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Old Dec 16, 2000 | 01:02 PM
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From: jeff NY usa
Car: 86 Z28
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Which way should the rear springs be facing?

I installed the jamex lowering kit and I was wondering which way the rear springs should be facing?

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Old Dec 16, 2000 | 03:35 PM
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Small end down.


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Old Dec 16, 2000 | 11:26 PM
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Car: 86 Z28
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CAn you please explain a little more, should the cut part of the spring be facing forward? what do you mean by small end? thanks
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Old Dec 17, 2000 | 09:33 AM
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I don't understand what you are trying to do exactly. Do you want to know which way the tangential (only touches in one spot) cut end on the top of the rear spring is oriented? It should fit into the rear isolator (rubber thing). The isolator is flat on top and requires no specific orientation. The bottom of the rear spring is a small pigtail and it does not matter which way it is facing.

I hope you don't mean the front springs. They can be confusing. The tangential end goes down on the front spring and spins into the lower control arm to a specific spot between two drain holes.

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[This message has been edited by CamaroMike (edited December 17, 2000).]
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Old Dec 20, 2000 | 05:04 PM
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I mean the rear springs, I heard the cut part on the bottom of the spring should be facing a certain way.
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Old Dec 20, 2000 | 10:21 PM
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NOPE!


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