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Re: GT springs, or How to make your MGB look like a TR7

To: Bob MGT <BobMGT@aol.com>
Subject: Re: GT springs, or How to make your MGB look like a TR7
From: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 20:36:49 +0000
Bob MGT wrote:
> 
> If you have the roadster, I do not recommend the GT springs! I know many
> people like them, but they put the rear of my MGB into the stratosphere. I
> know it's not weak front springs because I got new front springs at the same
> time. The chrome strip is three inches higher at the rear wheel than at the
> front. In my mind it spoils the looks of the car. Don't go with GT springs
> unless you want to show off your gas tank to the car in back of you!
> 
> Has anybody done this GT spring thing and had the car come up level? Did I
> just happen to get a hold of a pair of extra stiff springs?

I used roadster rubber bumper springs all round on a chrome bumber roadster to 
stop 
the tyres fouling the wheel arches after a rostyle to wires conversion.  Ended 
up 
1/4" higher at the front, 3/4" higher at the rear, much reduced roll and dive.  
Oh, 
and the tyres now clear the arches.

PaulH.


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