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Originally Posted by cooljess76  If anything, they're valved for the SLIGHTLY stiffer sport springs. As long as your current springs seat properly in the spring perches, the sport struts WILL work. Now if it were the other way around, say stiffer springs going onto shocks that are valved for lighter duty, then yes, they may fail prematurely. However in your case, the strut cannot harm the springs. |
Are sport springs stiffer than standard springs? I just measured both and the wound diameter, wire diameter, and number of coils is identical. The only difference was height. Unless the steel is a different material then the spring rate is the same. I doubt the steel is different.
The loaded height will be different and that could effect strut stroke resulting in a valve bottoming out, but probably unlikely. Larger sport sway bars will increase the spring coefficient.