Robert Barrow

TO Pete Lewis Hi Pete. I am certain they are the correct grade of spring for the Vitesse both in length and in gauge ie wire diameter of 0.470" + - .002" I measured this before I fit them because someone told me that I could fit  GT6  front springs because that also has the 2 litre engine but amazingly the wire gauge for the GT6 is smaller ie  0.450"  + - .002"  and of course the Herald and Spitfire will be even smaller. However thanks for your interest. Kind Regards  Bob Barrow.

TO   Nick Moore    Hi Nick Thanks for your Reply and your info. No I have not contacted Rimmers since it is about five years since I bought the springs from them and even though I did not fit them straight away It is obviously well past any gaurantee period so I decided not to. However I still felt they should have lasted far longer considering the low mileage and the fact that the car is stowed away and jacked up off the springs every winter but even so the springs just progressively lowered as time passed,which to me indicated poor quality spring steel being used or they had not been tempered correctly during manufacture. Finally I will definitely look into Faulkner springs as you suggest. Thanks once again  Regards   Bob Barrow

Hi everyone   Has anyone had trouble with new vitesse front road springs bought from Rimmers. mine have just kept sinking even though the car is jacked up for around five months every winter and has only done around 3000 miles since fitting. If anyone has and has been able to purchase any better ones elsewhere please let me know.because at the moment the springs have collapsed so much there is hardly any gap between the coils and if they are being made out of low grade spring steel there is no point in buying any more of the same. I would appreciate your comments  Thanks.   Bob