Were you very thin when a kid?
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Saggy spring?
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skinjim
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Well, yes, I'm thin now I'll have you know! But that's not where it came from, it's a very long and convoluted origin story. Suffice to say I had a friend who loved giving people nicknames that made sense to him, and mine stuck.
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skinjim
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I'm reading it as 2.18 front and 2.5 rear for Euro spec, am I reading it wrong?So Steve your girth aside,that table tells you that the US front springs have 1.49kg/mm of spring and Euro spec are likely 1.81kg/mm - a difference of close to 21% in spring rate.
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You’re right - I misread the table
skinjim
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So it looks like our Euro spec stock springs would have been considered lowering springs by US standards, having a free length about 80mm shorter. That might explain why I've seen some UK owners complaining that Eibach springs didn't give them the drop they were expecting.
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Yes and if you buy US springs for a UK car they become coil-bound (as were on one of my cars).
And for those who like me have never come across that term before ....
“Take any coiled spring, for example one from a retractable ball point pen, squeeze it until all the "coils" are touching and it is "Coil bound" It will not compess further.”
“Take any coiled spring, for example one from a retractable ball point pen, squeeze it until all the "coils" are touching and it is "Coil bound" It will not compess further.”