As far as I am aware the spacer/extensions are on both, and rear shocks are oil not gas , and I'm glad you agree with my theory on shock spacer.
Calum ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Susan and Martin Scott <[email protected]> Sent: 02 April 2017 22:33:50 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: Lowering springs for my 2+2. Ah - my mistake as I understood the spacer to be on the spring top (not the damper). Unless they are gas dampers a spacer (on end of damper) won't have any effect (other than changing the limit of travel). Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: calum mcpherson<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2017 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: Lowering springs for my 2+2. As the spacer (I assume) screws onto the existing male screw fitting on top of shock , I doubt in terms of dropping in height that it would make much difference (as shock really only effects upstroke on suspension, not downstroke /load. I spoke to another 2+2 owner today , he has an early model (chassis in the 90s) , he has stripped rear suspension , and doesn't have a spacer / extender on his shock but car sits nicely in terms of wheel gap on same wheel / tyre set up as me. Beginning to think that it really depends what bits people have as to what gets fitted. As to cutting springs , would rather fit something designed to fit (if such a thing exists). Thanks for input Calum. ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Susan and Martin Scott <[email protected]> Sent: 02 April 2017 22:09:54 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: Lowering springs for my 2+2. One (non- destructive) solution could be to get some rear spacers made up to the same design but (guess) 20mm shorter. If that doesn't work then they 1) may not be too expensive? 2)could still also be useful with other springs. The other ( quicker but destructive!) way would be to chop 20mm equivalant off each of the rear springs with the angle grinder - maybe only about 1/2 turn off? This of course is non-reversible and will make the springs slightly stiffer (though probably not noticeably so) Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: calum mcpherson<mailto:[email protected]> To: Quantum Owners Group<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 5:52 PM Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: Lowering springs for my 2+2. Ok, 32 replies and tbh, still not clear on options, from what I've heard from replies I have established the following (I think) which is a great help As it has been confirmed (by Jim Hearne) my car appears to be an early model 2+2 and as such needs the longer rear springs (recommended by several to get 1100 springs) and front springs can be XR2 or 1.4 model springs. So, are std. 1100 rear springs indeed the 'longer' springs as required or do I need extra long 1100 springs ? (on checking spring sizes I see std. 1100 springs are approx. 307mm long) Front springs seem fairly simple and got my head round them, however the whole idea of my enquiry was to improve the 60mm rear and 70mm front wheel arch gap. My springs at present all work fine, and as I never fitted them and have no history on them I don't really know what is fitted, so is there actually a solution to my problem, I want to reduce wheel gap by about 35mm ? I appreciate all replies, with pics would be a great help. Thanks, Calum. On Wednesday, 29 March 2017 21:52:01 UTC+1, calum mcpherson wrote: I've recently changed my wheels 15" with 195-50-15 tyres to the correct set up 14" with 185-55-14, and my 2+2 looks like a Land Rover. I was going to change springs anyway, but now have brought this job forward as not looking as I want. 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