>93 480 rear suspension- spring cap removal, and bumpstop

VanDerGraaf · Post by **VanDerGraaf** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:05 pm

JohnTurbo wrote:
VanDerGraaf wrote:Yeah, this really has turned into a useful thread! First time as far as i can see that the retaining pin thing has been explained properly.
Should supercede those old threads telling people to prise the spring cap off with a screwdriver!

Fantastic
This does tend to work actually, though i'd never do it on my own car.

Regardless, i'm not trying that method again!

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:42 pm

[quote="JohnTurbo"]Cus if its lowered on pi -40mm the rear of the car sits on them. That means the rear of the car is over sprung, under damped and..corners like shite.[/quote

I have never noticed anything wrong with vader. Mat never cut blinky (was mark1) and it's (vader) not dropping and banging

new shocks also

VanDerGraaf · Post by **VanDerGraaf** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:51 pm

martinholmesuk wrote:I have never noticed anything wrong with vader.

Are you quite sure about that!?

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Wed May 31, 2006 12:34 am

well not apart from people start to bleed when there near vader.

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Wed May 31, 2006 10:39 am

Well mart it was usually ok, but i was driving the snake pass with a bit of load in the boot, and took a hard corner in a dip....the back end bounced and lost traction, and I only just managed to pull it back in with the throttle.

With em cut, i can take that corner 15 mph faster easily.

robin_xr4i · Post by **robin_xr4i** » Wed May 31, 2006 12:00 pm

VanDerGraaf wrote:

Shit mate the same thing happened to me when i fitted my lowering springs last week! I ended up glueing the cap back to gether again with apoxy resin. But the above photo look like it was taken from my car (wierd) same side and all

VanDerGraaf · Post by **VanDerGraaf** » Wed May 31, 2006 12:55 pm

Well as an update, i can confirm Jerlab's method works wonderfully.
2 minutes with a hex-headed screw and the pin was out, very easy, not even damaged looking.

Now to get on with finishing it off!

Rohan