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Originally Posted by Stubby79
Hmm. Can you just jack up the rear control arm, unbolt the strut, lower the jack and pull out the now uncompressed spring?
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Yup! That was Plan B. And I disconnected the control rod at the inboard end (fortunately not siezed). I just had to mark the eccentric adjustment bolt to preserve the same toe setting when I put it back together.
In the end, what should have been a 1 evening job stretched out over a couple, but it's done.
And
MAN, is it low:
How low is it? A teenager walking by gave it a sign of the horns wave at a traffic light. (I think that means something.) That has never happened before. Devil stance?
And MAN, it is
not smooth riding.
It's not what I would call harsh. But it's quite a bit firmer than the stock
Miata, which I drove briefly yesterday for comparison. And it makes my 216k kilometers
2000 Metro feel like a 1970's Buick by comparison.
For me, it's right on the verge too firm. But it is not bouncy, which would have been an immediate deal-killer. I will definitely be removing the sway bars, but I'm going to leave these springs in, for now.
And I'll have to check my alignment - the steering wheel is off center by an inch or so.
Oh, also the air dam is scraping all over the place now. Will need trimming, if it doesn't self-trim before I get to it.