Rear springs

[adam24]

Ive fitted a set of Ktec coilovers to my clio and found that when I jack up the rear of the car the springs just fall out. The rear adjustment platforms are currently set to the lowest setting. Is this normal or is there any way of stopping this happening without changing the ride height?

Cheers for looking

 

[Gaz_]

Just think the next time you go over a hump backed bridge

 

[adam24]

Dont! lol it really plays on my mind when im driving down a bumpy road now! lol

 

[Jonny1*2]

dampers in correctly? rear beam must be dropping too much to allow them to fall out.

 

[adam24]

Yeah the dampers are as tight as I can get them. It seems as though the dampers are too long and when jacked up there is more than enough room for me to just remove the springs without having to use any force at all.

 

[Gaz_]

MOT failure as well iirc.

 

[Da]

When I jack mine up the rear beam doesn't drop anywhere near enough for the springs to fall out, unless I unhook the damper too.

 

[jablitt]

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[Alastair.]

i know of someone who had this problem, incorrect dampers, spring actualy fell out, luckily he wasnt going to quick

 

[Greeny.]

i know of someone who had this problem, incorrect dampers, spring actualy fell out, luckily he wasnt going to quick

Going quick wouldnt make any difference? Unless he was flying?

The K-tec springs are fairly large uncompressed so this is kinda strange, I have the same kit but with different rear springs and mine are fine but on the limit.

 

[Alastair.]

so round a corner at 70mph spring falls out or 2 mph round a corner and spring falls out, i know which i would be choosing

 

[Greeny.]

so round a corner at 70mph spring falls out or 2 mph round a corner and spring falls out, i know which i would be choosing

I dont understand? They wont fall out unless you fly over a jump or jack the car up, I ran without rear platforms for a month and had no issues at various speeds around various corners, I did however put them back in after I realised my rear shocks were constantly on the bumpstops lol