Pic of Coil Spring Compressed

aaronstephen said:
Does anyone have a picture of there front coil spring compressed when fully stuffed?


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You do know this will look different for coils of different height, makes and how much bump stop extension is installed, right? Is there something specific you are looking for?
 
I guess I just want to see if my springs look over compressed. Not sure how to tell and just want to be careful and have it set up the right way.


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aaronstephen said:
I guess I just want to see if my springs look over compressed. Not sure how to tell and just want to be careful and have it set up the right way.


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Typically, you want to be running about as much bump stop extension as you have lift. For instance, if you have a 3" lift, you really want to be running about 3" of bump stop extension. If you are not, you are probably over compressing your coils. If your coils are going solid, you definitely have over compressed them.
 
wayoflife said:
Typically, you want to be running about as much bump stop extension as you have lift. For instance, if you have a 3" lift, you really want to be running about 3" of bump stop extension. If you are not, you are probably over compressing your coils. If your coils are going solid, you definitely have over compressed them.
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I'm not questioning your expertise I just can't imagine running 4" of bumpstop extension. It'd practically eliminate all uptravel.


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aaronstephen said:
I'm not questioning your expertise I just can't imagine running 4" of bumpstop extension. It'd practically eliminate all uptravel.
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Again, I say "typically". Coils are made with different spring rates and some will have more or less winds. Depending on what you are running, you can get away with more BUT, you still need to run bump stop extensions close to the amount of lift you are running. For instance, you can run some 4" coils with 3" bump stop extensions but, I personally wouldn't run a 3" lift coil of any make without any extension. Assuming you are running shocks that are made for the amount of lift you have, they should be a limiting factor in up travel as well.

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what do you mean by going solid?
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This is a term used to describe a coil that is fully compressed - metal to metal.
 
I am using the TF bumpstop extensions I had when I was using a BB. I think they are 2.75" long.

That's why I was wondering about a picture. I know mine are a bit smaller than what is recommended and wanted to compare to others while stuffed.


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aaronstephen said:
I am using the TF bumpstop extensions I had when I was using a BB. I think they are 2.75" long.

That's why I was wondering about a picture. I know mine are a bit smaller than what is recommended and wanted to compare to others while stuffed.


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Looking at your profile, I see that you are running Plush Ride coils. With that, I would imagine you would be okay with the extensions you have but, if it were me, I would replace them with ones that mount on top of your lower spring perch. They'll do a better job and won't get hung up in your coils.

As far as pics go, they really wouldn't tell much or at least, in terms of what you'd really need to know.
 
wayoflife said:
Looking at your profile, I see that you are running Plush Ride coils. With that, I would imagine you would be okay with the extensions you have but, if it were me, I would replace them with ones that mount on top of your lower spring perch. They'll do a better job and won't get hung up in your coils.

As far as pics go, they really wouldn't tell much.
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Yes, I've been thinking about switching them out to that style. I wondered about that very issue.


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You could take a picture of your set up fully stuffed and post it to give others an idea of what you are looking at?
 
I don't know, that looks pretty close to solid to me. Over time, you'll know for sure if you are over compressing them as you'll start to notice that they no longer have as much lift as you thought you had.
 
wayoflife said:
I don't know, that looks pretty close to solid to me. Over time, you'll know for sure if you are over compressing them as you'll start to notice that they no longer have as much lift as you thought you had.
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Yea I think this is what happened to my ome springs. I am swapping them for evo 4" coils tonight, but my right side is 1" lower than the driver side, and I think i over compressed them when I first installed em and had no bumpstop extentions.. Lesson learned.
If u look at my coils, the right side is a full coil shorter when I measure the bumpstop space on both sides.
 
So I called EVO yesterday and asked if it was possible to over compress their plush ride coils. Basically asking if I compress them to almost solid would it really hurt them any.

They said no...

What do y'all think of that?


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aaronstephen said:
So I called EVO yesterday and asked if it was possible to over compress their plush ride coils. Basically asking if I compress them to almost solid would it really hurt them any.

They said no...

What do y'all think of that?


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Sounds plausible - they are some of the softest coils around and I would imagine it would be harder to over compress. If they say you're good to go, I would trust them.
 
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