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Old Aug 31, 2005 | 09:27 AM
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Temporary Helper Springs

I need to carry 5 passengers and luggage on a trip.

Has anyone seen those spring spaces that you can insert to hold up the springs or any other device that can help the springs hold the weight up.

I want something I can clip on and off without changing out the spring or shock.

thanks!
Old Aug 31, 2005 | 08:29 PM
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I drove my car to Florida from New Jersey and back on stock struts with S-Tech springs, and trunk full of luggage. I had no problem with anything. Ohh, and I had 5 people in the car.
Old Aug 31, 2005 | 10:07 PM
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helper/tender/take up springs are for coilover assemblies as they feature a spring coupler and collar to provide tension when the normal spring is displaced either in hard cornering or excessive lateral movement

maybe the device you are talking about is called a different name
Old Sep 1, 2005 | 05:02 AM
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Larrio

NOt sure if there is a different name. used to be metal wedges you could secure in place with an allen wrench.

Some crude ones were secured to the axle with a spring that stuck straight up to help spring the axle away from the frame. Sounds like a fast way to bend a unibody!

Hopefully, my SE springs will support it....we got a lot of weight and luggage going down with us.

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Old Sep 1, 2005 | 07:48 AM
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Old Sep 1, 2005 | 09:49 AM
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Spring spacer

What I want is something like this, but for strut/spring setups:

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