>Boy, the latest Tiger page digest was full of great
>info...free e-mail through Juno, fixing fender botts-dot
>studs (thanks, Paul, I'll be trying your idea!) and nobody
>made too much fun of Frank Marrone!
>
>What I'd like to ask the group is what any of you have
>done to fix weak leaf springs. My Tiger's rear end
>seems about 2" lower than the front, and the car
>bottoms over even mellow bumps, especially with two
>people inside.
>
>Victoria British has replacement springs for all
>Tigers/Alpines. Are these any good? If not, are there
>other sources? Will the springs be marked so that
>people will know they're not original? (Sorry Frank,
>could'nt resist!)
>
>What about just adding a small lifting block between
>the existing spring and axle? Is this a bad idea? Or
>perhaps, just taking the springs apart, cleaning them
>and adding new spacers and lube? How about
>re-torsioning? Perhaps I should just chuck the whole
>thing and install a T-Bird IRS!?
>
>Any suggestions would be appreciated!
>
>Mario Jorquera
>B9471239
Mario, I have a set of longer rear spring shackles if you want them let me
know? I didn't like the raked look they gave my series V.
Regards Armand Ritchie
Series V alpine
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