when installing the springs on the struts.. should it be more compact spring be on top or bottom?

if i am not clear.. where the spring gets smaller and closer together.. should be on top or on bottom.

 

i dont have sprint springs but to what i have don, seen, and heard, if you have the brand name, numbers, letters or whatever on ur springs, thats the direction it is installed in...someone correct me if im wrong

 

thanks

no letters.. but bhing gave me some help

 

I used the instructions that came with the Sprints and I also noted they way I took off the OEM ones. These should go on the same way.....do you think you put them on backwards?

 

They will only go on one way. The part of the springs that are all compressed{close together} have to be facing up{towards the roof of the car} when you do the install. BTW if you put them on the other way it won't work because the widths are different from one side of the springs to the other and the springs will not seat correctly.

 

Actually i just looked at yours.. your springs are upside down

 

exactly.. i followed nick's and buy the look of the diagram.. it seems his is the wrong way..

http://www.performanceix.com/how-to/.../images/23.jpg

 

I would think that he has a serius safety issue if he put them upside down, yikes! There is practiacaly no contact area from the springs to the shocks. I mounted one of mine upside down for a minute and then realised it when I was doing my other rear spring. I was very releaved I caught the mistake before I went out for a test drive

 

it doesn't do that much damage.. what it does is.. it causes the car to bottom out all the time.. the car is always hitting the ground

 

Well when I put mine on upside down it looked like the spring was going to fall off the strut.

 

yeah so did mine..

 

Hmm...mine looked like they fit fine when i did them, so maybe i did it correctly. I hope

 

Just get a flash light and go crowl under your car and you can see the springs perfectly from there, theres no need to jack the car up either.