My guess is that you will sacrafice suspension performance in exchange for
added ground clearance by doing this...and my guess would be that it would be
better to go with a softeer spring rate...but these are just guesses and i
can't defend them.  I suspect that after you squeeze that taller spring into
the existing spring perches, your suspension will be too stiff and will top out
too easily.  But this topic is not my best.  :~)

Will this company make stock length springs at a slightly stiffer spring rate?
same price i would guess, eh.
steve

David Marshall wrote:

> Volks,
>
> The insurance runs out on my Syncro Double Cab in a few days and I will be
> doing some p.m. on it before winter really hits hard.  One of the things I
> will be doing is sending my front springs to a company to get them analysed
> and some new taller ones made up.  Cost is about $200 US plus shipping for
> a pair of springs.  Now this brings me to a few questions for the group.
>
> - Is anyone interested in a set of springs?
>
> If so:
>
> - How much lift would you want?
>
> The most common measurement in the survey that I did is 47.5cm (from the
> wheel center to the fender lip) static and 55.5cm fully extended.  This
> leaves me to think that a static height of 51 or 52 cm would be about the
> max that one could do.  This translates into a 3 to 4cm lift (1 1/4" to 1
> 1/2") to leave some travel in the front suspension.
>
> - Should the rate remain stock or should they be stiffer?
>
> Any other considerations I should look into?
>
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