lowering springs drop out of place ??
 

Hi I got a set of lowering springs from Silviagod and they are fine but I didn't know they were so low that they drop out of place when jacked up / full stretch. How do I stop this happening any hints tips would be appreciated.

try cable ties might work

hardly safe is it a piece of plastic holding them in

check straps, use plastic coated steel cable, like on multi gyms, you can get it from b and q, and some tiny u clamps, loop each end with the u clamps, then drill a small hole near the shocker and then up near where the shocker mounts up top and bolt the cable to it, den (japster) on hear has this done.

check straps
 

Ok sounds good i take it you mean this for front and rears?

no, for the rears, what i did before i fitted coilovers, was make 3 little z shaped tabs for each side on the front, then drilled them n bolted them to to spring cup, top of the z shape hooks over the spring and botton bolts to the cup, this stops the fronts falling out.

has anyone got any pics for how this is done? im a little unsure what you mean by description. mine failed its mot because of this also. and i have the standard springs in?

The crux of the matter is the trailing arms need to have there movement (drop) limited.
A strap of somesort is required, I've mentioned else where on here I've done similar things of other cars and used old seat belts, doubled up and burnt holes in them, super cheap and plenty strong enough.
hese could be mounted on the top shock mount to the bottom shock mount.

If you want some seat belts pop round I have a few spare kicking around!

Just cut my springs and am going to do this today. I'll try take some pics.

Yer please if you could take some pics. I've been to the scrap yard and I've got some bigger lower spring seat rubbers today hoping they will hold them better. Mine are not cut. I don't see how they can fail it on MOT as it's completely oem???

Bigger rubbers will make it sit higher... I think


FML Just remembered i threw away the old seatbelts I had lying around. Will have to improvise.

Did the seat belt method earlier. Grabbed a couple of lengths from a scrappy.

You need to jack the car up to just before the point at which your springs become loose, mark the shock, take the shock out and cut the seat belt to length and double up (i only doubled up at the ends because I didn't have enough) and melt holes into the belt so when fitted the shock stays at the marks length:

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I've lowered mine on e36 lowering springs chopped to fit. Just some that I had lying around. Will post some of that info up on my build thread. This method works a charm, cheers Imrdave!

That is a really cool idea! - I wonder how the guys at the mot center will take it though. Thanks for sharing that! :cool:

There is nothing in the MOT saying 'check the rear shocks aren't restricted by a seat belt', only making sure the suspension doesn't fall apart on full droop.

The MOT is pretty much black and white, my rally car failed the MOT having no rear seat belts, so I took the rear seat out (needed in rally regs) for the MOT then it passed, as if there is no rear seats fitted it doesn't need rear belts.

Mot passed!!
 

I have just completed the same with a set of seat belts and it has now passed it's mot. Only had advisories on the bushes and noises exhaust. 😄😄😄😄😄😄

So easy it's unbelievable to do this mod. Even if it's a temporary to get through it's MOT you will wish you had den it sooner