Dan,
I considered the lowered springs all round for my '72 GT, because one
car in our CT MG Club has them installed and it does look cool. But,
having talked to the owner, I decided to stick with the original height.
Our secondary roads have numerous lumps and bumps, and in winter there
are chunks of ice as perils.
The job itself is pretty straightforward, and is a dirty one-person
job. It would be easier with a helper, but it's not complicated. Put
penetrating oil of your choice on the bolts every day for a week before
you start. Kiss off the old U bolts before you start and buy new ones,
as the ones you don't break you will cut anyway.
Get the car way up in the air on the highest jackstands you can borrow,
having first run the front wheels up onto a pile of 2x8s ( I have three
screwed together to make a 4.5 inch high wooden ramp)
I unbolted the Ubolts, then undid the back bolts at the shackles, then
supported the axle with a floor jack, undid the fronts and lowered it.
Reassembly is more or less the reverse.
When the rear was done I found that the fronts had sagged too, just not
as obviously.
Bob
On Sun, 3 Dec 2000 00:28:56 -0500 "Dan Hackney" <danhackney@nc.rr.com>
writes:
> Well, with snow about to set in here (NC, USA) I decided to see what
> the
> archives had to say about the spring replacement job I'm about to
> undertake.
> I read the whole "spring question" thread with great interest. The
> rear
> springs on my '72 are visibly sagging, so I ordered new ones (1"
> lowered)
> from moss, with 1" lowering front ones to match. Right now both
> sets are on
> backorder for an unknown period of time. After reading though, I
> think I
> might reconsider. It sounds like the ride heights will be difficult
> to
> match front and rear. Does anyone have experience with replacing
> both sets
> with lowered springs at the same time? Also, are the benefits of
> lowering
> the car 1" worth the extra cost, wait time, and hassles associated
> with the
> changing the height? (rebound straps and bump stops, anything else?)
> The car
> will not be raced, just driven fast on country roads on the
> weekends. I'm
> beginning to think I should just change the order to new stock
> springs front
> and rear, but I'd like to hear opinions/experiences from list
> members.
>
> -Dan
> '72B
>
> Also, does anyone have a picture on the web of a lowered CBB? I'm
> curious
> to see the visual effect.
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