rear susp. question Options

[Aaron Cox]

hi guys, back from my week long lurking experience....

any way. i got my 140 lb welt. springs and my bilstein adjustable perch shocks now. next weekend is install day.

*what perch setting should i use?
*do i need a spring compressor?
*what's all this about tie-wrapping the spring into the perch?
*top or bottom perch?

can you guys help me out?
n e 1 been there done that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

[Dave_Darling]

A private party can say things like, "As long as you point the spring at a concrete wall with no breakables in front of it, you probably don't need the spring compressor to remove the old stock springs."

A representative of a parts company--a business that theoretically has "deep pockets"--cannot expose the business to the potential liability. So a business representative will always say, "Use spring compressors in all cases. Don't sue us if you shoot the retatining nut through your skull."

So, kiddies, make sure that you always use spring compressors to remove stock or unknown springs.

[Note that most (but not all) of the aftermarket "lowering" springs do not have enough free length to press against the spring perches when the shock is at full droop. In that case, no spring compressors are needed at all. And that case will be quite obvious, because there will be a gap between the spring and one perch or the other.]

--DD