Typically, sport tuners will let a new spring suspension "set up" on the vehicle by either letting it sit for a day or so or driving it for 150 miles or so. Once the car has settled, they then adjust wheel camber etc... to how the car is most often driven. If you usually drive alone, thus with an additional 15-200 pounds in the drivers seat, they will adjust the suspension to balance that out. It isn't the same as what Rubatoguy was getting at, but one approach to balancing the suspension in an unbalanced vehicle. Mike
> What an Idea! > Over the course of history of the auto, a few manufactures have >tryed this, only to find major problems in handling, and spring return >rates, in uneven roads.. It has cause major law suites is the early >seventies, when a dealer mechanic, when replacing struts, replaced the >spring in the wrong sides. Reinventing the wheel is hard. Real hard. > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z > Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler > > >On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Rubatoguy wrote: > >> Since there has been a thread of discussion on custom springs, I have a >> question that I'd like to put to the minds of the list. >> >> If you were having custom springs made for a Westy, would it be worth >> having the left side springs slightly stronger, >> given that all the cabinetry and water and propane tanks are on that >> side? >> >> Or is the additional weight on that side insignificant enough to be >> ignored - or the potential problems with mis-matched left to right >> springs not worth considering this idea. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> >> Todd >> '88 Westy >>
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