whats the best spring wrap out there? I see some peeps using stuff from radio shack, home depot, etc. Im putting em on some ground control's for boththe front and rear. Id appreciate it if u guys can tell me where i can find some good stuff, and something that wont kill my wallet.
thanks

 

home depot, the electrical section (where all the stuff for phones and audio/video is)..

I dunno if its "the best", but it seems ok to me

 

is it made of rubber?

 

radio shack sells "plastic wire wrap" thats what i used on my springs, havent had a problem. it looks like a long coiled up spiral.

 

i think that rubber would probably work a little better then plastic would...i mean also the longitivity would be a factor as well...hmmm got me thinking

 

get the plastic
The reason to use to wrap is to have a quite ride. make no difference to use the plastic or rubber, cuz they all make it quite. but since the car is so heavy and the hot/cold weather condition, using soft rubber doesn't make sense (I guess). In addition, it's hard to find rubber wrap cuz they all plastic (or the poly-whatever-i-don't-know-how-to-spell material).

 

i can't wait till i get my kyb/agx and sprints.. i don't know how to wrap the springs.. so is there a certain way?

 

Thats the mod I am thinking of doing next sam e set up becua sprint hs the lowest drop. U r a lucky dude one day I will graduate and be able to make some do so I can do all them things too.

 

Hi,

What is this about wrapping springs? I would like to know or see a pix of one wrapped. How does it help with make the ride quiet? It it only done on all springs or front?

 

People do the wrap on a few of the tigher bound coils on the springs to prevent metal touching metal. It will curb the rubbing sounds while you suspension dips. Do a search. There are photos on other threads here.

 

this is with the radio shack spiral plastic wire wrap...

do it on all 4 springs.

 

Personally, I like the radioshack helical cut wire wrap. I tried both the radioshack stuff and the home depot recommended stuff. The home depot tubing was a super major ***** to get on. In fact, I doubt if it would be possible to put it on without cutting it up. The radioshack stuff is already cut in a fairly tight helical cut and installs very simply. It also seems to be quite durable.

 

I wrapped my springs with the home depot suff and I still have horrible noises!! No clue to what it can be? And I changed my Strut bearings.. Requin6 rode in my car.. it sucks.

 

maxNYC is correct, there's a few threads that discussed this before.

Here's one

An alternative and some ideas

 

i would think that the soft rubber would cause less noise and work much better than plastic. I think that some of the noise people here get after installing thw wrap is maybe because the actual wrap from the different coils actually rub against each other. I think i might wave found a good alternative......ill let u guys know when u try it.

 

i just ordered new springs for my ground control coil over's today. I got a different spring rate at 550 lbs all around. I hope this will be better than the current setup, but do you guys think that the actual coils will touch each other on that? I mean since the coils are so much smaller than ordinary springs, they probably dont compress as much as other lowered springs and possibly wont even touch each other...what do u guys think?

 

http://www.vqpower.com/v2/modules.ph...howpage&pid=11

 

but is this needed on coil overs?? i dont thinkn the springs on coil overs will ever touch.....

 

 

im getting my coils today...i need to know asap if i should bother doing this or not...PLZ HELP!