by ADRIAN » Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:41 pm
I remember those Forest rally springs very well. My mate had them on his Viva GT , made it look big and bold. Strange how "back in the good old days" we tended to raise up the cars, where nowadays the trend is to lower them. To my (old) eyes, lowered Vivas always look as if the springs are old & sagging and there is something wrong with the car. Even genuine Vauxhall springs which were supposed to be made to exacting specs could be strange. The common Vauxhall Dealer mechanic trick when new springs were fitted to a car that then leans to one side, the spacer would be used on that one side, - then over time after it had settled down, the car may start to lean to the other side and the spacer was swapped over! Until eventually, the car settled on a level keel. Springs can be strange sometimes, because of the metal wire composition. The Steel used in modern car springs is thinner and poorer quality, - made from steel from re-cycled Vivas from Chinese foundries no doubt !
Adrian
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