kercher front struts 1302

[JIMP]

Hello

if I understand correctly what you're saying, this is normal. The lower spring it;s the so called helper spring, its there only to help the upper spring to be fully seated in its place (not to fall off and bounce) if you set the supsension to the fully low position. It is not meant to work with the suspension, as soon as you get the car on its wheels it will be full coil binded, hope I helped you.

Friendly

Dimitrios

[Eatoniashoprat]

I think Dimitrios has it right. Its just there for when the strut is decompressed fully there is still compression in the spring so it is not flopping around and becomes unseated. So you're full working spring travel is only the top spring.

Mike

Originally Posted by JIMP

Hello

if I understand correctly what you're saying, this is normal. The lower spring it;s the so called helper spring, its there only to help the upper spring to be fully seated in its place (not to fall off and bounce) if you set the supsension to the fully low position. It is not meant to work with the suspension, as soon as you get the car on its wheels it will be full coil binded, hope I helped you.

Friendly

Dimitrios

[andy1303]

They're progressive springs. Effectively the spring rate gets bigger the more load the spring is under, meaning under normal use they're softer then during hard cornering they're harder and body roll is less.