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I’m in the process of overhauling the rear suspension on my Foster & Day coachbuilt. I’ve stripped it down ready to fit new trailing arm polybushes and Ian Holman’s disc kit. The near side always looked more of a sag than the offside and I can now see that someone has replaced just the offside spring at sometime. I’m now going to replace the pair but I’m struggling with availability. Ideally id like to fit slightly heavier duty as my suspicion is that the originals suffer a bit under the constant weight of the coachbuilt. The uprated standard height from gowesty appears to be the only option and they don’t seem to be available anywhere. Brickwerks are out of stock of more or less everything! and I’m a bit wary of the generic replacement stuff available online.

Anyone got any suggestions?

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PeteandNikki wrote:I’m now going to replace the pair but I’m struggling with availability. Ideally id like to fit slightly heavier duty

Was just looking at bilstein catalogue - for 2wd they list two different front springs, standard and reinforced. For the rear they only list a reinforced spring, part 38-131172, but "only with" the b6 damper. I have these springs fitted with b4 dampers and they are fine for me.

Think suplex and lesjofor list two different rears but I could be wrong.
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Syncro rear springs are just a bit stiffer and longer . However syncro front are stiffer and shorter !
Don’t forget Heritage stock pretty much everything Brickwerks do , dearer , slower, but worth a look if BW are out of stock
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Strangely Heritage have Meyle ‘heavy duty’ rear springs and Suplex standard. The standard are about £15 each more expensive. Yet the heavy duty Meyle fronts are more expensive. Anybody had any good or bad experience with either brands?

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On Ebay now. might be useful.
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I have some good standard caravelle rear springs , also got some t4 rear springs, all good , pm me if they are if interest

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Thanks for replies and offers. Even more strangely the heavy duty springs have disappeared this afternoon from the heritage website. I may ring them tomorrow and try the standard Suplex ones if the others are not available.

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davidoft1 wrote: 01 Jun 2020, 16:34 I have some good standard caravelle rear springs , also got some t4 rear springs, all good , pm me if they are if interest

Hi how much 😂 😆

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Both mine have gone cappot !! Found a tail end hanging of my brake pipe yesterday,checked the other side bang Double whammy!!.

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BW have had a problem getting Trailmaster stuff from Germany, but I understand that you can still order their products through JimnyBits in the UK.

I don't think Trailmaster do a standard length rear spring, only a +40mm Syncro version, but they do make that in Standard and HD versions.
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sharkybaby wrote: 02 Sep 2021, 18:59
davidoft1 wrote: 01 Jun 2020, 16:34 I have some good standard caravelle rear springs , also got some t4 rear springs, all good , pm me if they are if interest

Hi how much 😂 😆

I may still have them , would have to have a rummage

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Thanks that’s great.stef :run :run

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Brickwerks seem to be running out of a lot of stuff at mo.hard to get In suppose :rollin :rollin

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