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Old 04-14-2010, 12:41 PM
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Front Spring In A Spring???

I am trying to get the ultiment soft ride on my D350, how many of you have already tried a smaller coil spring in side the front coil spring but over the shock? If this won't work, what's the draw back? It's just a thought.
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I've seen valve springs set up like that, but never a vehicle suspension... idk if it would work for or against you...
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I have no idea if that would work or not, but I don't see how it would give a softer ride... do you mean like one of the coil springs would only contact on both ends when pushed far enough, like a leaf overload?

I don't think it'd be very hard to just replace the coil with an airbag and mount the shock on the outside, and would definitely ride better.
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I'm just thinkin "lol" stk., or lite saged springs . Put a lite smaller spring , cut to length with poly ends (1 on ea. end )inside around soft type shocks. the4poly ends keep from rubing metal to metal,no rattle & such . like i said its a thought.
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Im not sure about that BUT on coil overs on higher end deals, they have it where you get 2 shorter springs and put them together with a coupler to be able to use both spring rates. what does it do? i dont know but its interesting so i figured id post it lol
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