springs.
Ben
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Hi, I've been through this a couple of times, if you post up the dimensions of the springs you might be able to find something off-the-shelf to suit you  The important size for me was the external diameter of the coil. Then you need to find either : spec of the factory springs (poundage, unloaded length) or the weight of your van, set the ride height to get the length of the spring when it's compressed, then a bit of maths to work out spring poundage and free length. Good advice from Seth retrorides.proboards.com/thread/37503/1968-hillman-minx-estate-tidying?page=3 Are the springs straight or pigtailed ends? Is the van mcpherson strut or something else? (struts give 1:1 spring ratio which make the calcs easy, other systems act as levers so multiply the spring rate = not easy) adjustable coilovers (or coilover conversion) might be cheaper/easier than custom springs Some background info that might help (hopefully) retrorides.proboards.com/thread/177578/hillman-hunter-lowered-uprated-spring?page=1&scrollTo=2306914  |
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Last Edit: Apr 9, 2017 15:33:53 GMT by nomad
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