Thread: 130 rear springs.

Hi Rick, in addition to the last post, the outside diameter of the coil is 175mm. The kings spring coil seems a little larger in diameter. Ross.

IIRC they're supposed to be 7" OD Ross, fronts are 6".

I can't find those colours on the lists I have Ross, so don't know what rate they are ?

Hi Rick, on close inspection I have found the springs to have BW 12 and BW10 stamped into them. BW 12 is the longer spring. Does this help? I have not yet installed them as there is too much on at the moment.Cheers, Ross.

Originally Posted by 130man

Hi Rick, the coils are black. The longer coil has light blue dabs of paint while the other one has light green dabs of paint. The wire diameter is close to 17mm. Hi David, would you still like the photos of the extra shock absorber mounts? I can e-mail them to you easily, I think. Cheers, Ross.

Hi - photos would be good, thanks. My email is daviddeere at hotmail dot com

I was wondering about putting dual shocks on mine, but it sounds like you got on better with only single (softer) shocks with a light load.

Mine will still have the heavy canopy on it, so the 'light load' scenario will probably never happen in my case.

Hi . I swapped over the old coil springs I was given in place of the Kings HD ones today and immediately lost 55mm of clearance between the top of the tyres and the underside of the tray. The ride quality has improved markedly but there is only about 85mm clearance left. So no heavy loads in the short term, I expect. Everthing has its downside. As an after thought , what would happen to the ride etc if I returned the inner coils to the suspension? Perhaps an intermediate ride/ clearance compromise? Any thoughts? Cheers, Ross.

Im guessing that it would be closer to the HD springs you had in ride, while not much higher in ride height??

If you like the ride of the current coils, why not get some made longer. Actually I have a brand new set of LRA coils in 320lb longer than OEM....

you could go to a variable rate coil, Ill let others fill the tech in as I havent looked into them much.

When you get a chance, if you could measure the rear bump stop/axle pad clearance Ross, I'd be interested to see what it is.

Serg, do you want me to bring some front springs up in three weeks time ?

Yes thanks mate.......and your koni tools