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Used wagon springs: Have I got standard or HD? 200

posted by  Erling on  Mon Feb 24 23:21 CST 2003
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I have pulled the rear springs from a wagon and intend to try them on my sedan. Is there a way to tell if they are standard or heavy duty springs? Also, to tell if they are original or aftermarket? Length, number of coils, wire thickness, a stamped number to look for?

Erling.
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    Used wagon springs: Have I got standard or HD? 200

    posted by  someone claiming to be shovelfxr on  Wed Feb 26 13:14 CST 2003 [RELATED]

    since no else has taken a stab at it, i will: i have only compared wagon springs and wagon overload springs side by side and the overloads are much thicker. i imagine that stock sedan and wagon springs look similar. i think the hD wagon springs would be too much for a sedan.








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      Used wagon springs: Have I got standard or HD? 200

      posted by  Erling on  Wed Feb 26 20:58 CST 2003
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      Thanks! I will check if there is any difference in thickness between the wagon springs I found and the sedan springs on the car. If they are reasonably similar, I'll do the swap. Like you, I do not think the HD springs would make my sedan happy, so I want to avoid those.

      Erling.
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