Compressed springs? Chopped?

[RE20]

Whats the name of the place doing it for you?

TSV in Palmerston North. They took the time to explain what they do and compared a standard spring to one that they have compressed. the compressed one was firmer and would sit lower.

The person there also told me that they do not compress the whole spring because that is 'dumb'. But yeah I was very impressed with them and will be taking my car in what I have the $ Im a student and going on holiday soon

[RE20]

$90 for two.

I picked up a card:

TSV Suspensions
26 Willis Street
PO BOX 1937, Palmerston North

Phone: 06 355 4242
Fax: 06 355 4072

Im looking forward to getting mine done gotta get my seats in first though.

[low_rider]

:lol:


So can you please point me to where it says about doing the job professionally is all sweet?

yeah sure jus look on the page and you will see that its sweet like ive been trying to say all along

all you need to do is actualy research stuff before you think you know everything about it

[low_rider]

FFS do you people always have to rant on about endless bullshit.

LTSA makes the rules and they clearly state that you low_rider are wrong. Is it so damn hard to accept that you MIGHT have made a mistake?

Even if you do go in to the LTSA and ask them NOT one of the people that work there actually do know every single bloody rule set out for cars etc so they will end up looking at the same database that you can everyone else here has access to to find out the CRAP that you need to know.

OBVIOUSLY a suspension place is most probably going to give the go ahead because they are making the money. It's exactly the same when you go buy a bloody exhaust from pitstop and get it put on by them. They are going to say 'ah she'll be sweet through a WOF bud' but when you take your car through a WOF you get f****d cuz it's too loud. They DON'T care because they are making money.

dude i think you should take your own advise and stop ranting on about endless bullshit do some research first

[rxtoy]

lower replacement springs from a different car are not legal, it says somewhere in the rules that the springs have to be made for the car. i'd be surprised if it got noticed, just pointing it out.

cheers
Matt

[low_rider]

Maybe you should actually read the rules rather than just making them up?

dude maybe you should learn to actually research rather than just make up bullshit dont talk shit about stuff you know nothing about.

[wde_bdy]

Maybe you should actually read the rules rather than just making them up?

dude maybe you should learn to actually research rather than just make up bullshit dont talk sh*t about stuff you know nothing about.

So you pull up a quote from page one you already replied to.

Wow.

[low_rider]

so thats all you can say?
no i was wrong because i dont know anything about this sorta thing?

but i didnt really expect anything more than a lame reply

[wde_bdy]

so thats all you can say?
no i was wrong because i dont know anything about this sorta thing?

but i didnt really expect anything more than a lame reply

What the hell sort of drugs are you on??????

The LTSA link to the WOF manual says you can't heat any standard suspension component (including springs), it then says you can't heat or cut any replacement springs without cert.

How the hell do you compress (reset is probably a better word) a spring without heat?????

Please provide the quote from the WOF manual that says you can use reset springs if they are done professionally.

The WOF manual is what all WOF issuers have to comply with, they don't have discretion to say "that looks ok to me".

Think about what certification is for. It a process where car modifications outside the very basic are inspected thoroughly to ensure they are safe. The LTSA sets a threshold for certain modifications and anything outside that need to be looked at more thoroughly than the normal WOF inspection permits.
Take engine conversions for example, any muppet can put a 4K Toyota motor where a 3K was but it still requires cert as it is a bigger motor. No exceptions, as for many bolt in upgrades (even from a higher spec level of the same car) there are little extras like brakes, proportioning valves etc that need to be changed as well. Your average WOF inspector does not have the time or experience to check these things. So they decided any engine swap to a larger motor than what was in that PARTICULAR car when it was manufactured requires a cert.

Same with compressed springs or shortened shocks, they can be certed but it requires more than just looking at a receipt. A spring maker may do a perfectly good job on your springs but has he inpected the car to determine exactly what is required, checked bumpsteer, alignment etc? In most case not, the springmaker never even sees the car he is compressing the springs for, so how can he know it is safe and will handle well? The certifier looks at all these factors when determining if he will pass your car as being fit for the road.

You probably don't care what I have to say, but hopefully someone reads this before following your advice and saves themselves getting pink or green stickered.

Callum

[Al]

Unfortunatley you are beating a dead horse purple_beasty.

There are just some people in this world that believe what they want to believe not what is actually true.

Have a nice day