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Old 11-03-2011, 09:02 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Lightbulb Reducing ride height by "resetting" coil springs

Another interesting article on Autospeed:

Resetting coil springs to alter your car's ride height




Quote:
Want to tweak the ride height of your car? By f-a-r the most cost-effective approach is to reset the existing coil springs.
Reset the springs – what’s that, you ask?

Well, as the name implies, it’s a process that involves heating the springs until they’re red-hot and resetting their free length to your specification. The process is then finished by quenching, tempering, shot-peening and powder coating. It’s essentially a remanufactured spring.

There are two main advantages to this approach. First, resetting the existing coil springs doesn’t affect spring rate, so you can enjoy a modified ride height with absolutely no trade-off in ride quality.
Full article & pics:

Resetting coil springs to alter your car's ride height

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