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Highlander
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Rear coil springs
« on: Nov 19th, 2008, 10:39pm » |
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Fordpartsuk tell me rear saloon coil springs are now discontinued and unavailable
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on Oct 17th, 2011, 12:35pm, Simmo wrote:I give up !  Too much for an old boy!  |
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Baz
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #1 on: Nov 19th, 2008, 11:13pm » |
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with your stock though Stu, you could start a nice business up there!
It is a sad truth though; and one that pushed me to getting another car, the Scorpio is now almost as difficult to get parts for as my old Corsairs.... it will only get harder too as the years progress. I remember when you could go into fords and get a thermostat for a cosworth on a next day delivery!! try that now. Catalina has shown that getting some of the engine hoses for the 24v new is almost impossible and where dealers have parts they are starting to hang onto them
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Highlander
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #2 on: Nov 19th, 2008, 11:22pm » |
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yep i have a few spare ones 
Would have liked to stick a couple of new springs on the back though! mine have collapsed i think, still intact but must have weakened, the arches are down over the wheels!
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on Oct 17th, 2011, 12:35pm, Simmo wrote:| I give up ! Too much for an old boy! |
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Scorpio_Mike
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #3 on: Nov 20th, 2008, 10:38am » |
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Do Ford still supply rear springs for the estate ?
Are there any alternative suppliers ?
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Highlander
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #4 on: Nov 20th, 2008, 1:50pm » |
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Trevor at Fordparts tells me no one else did a rear spring for the saloon or estate, there are a few companies out there who will make springs though, i'm looking into it just now, maybe we could do a bulk purchase through the site?
Anyone interested?
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Scorpio_Mike
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #5 on: Nov 20th, 2008, 3:46pm » |
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Try http://www.performancecentre.co.uk/p/Home.asp they list some spring kits for the Scorpio.
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scorpio_man
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #6 on: Nov 20th, 2008, 6:58pm » |
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hi stuart
this glasgow company is listing normal and heavy duty rears for £30-£40 each.
hth
http://www.awshop.co.uk/default.aspx
btw, i haven't used their delivery service, only used the shops. 
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #7 on: Nov 20th, 2008, 7:00pm » |
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on Nov 20th, 2008, 3:46pm, Scorpio_Mike wrote:
hi there
that's a listing for lowered springs. i think most folk want their cars higher!!! 
hth
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Jonnycab
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #8 on: Nov 21st, 2008, 4:35am » |
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on Nov 20th, 2008, 6:58pm, scorpio_man wrote:hi stuart
this glasgow company is listing normal and heavy duty rears for £30-£40 each.
hth
http://www.awshop.co.uk/default.aspx
btw, i haven't used their delivery service, only used the shops.
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That's interesting ......the fact that they sell saloon HD/towing springs & they are cheaper than standard springs.
When I was looking for a pair of saloon HD/towing springs a while back, I did have a result in the fact that a local motor factor said they had them listed & they were actually cheaper that the standard springs.
But when they tried to order them, they turned out to be an old listing that was no longer kept in stock 
Thanks for the info Andy .....I might just give them a ring
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #9 on: Nov 21st, 2008, 12:06pm » |
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Me too, thats better news at least
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #10 on: Mar 22nd, 2009, 4:46am » |
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It's old post I know, & it's very late (just got in from work )
Thought I'd post that I've just ordered a pair of saloon HD towing springs from the Glasgow company that scorpio_man posted...... http://www.awshop.co.uk/default.aspx
£74.30 for the pair inc VAT & P+P.....lets hope they're gonna be the right ones & hopefully wave good-bye to the feeling of driving a speed boat when the rear is heavily loaded up with bodies & luggage .....I swear the exhaust tail pipe was dragging on the M25 on the way back from Heathrow earlier
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #11 on: Mar 22nd, 2009, 10:16am » |
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JC.
Shoulda got some ride levellers
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #12 on: Mar 22nd, 2009, 11:40am » |
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Couldn't afford 'em Gozz
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #13 on: Mar 22nd, 2009, 5:06pm » |
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Quote:| lets hope they're gonna be the right ones & hopefully wave good-bye to the feeling of driving a speed boat when the rear is heavily loaded up with bodies & luggage .....I swear the exhaust tail pipe was dragging on the M25 on the way back from Heathrow earlier |
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hi there
i know what you're saying. i had a full load last night (4 adults, 2 kids and a dog! thankfully i have the estate.
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #14 on: Mar 22nd, 2009, 6:50pm » |
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on Nov 19th, 2008, 11:22pm, Highlander wrote:yep i have a few spare ones
Would have liked to stick a couple of new springs on the back though! mine have collapsed i think, still intact but must have weakened, the arches are down over the wheels! |
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Of curiosity, what should the rear ride height be, let's say measured from the factory jack "points" (and not from the lowest point of the body)? On mine it is 20cm with stock tires 205/65R15. It looks pretty low in the wheelarches.
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #15 on: Mar 24th, 2009, 12:04am » |
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would like to know if any body as tried partco as i have got my back springs from them. you ring them and order them they are next day delivery think i paid just under £80.00 the pair. as i live on the east coast in lowestoft surely they must be available in the bigger towns. dave
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #16 on: Mar 24th, 2009, 11:21pm » |
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Hi dave....were they saloon heavy duty towing springs or standard springs ?
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pete from Hull
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #17 on: Mar 27th, 2009, 4:30pm » |
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I have a pair of standard rears and a pair of Estate rears which I bought of someone on here and never fitted....
Pete
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #18 on: Mar 27th, 2009, 4:37pm » |
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Hi pete, not sure if you know, but the estate springs are different to the saloon springs
Got my heavy duty saloon springs this morning  , so will be fitting them in the near future, when it stops raining
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Re: Rear coil springs
« Reply #19 on: Mar 28th, 2009, 12:39am » |
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Heavy duty lowering (-35mm) spring kits also available from
www.buypartsby.co.uk
for the boy racers among us
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