I used one of these at driver side rear: http://www.gowesty.com/product/coil-springs/4346/spring-pad-for-rear-coil-spring- Leveled things out pretty well. Your numbers don't look too bad though. Mine were worse. Andrew On Wed, Aug 15, 2018, at 8:47 AM, Jim. Felder wrote: > I have a 1983 Westy with 2012 GoWesty replacement springs (normal lift). > Almost from the time of installation I noticed the car wasn't sitting > level, presumably because of the imbalance caused by the westy interior and > camping equipment. > > The sag hasn't changed much in 6 years. Here's what it looks like. The > measurements are from the lip of the wheel arches to the center of the hubs: > > Driver front: 16.5 inches > Passenger front: 17 > Driver rear: 16 > Passenger rear 16.75 > > I realize that you can't shim these springs like they were mechanical cam > lifters, but that they are means of racking the car around the center of > gravity as a fulcrum, and in the front the suspension geometry has some > mechanical gain to it affected by the height changes in the rear. So, I'm > not going to try to learn all that for what I hope is a one-time fix. > > My question is a) what are the best options for shimming and b) where to > get the shims? > > Thanks in advance to those who know. > > Jim |
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