Front Road Springs

alanaslan · 31st December 2018, 22:45

Hi everyone, my Tourer has a cracked N/S/F Road spring.
When I bought the car I changed all suspension, Brake and mountings on the car. I had Bobby my coil spring man make me a full set of Road springs 20% uprated on the standard Rover part,
He also made the offside springs to support an extra 120kg more than the Nearside. This was based on the fact that 90% of my mileage is done with just me in the car and I am a big lump.
Now that I have a spring needing replaced I need a pair of Front Road spring.
Sadly Bobby passed away in March 2017 and I do no5 have any contacts left who will make me a pair of springs for the front of the car. I don’t need the handed extra loading that Bobby did, bu5 would like a good pair of road springs. Can anybody recommend a supplier for a pair of front Road springs for my 75 Tourer.
I have discovered that living a long life has the disadvantage that the contacts you make over the years sadly either retire or pass away and you find yourself lost in the aftermarket parts lottery.
Help can anybody give me a contact who can supply a good pair of front springs for my Tourer.
Alan

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macafee2 · 1st January 2019, 08:23

do you want standard springs? If you do how about Rimmer Brothers?
https://rimmerbros.com/?gclid=EAIaIQ...SAAEgLdw_D_BwE

macafee2

cbr1100xx · 1st January 2019, 12:17

Give moto build racing a call , got some uprated for towing rear springs off them once for a rover Sterling , not listed on the web site but I think it has been mentioned before that they make their own springs
Might be worth a phone call

Stan

marinabrian · 1st January 2019, 15:52

Here you go, I've not had issue with anything bought from here

LINK

Brian

Rover 75 Tourer · 1st January 2019, 19:56

Whilst going slightly off topic I have 3 x 75 tourers which all have broken at least 1 sp=front spring and 1 2 x rear springs. I also run 3 x 400 tourers and 1 x 200 cabby and not 1 broken spring in 20 years ownership,could the fact be anything be down to spring design? 75 spring profile is an arc shape whilst 400/200's have parallel sided profile.Maybe the answer is to see if a spring maker can make springs to a different design,just a thought

31st December 2018, 22:45	#1
alanaslan Gets stuck in 75 Tourer Automatic conn, 75 Saloon Automatic Conn, The Monograme Spice Tourer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Johnstone Posts: 670 Thanks: 57 Thanked 231 Times in 151 Posts	Front Road Springs Hi everyone, my Tourer has a cracked N/S/F Road spring. When I bought the car I changed all suspension, Brake and mountings on the car. I had Bobby my coil spring man make me a full set of Road springs 20% uprated on the standard Rover part, He also made the offside springs to support an extra 120kg more than the Nearside. This was based on the fact that 90% of my mileage is done with just me in the car and I am a big lump. Now that I have a spring needing replaced I need a pair of Front Road spring. Sadly Bobby passed away in March 2017 and I do no5 have any contacts left who will make me a pair of springs for the front of the car. I don’t need the handed extra loading that Bobby did, bu5 would like a good pair of road springs. Can anybody recommend a supplier for a pair of front Road springs for my 75 Tourer. I have discovered that living a long life has the disadvantage that the contacts you make over the years sadly either retire or pass away and you find yourself lost in the aftermarket parts lottery. Help can anybody give me a contact who can supply a good pair of front springs for my Tourer. Alan Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

1st January 2019, 12:17	#3
cbr1100xx Gets stuck in VW touareg Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: dunsop bridge Posts: 870 Thanks: 225 Thanked 414 Times in 235 Posts	Give moto build racing a call , got some uprated for towing rear springs off them once for a rover Sterling , not listed on the web site but I think it has been mentioned before that they make their own springs Might be worth a phone call Stan __________________ WE WERE BOTH BORN ON THE 4th of JULY CAR DIED 15/11/2022---I'M STILL GOING (JUST)

1st January 2019, 19:56	#5
Rover 75 Tourer Avid contributor Rover 75 tourers(4)400turs(3 Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Largs Posts: 219 Thanks: 3 Thanked 67 Times in 56 Posts	Broken springs Whilst going slightly off topic I have 3 x 75 tourers which all have broken at least 1 sp=front spring and 1 2 x rear springs. I also run 3 x 400 tourers and 1 x 200 cabby and not 1 broken spring in 20 years ownership,could the fact be anything be down to spring design? 75 spring profile is an arc shape whilst 400/200's have parallel sided profile.Maybe the answer is to see if a spring maker can make springs to a different design,just a thought

1st January 2019, 08:23	#2
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,955 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	do you want standard springs? If you do how about Rimmer Brothers? https://rimmerbros.com/?gclid=EAIaIQ...SAAEgLdw_D_BwE macafee2

1st January 2019, 15:52	#4
marinabrian MG ZT Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 20,151 Thanks: 3,565 Thanked 10,837 Times in 5,718 Posts	Here you go, I've not had issue with anything bought from here LINK Brian