Re: 1983 URQ Springs

[raf40@oes.amdahl.com (Richard Funnell)]

Don't have any details for you, but I would expect that stiffer springs
with the same shocks would bounce more.

>I recently had a set of Eibachs fitted by a shop which subsequently proved
>not to know very much about URQs, and am frankly very disappointed in the
>result.  The car seems to bounce around a lot when driving over bumps in
>the road (purely subjective).
>
>My latest mechanic looked at the installation for me, and said that he is
>not surprized because he perceives that the springs seem to be of a smaller
>diameter than those of the factory, which I unfortunately did not insist on
>getting back.  We got the car up on his hoist and I cetainly felt more than
>a fingers width of gap between the outside of the coil and the lower strut
>"cup".  I called the supplier of the springs who had had them made
>specially by Eibach, who said that he had not had any othe comebacks and
>believed that the springs were of identical diameter to the originals.
>
>Can anyone shed any light on this issue or perhaps at least let me know
>what the original spring diameter is?
>
>Thanks.
>
>John C.

Richard Funnell,
San Jose, California
'83 urQ
'87 560 SL