Just looking for a consensus from a few people.
If I wanted to raise the ride height of a car and inch or so, could I do so by adding OE coil spring isolators to the bottom as well as the top of the front coil spring? The car in question is the 1981 380SL I have been working on for the past two years. The OE coil springs are shot and I found a set of H&R sport springs which has the perfect balance of firmness and comfort. The front springs lower the front end by 50mm (1.97"). I only wanted to lower the front end by no more than an inch. The OE Mercedes isolators are 23mm (.905") thick and are only on the top of the spring. If I were to get another pair of isolators and install them on the bottom of the spring; could this work to bring the front end up by almost an inch? My biggest concerns are (1) rust from lack of drainage at the control arm. And (2) since the control arm moves and the spring perch at the top is stationary; Could the movement of the control arm eventually cause a lower isolator to work itself off?
I worked on a friends 2005 Silverado 1500 2WD front suspension a few months ago and there were isolators at the top and bottom of the front coil springs. But the Moog and GM replacement front spring kits both call for the omission of the lower isolator due to issues of the lower coil spring isolator walking off the control arm. Most cars and light trucks I have seen do not have front coil spring isolators on the bottom of the spring. This tells me this might not be such a good idea.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
If I wanted to raise the ride height of a car and inch or so, could I do so by adding OE coil spring isolators to the bottom as well as the top of the front coil spring? The car in question is the 1981 380SL I have been working on for the past two years. The OE coil springs are shot and I found a set of H&R sport springs which has the perfect balance of firmness and comfort. The front springs lower the front end by 50mm (1.97"). I only wanted to lower the front end by no more than an inch. The OE Mercedes isolators are 23mm (.905") thick and are only on the top of the spring. If I were to get another pair of isolators and install them on the bottom of the spring; could this work to bring the front end up by almost an inch? My biggest concerns are (1) rust from lack of drainage at the control arm. And (2) since the control arm moves and the spring perch at the top is stationary; Could the movement of the control arm eventually cause a lower isolator to work itself off?
I worked on a friends 2005 Silverado 1500 2WD front suspension a few months ago and there were isolators at the top and bottom of the front coil springs. But the Moog and GM replacement front spring kits both call for the omission of the lower isolator due to issues of the lower coil spring isolator walking off the control arm. Most cars and light trucks I have seen do not have front coil spring isolators on the bottom of the spring. This tells me this might not be such a good idea.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
