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Re: [Mgs] Ride height

To: <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>, <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Ride height
From: "PaulHunt73" <paulhunt73@virginmedia.com>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 13:25:41 +0100 LYAzgABJoHgZ/e7AopnQok5yJiJzJHFBndA5gvW3WncyVRKSt0m0EhaTAXvXZ2nMQbmOvM1T1wEvQXwr4NLbyqCyirU1m7Y8HOU=
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Depends what load they are asked to carry!  The factory only allowed for =
150lb per person, I wonder how many of us are that weight these days.

When I got my roadster I wondered if the springs had sagged as they were =
almost 'flat' with the car on the ground, replaced them and the new ones =
were almost the same.  30 years later no change, that's on a chrome =
bumper.  They were OEM springs which have not been available for many =
years, first people in America and later here started talking about how =
much new springs jacked up the rear, to the extent that they had to put =
loads of weight in the boot to compress them enough to get the rebound =
straps fastened, which is completely wrong.  rubber bumper springs are =
harder to carry the extra weight, and V8 springs harder still and they =
do have a curve with the car on its wheels, but I have never had to =
weight down the back to get new springs fitted to CB, RB or V8.

The lower the car the better the handling, it's only a problem if the =
exhaust grounds and the suspension bottoms over typical road surfaces.

PaulH.
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  Do springs (leaf springs especially) tend to sag is decades?



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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Depends what load they are asked to carry!&nbsp; The =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>When I got my roadster I wondered if the springs had =
sagged as=20
they were almost 'flat' with the car on the ground, replaced them and =
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many=20
years, first people in America and later here started talking about how =
much new=20
springs jacked up the rear, to the extent that they had to put loads of =
weight=20
in the boot to compress them enough to get the rebound straps fastened, =
which is=20
completely wrong.&nbsp; rubber bumper springs are harder to carry the =
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weight, and V8 springs harder still and they do have a curve with the =
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wheels, but I have never had to weight down the back to get new springs =
fitted=20
to CB, RB or V8.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The lower the car the better the handling, it's only =
a problem=20
if the exhaust grounds and the suspension bottoms over&nbsp;typical road =

surfaces.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>PaulH.</FONT></DIV>
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