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(Message started by: Highlander on Nov 19^th, 2008, 10:39pm)

Title: Rear coil springs
Post by Highlander on Nov 19^th, 2008, 10:39pm

Fordpartsuk tell me rear saloon coil springs are now discontinued and unavailable

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Baz on Nov 19^th, 2008, 11:13pm

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

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Highlander on Nov 19^th, 2008, 11:22pm

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!

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Scorpio_Mike on Nov 20^th, 2008, 10:38am

Do Ford still supply rear springs for the estate ?

Are there any alternative suppliers ?

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Highlander on Nov 20^th, 2008, 1:50pm

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?

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Scorpio_Mike on Nov 20^th, 2008, 3:46pm

Try http://www.performancecentre.co.uk/p/Home.asp they list some spring kits for the Scorpio.

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by scorpio_man on Nov 20^th, 2008, 6:58pm

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. ;)

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by scorpio_man on Nov 20^th, 2008, 7:00pm

on 11/20/08 at 15:46:28, Scorpio_Mike wrote:

Try http://www.performancecentre.co.uk/p/Home.asp they list some spring kits for the Scorpio.

hi there

that's a listing for lowered springs. i think most folk want their cars higher!!! ;D

hth

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Jonnycab on Nov 21^st, 2008, 4:35am

on 11/20/08 at 18:58:43, scorpio_man wrote:

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 :)

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Highlander on Nov 21^st, 2008, 12:06pm

Me too, thats better news at least :)

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Jonnycab on Mar 22^nd, 2009, 4:46am

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 ::)

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by gozz on Mar 22^nd, 2009, 10:16am

JC.
Shoulda got some ride levellers ;)
GOZZ.

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Jonnycab on Mar 22^nd, 2009, 11:40am

Couldn't afford 'em Gozz ;)

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by scorpio_man on Mar 22^nd, 2009, 5:06pm

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 ::)

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. ;)

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by tlundkvi on Mar 22^nd, 2009, 6:50pm

on 11/19/08 at 23:22:29, Highlander wrote:

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.

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by david49uk on Mar 24^th, 2009, 12:04am

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

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Jonnycab on Mar 24^th, 2009, 11:21pm

Hi dave....were they saloon heavy duty towing springs or standard springs ? :)

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by peteHull on Mar 27^th, 2009, 4:30pm

I have a pair of standard rears and a pair of Estate rears which I bought of someone on here and never fitted.... ;)

Pete

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Jonnycab on Mar 27^th, 2009, 4:37pm

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 :D, so will be fitting them in the near future, when it stops raining ::)

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by pinto on Mar 28^th, 2009, 12:39am

Heavy duty lowering (-35mm) spring kits also available from

www.buypartsby.co.uk

for the boy racers among us ;D

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Jonnycab on Apr 2^nd, 2009, 9:00pm

Fitted the new heavy duty springs today & it's raised the rear by 2 inches, although this may drop a little once they settle down :)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i101/jonnycab/P4020363.jpg

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Tompion on Apr 2^nd, 2009, 9:05pm

Hi JC

How does the ride feel, did they go straight in?
(You said at the Kent meet the ends of the springs might not of been the same).

Dave

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Jonnycab on Apr 2^nd, 2009, 9:19pm

Hi dave, the ride feels great & more solid, much like an estate :) The springs were a little difficult to get in as they were slightly longer & thicker than the old ones, so I had to compress them slightly, & spin the top mount around a bit to accomodate the extra 2 inches in length of the coil. But they eventually went in & seated very nicely 8)

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Tompion on Apr 2^nd, 2009, 9:45pm

That's good, handy to know of a supplier, strange they're cheaper than the standard ones they stock.

Title: Re: Rear coil springs
Post by Jonnycab on Apr 3^rd, 2009, 1:10am

on 04/02/09 at 21:45:52, Tompion wrote:

That's good, handy to know of a supplier, strange they're cheaper than the standard ones they stock.

Yes, very strange....maybe because so few saloons were fitted with HD springs (unless it came with a factory fitted tow bar), then there isn't really a demand for them. Also, being heavy duty, they probably don't sag or break very often, so there is never a need to replace them :)