Well I got around to changing the rear springs and rubber mounts on my car and the springs I got are 1 1/2" higher than the old ones. This causes the rear end of my car to be pretty high in the air. The original springs were short and had closer distance between the coils. The new springs are just too tall for street driving and have changed the driveshaft angle so I now have a nasty vibration above 40mph. If I blow the driveshaft I'm screwed so no freeway driving now, just limping around town.
My question is how do you buy springs if there aren't any off the shelf options? There is one company that sells a set of short springs, only 800$, which is too much monies. I think H&R makes a set of springs but they would have to be ordered from europe which is very expensive.
So I'm thinking about getting out the tape measure and getting an idea of the spring diameter and height then finding a car of similar weight and using shims to get a nice firm ride that's not too low or high. Does anyone know if there is a catalog of spring sizes and rates I could refer to? I just want some good ideas, thanks folks.
