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Old 07-14-2017, 12:38 PM   #1
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Default Reverse Eye Front Spring

Someone I use to talk too convinced me to install a Posie Reverse Eye front spring, I think I want to put back the stock front spring, I don't think I like the lower front look. Should I go back to stock?
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Old 07-14-2017, 12:54 PM   #2
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Default Re: Reverse Eye Front Spring

if your car is stock yea to me it would look like something is broken with the reverse eye spring in there...
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Old 07-14-2017, 03:10 PM   #3
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The stock looking Model A is a good looking well designed car.
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Old 07-14-2017, 03:18 PM   #4
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Sounds like you should start making decisions based on what you want and like, not on some one else's ideas! Sorry if this sounds a little harsh.
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Old 07-14-2017, 05:10 PM   #5
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With stock wheels and tyres, it would just look like an old sagged spring.

An A only looks good when it has the wheel/tyres and stance to match.
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Sounds like you should start making decisions based on what you want and like, not on some one else's ideas! Sorry if this sounds a little harsh.
There were many decisions I later made on my own and did not listen to that idiot, I only gave him an ear because he was much older then me and claimed to know a lot about the Model A. One major thing he tried to get me to do was box the frame, but we argued about it when I told him I would not do it.
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Old 07-14-2017, 05:13 PM   #7
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The stock looking Model A is a good looking well designed car.
I agree Tom. It looks good as it is.
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Old 07-19-2017, 04:40 PM   #8
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Stock wheels, stock stance. Flipping the spring eyes changes geometry about an inch, which matters more at higher speeds and hitting potholes, since drag links and mechanical brake lever angles change.
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Old 07-19-2017, 05:49 PM   #9
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As stock as you can make her. All the orginal parts were designed to work together.

Changing something/anything could have results you are not planning on.
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