Helping bed my springs in

[Anonymous]

I'm fitting my -40mm puma springs this weekend...

what can i do to speed up the process of bedding them in? i want to get them as low as they will go as quick as possible...

any suggestions?


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[Anonymous]

put them on now. Really the diff is minimal . i have the same springs and they looked low straight away. the difference it makes when you first fit them is is near enough the same as a couple of months down the line. You could keep them in some compressors until you fit them but as I say the diff is very minimal.

[Anonymous]

get fat people in your car!! :)

Garages sticking to their promises???? not likely!!! :(

[Anonymous]

compress them right up before you fit them

it is the back ones that take a while to bed in as the is not as much weight on them as at the front just have people in the back or get a few bages of sand in the boot

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[Anonymous]

sandbags in the boot...

[Anonymous]

i know nova brakes are shite at the best of times....... but sandbags.....

:P

[Anonymous]

depends on the hardness of the springs aswell cause mind didn't sink any further (60mm)

and if ians had sunk anymore he would have been in trouble with arch clearance

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e reg shell almost gone!!

[Anonymous]

p.s. if u want it as low as possable why didn't u buy -60mm?

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e reg shell almost gone!!

[Anonymous]

With my Puma springs, it was the other way round....the back settled in straight away, but it took a while for the fronts to bed in....the front is definitely a little lower now a year on...not by a huge amount mind.

The front will look a bit higher at first anyway, just from jacking it up, but it should settle after a quick drive round the block.

Check which rubber top-spring mounts are on your car too, 'cos there's two thicknesses on the Novas....I think only the oldest ones used to thicker rubber top-spring mount though. I had one of each on mine and it sat 5mm lower at one side than the other, so when I replaced the shocks and springs, I fitted a pair of the thinner top mounts.

[Anonymous]

ste, i only wanted 40mm

but my concern was they would only do 30mm until they were bedded in...

cheers for the help ladies :D


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[Anonymous]

jus ask if you want to know howto 'get them to bed'!!! heheh