[DeTomaso] Short Springs

[Will DeMelo]

I have HAL shocks which are QA1's. I have the same problem. They seem to fit
into place after I drive over the first bump. I've never had to "guide" them
into place after I've jacked the car up though.
A bit of a pain, but I've learned to live with it. I thought I was the only
one with this problem. Never read another post about it.
Will

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of sean mundy
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 5:26 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Short Springs


Anyone out there have the adjustable QA1 shocks from PIM?   Wondering if you
have the same issue as me.  Both my springs front and rear are so short that
they fall off the upper spring perch when I jack up the car and the shock
itself becomes fully extended.   This is a pain because when lowering the
car I have to get my hand in there and actually guide the spring onto the
upper perch as the car drops down off the jack.  Not getting my arm out and
getting it stuck in there a couple times is not fun when you
re alone in the garage.  Imagine your arm pinned between the fender and the
tire and trying to jack up the car with an extended leg!!!   I also can hear
the spring dropping of and slamming back onto the perch when I hit a big
bump or compression while driving.   This loose spring condition has caused
the spring itself to come into contact with the outside of the shock body
and has caused some very visible wear.  If I adjust the lower spring perch
up on the shock body to make up the gap and keep the spring i
n contact with the upper spring perch my total shock length is too tall.  I
don't like my car looking like a funny car with rear end jacked up WAY high
like they did back in the 70's.   Any ideas?    Thanks, Sean Mundy

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