Espo Springs 'n Things install feedback ***

These were special ordered to be stock +1" ride height, I believe xhd ride stiffness.

I helped a member install some springs on their car. It went ok, but a few issues to work out.

I'm not going to try to bash them, but just show you some of the installation issues and give my feedback for those considering them.

Overall they seem pretty good. I like the ride height, it has a nice stance.

One issue that we had is the bushings that they shipped were longer than the stock ones. When I put them into the spring end to end, there was more shaft of the bushing before the shoulder could bottom out (they were wider). The stock bushings will be bottomed out on the shoulder when installed by about 3/8" to 1/2", so we started comparing their shackle to one extra from Mancini that I had spare in my tool box.

Here's what we found:

Here's where we compared their shackle to Mancini's:


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Here's their shackle with bushings compared to their shackle without bushings:

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Here's their longer bushings on the top pin and Mancini bushing on the bottom. Look at how many threads are showing on each end. There's not much to grab onto once you put the end piece on to start the threads.

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Now here's their shackle with the Mancini bushing compared to their shackle without any bushings:

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Here's comparing the Mancini bushing on the top to the Springs 'n Things bushing on the bottom:

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So I went with the Mancini bushings as the mounting brackets are hard enough to move with them and I don't feel that we need any more interference in the bushings. Springs 'n Things said that they will work and haven't had any complaints, but I didn't want to try them and find out, so I took the safe path and used what I know and has worked for me in the past with no problems...