[6pack] Lowering a TR6/TR250

[Sally or Dick Taylor]

PG---Lowering the body height of the rear of the car -could- be done as you thought, by cutting or heating the springs. This is old school, tho, and better ways are available. On the TRs there's not much distance between the bump rubber and that part of the body that the rubber can contact, so ideally one wants to come up with the proper spring rate and spring height to get the optimum setting.  Know that just going to a shorter spring, OR one with less rate, will also change the camber from where it is now (to more negative, or tire top lean-in). If you now have a lot of Positive camber, then going to a shorter spring may give the results you want. You might have to swap the brackets around, if not satisfied with the camber. Many on the List like the Goodparts adjustable brackets, when trying to get this goal.

Dick


-----Original Message-----
From: PG
Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 3:25 PM
To: 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] Lowering a TR6/TR250

I installed new springs in my TR250 a few years ago.  At that time, the car
sat high in the rear and I thought that over time the springs would
relax.however, this has not happened.

 

How do you lower the rear of a TR250?  Is it simply cutting the  springs
down?
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