[Mgs] Rear Leaf Supplier Spring Recommendation

Max Heim mvheim at sonic.net
Sun Aug 5 18:32:22 MDT 2012


Hmm. I can recall a lot of posts about experiences with replacement springs
that resulted in too high ride height. Mine took over 15 years to level out.
I wasn't aware that "too saggy" was a problem with replacements. But that
might be a recent phenomenon.


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 8/5/12 4:31 PM, Frank Marrone at itswonderful at comcast.net wrote:

> I have a '73 MGB-GT with badly sagging rear leaf springs.  Someone even put
> helper springs on the stock springs but it sure doesn't seem to have helped
> much.  The back of the car is way too low and looks kind of ridiculous.  I
> did some reading and see a lot of complaints about bad quality replacement
> springs that start sagging soon after installation.  I'd like to avoid that!
> I'm looking for stock or slightly stiffer than stock spring rate and stock
> ride height.  Where is a good place to start looking?  Where should I avoid?
> 
> Frank in Cloverdale
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