Well pretty much asked the question in the thread title.

 

Basically, got a mate who has a lowered van on springs, now her springs are 50mm, but she is saying the MOT guy has told her she needs short shocks as the springs will wobble and fall out due to the shocks being higher?

 

Now im not up on Astra vans, so not sure if the shocks and springs are separate, or if they are one unit like our zeds, if its one unit, then surely there should be caps to help seat the springs, if they are separate then again, surely there are end caps to bolt to the body work at some point, i cant see why they would be free floating, because if you go to the top of the travel, then yes they would indeed fall out? considering its a 2001, van i cant see this due to safety concerns? there are plenty of places to buy lowering springs to use with normal shocks floating about for her van. so is this something her MOT guy is actually feeding her a load of *****cks on?

Sounds nonsense to me matey....

 

......Astra runs regular style shock/springs like most cars (McPherson sturts etc); and like many vehicles, there are aftermarket lowering springs available to fit to the stock shocks!! Hell you don't need shorter travel shocks as the weight of the vehicle surely means that the shocks don't over-travel....!!

 

Just my thoughts - but really; if aftermarket springs don't work, why are many thousands of sets a year sold and installed in virtually every type of car without MOT issues?

 

Richard:yinyang:

I reckon when his jacked it up where the springs are smaller the shock dont hold them tight so they wobble about.

some people drill an hole where the spring sits on the shock and put cable tie around it to stop spring dropping out.

 

When the weight of the car is on it spring should sit ok.

 

problem with lowering springs if there to small the shock could bottom out..

I reckon when his jacked it up where the springs are smaller the shock dont hold them tight so they wobble about.

some people drill an hole where the spring sits on the shock and put cable tie around it to stop spring dropping out.

 

When the weight of the car is on it spring should sit ok.

 

problem with lowering springs if there to small the shock could bottom out..

 

 

Think the rears are sperate on astra vans, estate if that helps.

 

if the springs are small on the rear they could drop out while its jacked up.

Or if u did a big jump lol...

Think the rears are sperate on astra vans, estate if that helps.

 

if the springs are small on the rear they could drop out while its jacked up.

Or if u did a big jump lol...

 

Surely there would be something to hold them on though

Just a little seat, the weight of the car holds them tight,

And when i have changed springs before u undo the shocks to get suspension down a little lower then push springs in and raise suspension to bolt shocks back on.