H&R Sports ????

[beamR X]

I tried to think how to ask this without soundin like a dumbass, but couldn't come up with a smooth way.
Through all my past dealings with suspension on vehicles had me deal with many coils, but I've never seen a coil looking just like the H&R rears on my car.
The three main coils basically rest on top of one another when the car is sitting flat? Is that normal? Do everyone's lowering coils do that? There is stil some up-travel left in them (mainly near the very top and very bottom of the spring) and the car does not bottom out, but it just looks funny...

[87Blue325iC]

I tried to think how to ask this without soundin like a dumbass, but couldn't come up with a smooth way.
Through all my past dealings with suspension on vehicles had me deal with many coils, but I've never seen a coil looking just like the H&R rears on my car.
The three main coils basically rest on top of one another when the car is sitting flat? Is that normal? Do everyone's lowering coils do that? There is stil some up-travel left in them (mainly near the very top and very bottom of the spring) and the car does not bottom out, but it just looks funny...

I was wondering the same thing - I had H&R Sports #50406 for the coupe/sedan on my 'vert and figured the three middle coils were binding from the extra weight. I switched them out for the proper 'vert springs #50407 which have a totally different coil design and gave me a better ride. But now I'm thinking the original springs were supposed to be that way. They probably weren't binding - the middle three coils are just "dead" coils. Thoughts anyone?

[eighteight325is]

I noticed the same with my H&R sports and it worried me at first but the car handles well with no evidence of binding or bottoming out.

I actually didn't notice this phenomenon until the day I fell victim to the infamous improper RSM leads to blown mount issue. I nearly freaked because I thought I had trashed my springs :)

[beamR X]

I noticed it durrin the diff oil change, same idea...
I was, like:

[wazzu70]

They are dead coils as mentioned. Its so when you lift up the car the spring has enough tension to stay in place......so they are designed to look like that although it is odd.

[MikesJo]

I noticed the same with my H&R sports and it worried me at first but the car handles well with no evidence of binding or bottoming out.

I actually didn't notice this phenomenon until the day I fell victim to the infamous improper RSM leads to blown mount issue. I nearly freaked because I thought I had trashed my springs :)

Can you explain that further? Improper RSM leads to blown mount issue?

I'm running H&R Race and the three coils in the middle touch each other as well.