Rear Spring Pads
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1992 300CE
Rear Spring Pads
I purchased these rear pads from buymbparts.com. They Sent me the wrong ones and they are too big to sit into the seat. The original ones are 4" in diameter while the new ones are 4.5" in diameter. They arent willing to replace or refund me so i am stuck w them.
Should i cut the pad and slice off a chunk to make them smaller diameter? Bad side about this is that the pad will have slit and possible slip out while im driving?
Or should i shave around the edges to force the fit into its seat? Where the cup shape no longer remains and i only have the rubber pad that sits atop the spring?
Or run w/out spring pads. Maybe lube up the seats and spring before reinstalling the springs?
Im going from a #4 Pad to a #1 or possible none.
Lmk what you guys recommend
Should i cut the pad and slice off a chunk to make them smaller diameter? Bad side about this is that the pad will have slit and possible slip out while im driving?
Or should i shave around the edges to force the fit into its seat? Where the cup shape no longer remains and i only have the rubber pad that sits atop the spring?
Or run w/out spring pads. Maybe lube up the seats and spring before reinstalling the springs?
Im going from a #4 Pad to a #1 or possible none.
Lmk what you guys recommend
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1990 300ce supercharged and intercooled
I have run no pad before. I had no problems. I would not use the wrong diameter ones though. They do not cost very much, just get the correct ones.
They may have sent you the fronts.
They may have sent you the fronts.
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I purchased these rear pads from buymbparts.com. They Sent me the wrong ones and they are too big to sit into the seat. The original ones are 4" in diameter while the new ones are 4.5" in diameter. They arent willing to replace or refund me so i am stuck w them.
Should i cut the pad and slice off a chunk to make them smaller diameter? Bad side about this is that the pad will have slit and possible slip out while im driving?
Or should i shave around the edges to force the fit into its seat? Where the cup shape no longer remains and i only have the rubber pad that sits atop the spring?
Or run w/out spring pads. Maybe lube up the seats and spring before reinstalling the springs?
Im going from a #4 Pad to a #1 or possible none.
Lmk what you guys recommend
Should i cut the pad and slice off a chunk to make them smaller diameter? Bad side about this is that the pad will have slit and possible slip out while im driving?
Or should i shave around the edges to force the fit into its seat? Where the cup shape no longer remains and i only have the rubber pad that sits atop the spring?
Or run w/out spring pads. Maybe lube up the seats and spring before reinstalling the springs?
Im going from a #4 Pad to a #1 or possible none.
Lmk what you guys recommend
btw I just got done lowering my 911...got stiffer torsion bars and had to re-index them and then corner balance the car....its a ton of work...coil springs are a lot easier to deal with.
Last edited by V9.; Nov 18, 2008 at 01:40 AM.
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From: SoCal
1992 300CE
But if you guys dont understand what i meant in my first post. Basically cutting a slice of the pad so it would fit properly into its seat. or just cutting the slicing the edges so it would fit also. Lmk what you guys think would work best.
If none seem right, no pads it is.
