Citroen C2 lowering coils

[Tony]

Is this just preload and re-bound or have i missed something here?

 

 

The kit is -30mm drop and there are no complaints about the handling

[Rich]

Although it's unlikely to happen with lowering springs, what would happen if that snapped would the whole spring fall out?

[Tony]

Although it's unlikely to happen with lowering springs, what would happen if that snapped would the whole spring fall out?

 

Historically the "un-sprung" helix would brake so if this did happen "off the bump" the coil could depart from it's mounting points.

 

This type of event is common in motorsports, less common domestically, although this C2 lowering kit seems "worrying".

[Sagitar]

Is this just preload and re-bound or have i missed something here?

 

 

The kit is -30mm drop and there are no complaints about the handling

 

I have been waiting for someone who knows this set up to make a comment of explanation. It certainly looks like a weird arrangement. Apart from the vulnerability of an inadequately restrained spring, more than a half of it appears to be doing nothing.

 

There is obvious value in variable rate designs, but reducing the rate in a long section of the spring to the point where the coils are in solid contact seems to be a very odd thing to do. Once the low rate coils have "bottomed out", the remainder of the spring is a linear rate device in which the strain and stress levels have been significantly raised. Why would you want to do that?

[Tango]

I have been waiting for someone who knows this set up to make a comment of explanation. It certainly looks like a weird arrangement. Apart from the vulnerability of an inadequately restrained spring, more than a half of it appears to be doing nothing.

 

There is obvious value in variable rate designs, but reducing the rate in a long section of the spring to the point where the coils are in solid contact seems to be a very odd thing to do. Once the low rate coils have "bottomed out", the remainder of the spring is a linear rate device in which the strain and stress levels have been significantly raised. Why would you want to do that?

 

Is there another bump stop anywhere? The number and length of coilbound spring seems rather strange unless the car spends most of its time in the air