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Is there anyway to figure out what pound rating a set of rear springs are? The ones I'm looking at are thicker than stock by quite a bit, they are painted yellow. Just wondering.
ArtechnikA
coil spring rate:

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lbs/in = 1.500.000 x d^4
         ------------------------
             n * D^3

D coil diameter
d wire diameter
n number of active coils
Jeroen
or just put some weight on them and measure the compression
KenH
Put one on a bathroom scale and add enough weight to compress it one inch - read the scale.

Ken
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