[Spits] Rear Spring

[Dennis Reese]

I've been following this thread because my 1500 suffers from driver's  
side rear end sag and my next project is to fix it. I've been told to  
"replace the spring itself", "replace the shocks", "do both",  
"replace the front coils". I had planned to replace the spring, but  
after reading what Greg has done i wonder if that might be the  
solution. Any advice, thoughts from the experts?

Thanks,
Dennis

On Nov 8, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Greg Stull wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I finished putting in the disks in the rear leaf spring Saturday.  
> Sure made an
> improvement. The rear of the car now sits higher and the rear  
> wheels don't
> lean in as much.
>
> Went on a ride this afternoon with my Dad to give it a test with  
> two people in
> the car. It came down a little but it wasn't anything like before.  
> I even
> think it rides better. We took the Spit on some rough roads too.
>
> Went down to show a friend who owns a Spitfire and he could tell the
> difference as soon as I turned on his street. He couldn't believe the
> difference. Now, he wished he would done it to his old leaf spring  
> instead of
> buying a new one.
>
> Now the next test is going to be time.
>
> Greg
> 1978 Spitfire 1500
>
> Here's a link to some pictures I took while working on the leaf  
> spring.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/gastul76/SpitfireSpring?feat=directlink
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