Well, if stock has served you well for 20 years, then I'd go to <insert your favorite supplier here> and order up a pair of stock springs. With rear springs, believe it or not you do have the option of getting a shorter, stiffer pair of springs which would lower the rear suspension, but *probably* also reduce the bottoming. The basic ride height in the rear would be lower, due to the shorter spring, but 'compressed' ride height would be higher, due to the increased stiffness (especially over your 20 year old worn stock springs).
I'm guessing, since you went with stock shocks, that the car is probably relatively stock, so I'd recommend just going with stock springs. HTH, bs ________________________________ From: Ralph Moorhouse <[email protected]> To: Brian Shorey <[email protected]> Cc: alfa <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, December 18, 2009 6:36:54 PM Subject: Re: [alfa] Milano - soft rear end Brian: thanks - this describes it - any recommendations on springs R If it's nice and tight and still bottoming out, then I'd think about > getting new springs. > > HTH, > > bs > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ralph Moorhouse <[email protected]> > *To:* alfa <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Fri, December 18, 2009 4:29:59 PM > > *Subject:* [alfa] Milano - soft rear end > > Couldn't think of non-suggestive title ;-). > > Anyway my '89 Gold readily 'bottoms' if I go over any sort of speed bump > or > curb [even at slow speed] - put someone in the back seat & its much worse. > I replaced the shocks 2 or 3 years ago with Alfa stock. Any suggestion to > solve? > > thanks & happy holidays > > Ralph > Houston, TX > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
