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Can anyone help me here ? ... Are these the stock springs that come with a 95 FTO GPX ? ... They dont look like it ...

Or if their not , can someone explain why they are a strange design ? like coiled up down one end but not the other ?...

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p.s .. yes their both the same size , its just the angle..

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No they are definitely not stock springs. Usually a graduated change in the coil would mean different compression at different levels of force, but I dont know what it means when that is in the middle.

Oh, and if you have dramas with those and cant make the rattles stop, I have a full set of stock springs I can get to you. Otherwise, you can pick up a set of King Springs for just over the $200 mark.
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    Post by gazeek »

    Thanks for the tip :)

    Yea i just had them removed and put in a set of king springs ... The mechanic couldnt tell me what they were for either , he thought maybe some sort of racing or drifting and they compress up pretty hard ...

    Eh ill just put em up for sale see if anyone wants em..
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    Post by Nacho »

    Yeah I don't even think that the stock FTO has got that many coils which is why it's kinda hard to lower the FTO without buying lowered springs. :evil:
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    Most certainly not stock springs
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    Post by khunjeng »

    no wonder they were hitting all the time...look at them ffs.

    best thing u did was piss them off. King ftw..
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    Post by gazeek »

    Yea im heaps happier now ...

    I got my Kings for $180 , they made my car look even lower at the back (must of been shorter) , given me a much smoother ride , and got rid of that bloody knocking noise i used to hear going over any slightest bump you can imagine ... Feels like a new car now :)
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    Post by khunjeng »

    gazeek wrote:Yea im heaps happier now ...

    I got my Kings for $180 , they made my car look even lower at the back (must of been shorter) , given me a much smoother ride , and got rid of that bloody knocking noise i used to hear going over any slightest bump you can imagine ... Feels like a new car now :)
    I wouldn't have anticipated such *~dreamy~* coils...lol. Good price, good one..easy fix.
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