Pete TR7 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I have an original Triumph rear spring from 1977 and an aftermarket spring I have bought about 8 years ago. The aftermarket spring is showing signs of age so I took the 1977 spring apart and fitted new insulation pads etc, last weekend I rmoved and dismantled the aftermaket spring, the insulation pads have all but disintegrated and its fairly rusty but could be cleaned up and put back.But I noticed a big difference between the springs, the bottom leaf on the original spring is concave in its relaxed state, on the aftermarket spring this leaf is dead flat, anybody know why?I am thinking the original could be softer and the aftermarket uprated although it was not bought as uprated. The 1977 spring came off a spare car I had that was beyond repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnicholson Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 There are uprated springs about, but they are very rare! I had on e on my last GT6 it was superb, wish i had kept it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Canley are selling the uprated , we replaced ours and there were pounds differenc in the weightCanley`s have a heavier weight and rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete TR7 Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 I am not convinced its uprated, the leaves look about the same. The car sits with slight negative camber with the after market spring, not tried the other spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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