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So, I'm doing the front suspension right now, I decided to purchase aftermarket A arms, and saw spohn was reputable enough in this community, so I went with theirs which Im starting to regret. The gigantic pocket that they've made in these arms makes it virtually impossible to get stock ride height coil springs in. Between the giant lip, the tail stop for the springs, and the overall lack of room to begin with it's turned into quite a headache. I've tried 3 different kinds of spring compressors and even tried getting them banded and nothing seems to work. Does anybody have any kind of experience related to mine here? My car has been off the road for a few weeks at this point for a large suspension rehaul, and this has been an ongoing issue from the start. I even ended up calling spohn themselves, and was told to "get the biggest damn pry bar you can". Is this really the standard!? Surely somebody has some sort of experience where I stand here. If so, any pointers would help!
Another thing I may add that would be great to have clarification on:. I'm using the moog 5662 on my TTA which has a very high spring rate, I'm worried these are going to make the car look like a 4x4. Should I be cutting coils or going a different route completely? At the time I bought them it seemed like nobody had a concrete answer for non lowering front springs on this car.
Here's a shitty picture I already had, I can produce more pictures tomorrow if this doesn't help, am considering returning the arms now and maybe rebuilding the old ones
I had those same ones on my car and it was an absolute nightmare to install. I eventually got the spring in but when i had to work with them again i said no thank you. I instead installed a different set of spohn arms that have a almost factory style pocket. Here is a photo of the style I installed from google. Ive had no issues or alignment problems at all.
I had those same ones on my car and it was an absolute nightmare to install. I eventually got the spring in but when i had to work with them again i said no thank you. I instead installed a different set of spohn arms that have a almost factory style pocket. Here is a photo of the style I installed from google. Ive had no issues or alignment problems at all.
I looked on spohns website and didn't see those arms anywhere, where could I find them?
07-27-2022, 06:55 PM
