Front Suspension

[Bob Hess]

Thanks for the info. I went to a cruise-in Sunday morning in Atlanta and found another replica and tried to compare his car to mine even though it was a different manufacturer(ERA). Since his car was sitting on the ground (DUH!!!) the springs were compressed but I did notice he had a couple of Ty-Wraps attaching his springs to the top of the shock assembly. I'd say they were there for holding the springs in place if the suspension was allowed to go full travel. I guess that's one way to solve this issue or maybe helper springs. I'm not fond of the idea that the springs could become loose when the suspension is fully extended and then come crashing back together when the car compresses the front end. I noticed that none of the spring perches are tapered to help the springs find their way home, but instead they are square corners and the springs could get lodged on top of these surfaces and cause the car to ride 'Crooked' until the spring dropped off the flat and onto the proper location. When that happens it makes a loud bang (I know from experience) and you imagine a drive-by shooting or something broke.

[Voyager]

Mine does the same thing. Have not experienced any issues with the spring hanging up on the collar. Even lowering it off the jack, the springs find the proper location. Not sure where you are in the acceptable ride height window, but you can raise your ride height up if you so desire.

[ACademic]

Originally Posted by Bob Hess

I'm not fond of the idea that the springs could become loose when the suspension is fully extended and then come crashing back together when the car compresses the front end.

If the car is up on jack stands and this happens, no big deal. Just grab the quick jacks and give the car a nice tug up and down and that should seat them. But if you are driving and this happens, well then you have a whole lot more to be worried about with respect to how you got the suspension so unsprung (and the car airborne) to begin with.