I removed the body from my chassis yesterday beginning my first body off restoration. The car has 84,000 miles on it and I'm wondering if I should replace the front coil springs when I rebuild the front suspension? If so, what vendor supplies the most correct reproduction springs?
Zip offers a spring they claim is an exact reproduction but the spring rate is listed as 430 lbs. whereas the original 3931824 spring had a spring rate of 264 lbs. Likewise, Paragon's spring has a spring rate of 474 lbs.
How would these higher spring rates affect the car concerning ride height and comfort?
Corvette Central offers replacement springs they claim are correct but they are shorter and have fewer coils.
Anyone have experience with this?
Thanks,
Mike
Zip offers a spring they claim is an exact reproduction but the spring rate is listed as 430 lbs. whereas the original 3931824 spring had a spring rate of 264 lbs. Likewise, Paragon's spring has a spring rate of 474 lbs.
How would these higher spring rates affect the car concerning ride height and comfort?
Corvette Central offers replacement springs they claim are correct but they are shorter and have fewer coils.
Anyone have experience with this?
Thanks,
Mike
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