Question for those with AVO dampers

[Kitchski]

Just checking out my old dampers and wondering whether to fork out on GG/Pros, or whether to get the AVOs refurbished, and suddenly noticed the rear springs are wound down to the bottom of the thread (so minimum height & pre-load)
The car didn't sit especially low, and it was hard to tell if the springs felt right as one of the dampers was totally shot, so it bounced all over the place anyway!
Has anyone else got some AVOs fitted, and if so, where abouts is your bottom spring cup set to? If I decide to get the AVOs refurbished to save some pennies, I want to make sure I've got the right dampers fitted!

Cheers!

[Kitchski]

Thanks for the input. Looks like something's going on with mine then, as the rears were wound right the way down, yet the car wasn't on its arse. Maybe the springs are too beefy? I'll investigate, cheers!

[Kitchski]

tvrgit said:

Bear in mind also that the lower mounting point on the swing arm wasn't in the same place on the S1 or S2 or S3 - if you take the shocks and springs off an S1 and put them straight onto an S3, the ride height will be different. I think AVO only do one damper for all S models, so for the same ride height, the lower cup will be in a different place depending on which S model it is, and IIRC when I had AVOs on my S3C, you do run out of adjustment with standard length springs. Shorter springs (same load rating) are the answer.

Aha! I'd completely forgotten that! You're probably right, it's an S1 trailing arm, which (unless I'm mistaken) has the mount in the highest place (though I confess I thought the S1 and S2 arms where identical - they certainly look it!) But yes, that would explain it, thanks!