Rear Springs - Use Chevy Aveo
I read many of the past posts regarding sagging rear springs because my 2003 Insight with 85K miles was bottoming pretty severely. The rear springs had lost their tension and I only had about 2 inches of travel in the rear suspension before they bottomed harshly. I tried some spring extenders from the local auto parts store, but they didn't work well. I saw several posts about daewoo cars that would work and did some internet searching and found that this car is the same as a Chevrolet Aveo which is sold in USA. I purchased rear springs for a 2004 Chevrolet/Geo Aveo from GMPARTSCHEAP.com for about $45.00 each. They were a little bit too long, so I cut 1 coil from the bottom of each spring and they work great!!!! They are a little bit stiffer, and the rear sits a little higher, but they ride exceptionally well. Very easy installation, just remove the lower shock bolt with the rear sitting on block stands, and the rear trailing arm will move down for easy removal and installation of the spring. Make sure you cut the same amount from each spring so that both sides ride at the same height. Could probably use the same technique for lowering. I have about 2000 miles since the mod and love it!![/img]
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2003 "spaceship", silver, pulling a GasGas Trials bike or KTM 450 EXC on a 4X6 trailer (still getting 50 mpg).
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