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kg/mm super sport...which end is up?

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Old Mar 12, 2004 | 09:30 AM
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Default kg/mm super sport...which end is up?

I going to install my kgmm springs today, but I can't tell which is supposed to go up.
Can anyone help?
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Old Mar 12, 2004 | 09:40 AM
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Once you get the car apart, you'll realize that there is only one way the springs will fit. The smooth end (where the spring tapers off) should be on the top, and the end where the wire just suddenly ends fits on the bottom in a specially shaped craddle. The top has a slightly smaller diameter too I think?

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Old Mar 12, 2004 | 09:57 AM
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Yep.
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Old Mar 12, 2004 | 10:02 AM
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What they said.

Just make sure there is no difference from front to back, like my Eibachs!
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Old Mar 12, 2004 | 10:24 AM
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Originally posted by Hockey
What they said.

Just make sure there is no difference from front to back, like my Eibachs!
Yeah, I second that. You should be more worried about getting the front and rear springs mixed up. I understand that the sport springs do have a softer and harder spring. The softer set go on the front. You should be able to give them a squeeze and notice a different between them. I put in a set of race springs and the rates are much higher, yet I could still tell by squeezing them (that and a little math told me which was which).

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Old Mar 12, 2004 | 11:08 AM
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If you weigh them, the fronts should be lighter than the rears.

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Old Mar 12, 2004 | 11:17 AM
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Originally posted by chrisr111
If you weigh them, the fronts should be lighter than the rears.

Chris.
Really? Do the sport springs use a thinner wire in the front? For the race springs, the wire is the same for the front and back, and the fronts actually have one more turn than the rears. The race fronts use more wire and are heavier.

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Old Mar 12, 2004 | 03:27 PM
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Originally posted by Hockey
What they said.

Just make sure there is no difference from front to back, like my Eibachs!
This is why we number the front .001 and the rear .002
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Old Mar 12, 2004 | 03:43 PM
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That is funny Voodoo, you've told me that twice this week.

I'm installing mine tomorrow!!! Very excited!!!
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Old Mar 12, 2004 | 06:32 PM
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After like 8 hours I finally finished installing the springs.
I think thie setup looks way better than the neuspeed's that I used to have. We'll see how they ride.
Thanks for all the info fellas.
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