Coil Springs.

[Bedfordcrazy]

hey guys, I am now very confused. I posted this topic a few weeks ago, and some advice was to retemper my old coils, i thought this was a good idea, as i could get a spare set, well i spoke to a few people at king springs, and their advice was not to as after 35yrs they may not hold up. They recomended i buy a set of springs that they sell which are a replacement for the beddy coils.

Code : KB FS-01  $185 - 190 pair.

Has anyone used these springs or have any knowledge of them. 
George.

[Rogue Trooper]

Depends how much use they have had and what sort of condition they are in. If you need to adjust the height of your van because you've been moving engines around then buying new springs off the shelf isn't going to help and most spring outfits should be able to test the quality of the spring anyway to ensure that they are safe.

I know mine are in pretty good nick as the van has had very minimal use over the past 15 or so years and has been garaged the whole time so mine will definitely just be reset and re-tempered to get the ride height sorted out.

[Bedfordcrazy]

hey rogue, yep my van has been idle since 01 when i ended up in a chair, prior it use to be a daily driver for a couple of years, b4 i got it who knows how hard it worked. Also because i am redoing all the bushes and bits, i'd rather just do something with the springs and have everything underbody new, checked and safe. My van probably wont do the ks that it used to, but i do only want to do this once.
george.

[Jason 253 CF]

Try pedders suspension, they made custom coils and reset rear leafs for us and shocks to suit the vans needs because it's no longer a 6 it's a v8 in there plus we wanted it lower so they did the lot and now we go over a bump it bounces once not the standard Bedford trait of continuing bouncing 50 to 100 meters after. It's pricey but can't complain about the ride at all. What bushes are u using?

[ben]

i think youll find that bounce is not from the spring but from bad shockers..

[Jason 253 CF]

watever it was it's gone now

[BusyKiwi]

how can they not hold up if they have been retempered ? isn't that the idea for retempering them ?

[MaTTe]

i've got king springs, and i personally think they're great. I can't compare them to standard as i never drove the van with the standard springs, but when my cousin put the king springs in he was raving about the massive improvement.
I don't know the part number, but i doubt they have 2 different sets..

[John Abbott]

I once rebuilt the front suspension on a little mazda 808 with king springs and KYB shocks. Best spring and shockie set-up that i have driven. The coil springs lowered it by 2 inches at the front and gave it a good stance.

[Marishka]

i think youll find that bounce is not from the spring but from bad shockers..

yep mi agree with ben on that, good shocks should deaden the continuous bounce, if u hit a bump it should bounce 1,s then even out.