Gary

Measured the 140 springs that came out of the car last night, and the free length is 12". This is the same as what the 164 springs I put in were, from memory.

I just had it in my head that someone (Fidel, maybe ?) had posted a while ago that the 140 springs were 10.5" ...

The car is certainly sitting higher than it was in the front - looks a bit strange at the moment, with the high-ish ride, stock 165x15 tyres, and a couple of degrees of neg camber :o). Drives well though - the additional stiffness is welcome, and there is no hint of excessive understeer on bitumen. Handling seems very neutral, in fact. Will be interesting to see how it goes on the dirt next weekend ...

I am sure it will "settle" fractionally over the next few days anyway as the new poly bushes all round work themselves into equilibrium etc ... and will be better with the 196/65 rally tyres or the 205/65 road tyres (on Virgos) when they go on it next week.

It probably needs to be a tad lower than it is, ideally - I will hunt around for some appropriate springs longer term.