Front damper springs

[dukeenfield]

I thinking of changing front suspension springs as one looks a bit bent,could anybody which one's are best, hard or standard.

[19560]

There's no standard with TVR. Front springs vary from about 140 to 280 lbs/in road to very fast road use. (The Tasminracers use 800 to 1000 at the front!) Remember that the rear need to be about 75% the stiffness of the front. What rate do you have on the rear? Also remember to measure the compressed and the free length.

IMHO it's best to bite the bullet and fit four new springs. £100 for four?

[dukeenfield]

Thanks for help,I don't know what springs are on front and back.The d/s front looks new (Blue paint mark on) and the p/s looks old and a bit bent looking.The back springs just look old and rusty looking.
You are probley right would be best to fit new front and rear springs.Where would be the best place to get them from ?.

[19560]

dukeenfield said:

a bit bent looking

OK so the spring looks bent but are you sure that it's the spring at fault. Have a look at the seat. The end of the spring should fit into a slot thing and should not be able to rotate...but sometimes they do... and so bend.

dukeenfield said:

You are probley right would be best to fit new front and rear springs.Where would be the best place to get them from ?.

Richard Thorp, Ian Bannister, Adrian Venn, Julian Lane maybe?

[joospeed]

Thanks for the plug .. but I get my wedge stuff from Richard at RT Racing .. give him a call he's very friendly