i have leda coilovers fitted to my ka, only thing is i want to raise the ride height at the front, now i have wound them up untill the spring is under tension when the shock is not underload, im i righ in thinking there is no point winding it anyfurther as it wont higher it anymore? so to make it higher i need different springs, or i differnt weight of spring, where could i get some from as leda went bust or how can i solve the issue, thanks alastair

 

so the shock is a its full extension, even when the car is on the ground wit hteh full weight on the sus??

 

no at full extension when there is no load on the shock, should i wind it further up till there is no travel when underload? but i would think it would be good to have some negative travel on the shocks?

 

i think there should be negative travel on shocks... but im not too sure...

surely it depends on how far the springs compress when under load...

 

thats the thing im not too sure!

 

only thing i can say is a bit of trial and error until you get to a "safe" medium... or wait until someone who knows about these things answers...

 

yeah good idea, so anyone else?

 

http://www.dfaulknersprings.co.uk/

They will make you any strength or length spring you want.

I beleive also the guys from Leda went and set up Gaz. But dont hold me to that.

 

anyone else got any ideas, also i presume i need to mesure the spring, just from top to bottom, or the i.d aswell?

 

hi

rally desings will make you any springs you need 2.25" what ever

any hieght any rating
pretty cheap aswell
marco

 

thnaks marco, when i ring they will want to know what weight i want, any idea what i would need, car weighs around the 800kg mark, or is there any way of finding out what the weight of my springs are?

 

hi mate

do you know the max and min bump and rebound speed of your leda's ?

 

no sorry got them second hand, the cars not on the road so i could remove the suspension with out any problems

 

Leda's are usually 2.5" ID springs depending on age of unit.

Wind it up more then see how it sits

 

carnt really tell though as there is no engine in it! ill try that tomorrow some time and report back

 

hi mate

i cant help you if you dont know , you cant really just put any poundage spring on them

what you dont want to do is put a hard spring on it and then the theres no damping thats the worse thing could happen


I have incresed my springs form 600lbs on the front to 750lbs but still has damping the max spring i can go without damping working is 990lbs


marco

my inserts rebound/bump 500/200

 

ill just see if i can wind them up anymore, dont really want to upset the balance between dampning and spring rate as ill prob make it worse, failing that ill just have to be carefull over speed bumps etc...