Stag Ride Height

[flying farmer]

When I rebuilt my Stag 4 years ago I re-fitted the original rear springs. It is now sitting higher at the back than the front but the only thing different is new dampers and bushes etc. And spring seats. The new spring seats are now poly and my theory is that they are much harder than the old rubber ones so they don't deform so much. The spring is (roughly) half way along the swing arm so a half inch increase in height at the spring would produce a 1 inch increase at the wheel.

One of these days I intend to refit the old rubber spring seats to test the theory!

Cheers,
Mike.

When I rebuilt my TR last Winter I replaced the perished rubber spring insulators with poly items and it has lifted the rear end by about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch with nothing else changed, so they do make quite a difference.
Neil

[jbuckl]

I went for paddocks inch lower springs, new rubber spring pads, std dampers & std wheels with 195/70 tyres
Some think it looks too low.
The spring pads sent were different shore harnesses by a country mile.
Got a matching set eventually.
Noticed they are looking more perished than the originals, only 18mths after fitting.
Maybe poly spring pads would be the better choice?