Intro and advice

[Mickey]

Hi all.

My name is Mick. I live around south west Sydney.
Thanks for a fantastic forum. I've been viewing it for a couple of months and finally got my car home although still unregoed.
92 Eunos Roadster 228k's. A little frayed around the edges but it cleaned up ok. Have known the cars previous two owners and purchased for a modest price.

I just replaced the suspension with the Kings/Koni combo I picked up from a forum member (Thanks mate).
My question is should I go through the hassle of keeping the original springs or are they cheap/obtainable enough to throw the lot in the bin?

Thanks again for a very informative forum.
Mick.

[NitroDann]

Keep it why?

[smy0003]

Put them in the parts for free section and give them away, if you ever need them again for any reason (you shouldn't), car karma will sort you out.

[Mickey]

Thanks for replies.

"Keep it why" = I did read somewhere the kings springs can be a bit harsh and Konis with original springs work well. So just thought that combo might suit if I find the kings to harsh. I'm more than happy to pitch them into the bin and save myself a bit of work getting them separated from the original shocks. Show me convinced right now.
Cheers :-).

[Code4]

Nice car. Welcome to ownership.
What does your bottom tell you ? Are they too harsh ? Are you looking for more comfort/less NVH ? or performance.
I'd keep them. You won't get much for them and they do work well, last forever and any quality OEM spec. shock will work with them.

[Mickey]

Thanks Code4.

To be honest I didn't get much drive with the OEM springs. The shocks were well gone so an assessment wouldn't have been accurate anyway. I thought to keep the springs but really I was allowing laziness to overcome the effort to wind down each spring and separate them from the shocks if they're dime a dozen items. Tomorrow I'll just do it and store them away in case. I'm really looking to improve it at budget price. Thus the second hand Koni/king installation. Had to be better than the tired original equipment. I have the shocks on the softest setting just so I can gain knowledge of the feel and I'll progressively harden over a period of months. I'd prefer to do that rather than set it to others recommendations straight up, chiefly to learn and understand the consequences of different settings. I have noticed the rear bottom out on a couple of occasions but I'm more interested in the best handling I can get rather than ride. Obviously there's many considerations to take into account including tyres/road surface but I'll be mostly public roading it till I learn more and budgets allow further education.

Thanks for your response.
M.