coil spring insulators

[Austin Healer]

Next on the list for the front end rebuild.... I started hearing some ominous noises up front last year. Upon inspection it seems that the coil spring insulators had come adrift. (As they say in the UK) I found them wadded up around the shocks inside the coil spring, instead of above it. The currently available insulators are pretty soft. It'd be nice if I could find some poly urethane ones to go with my newly ordered a-arm bushings. anyone got any ideas?

Superpro makes a poly urethane insulator for the Ausie Falcon... but they don't have one listed for the Tiger.

 

[Warren]

I used some old vintage fire hose cuttings. A lot of guys run without em just to get the lower stance.

 

[Austin Healer]

Oh, my car was sitting pretty low!

 

[Hoghead]

The Mustang ll is the right size but as 1/2" thick, they will lower the car about twice the distance as the difference in stock bushing thickness. IE assuming the stock bushing is 1" then the 1/2" Mustang ll will lower 1".
Available in polyurethane

 

[Hoghead]

The Mustang ll is the right size but as 1/2" thick, they will lower the car about twice the distance as the difference in stock bushing thickness. IE assuming the stock bushing is 1" then the 1/2" Mustang ll will lower 1".
Available in polyurethane.

Rick has stock isolators and what I am using with 1" shorter springs and dropped spindles for 2" less than stock

 

[Austin Healer]

Interesting! Mine was lowered all the way as the insulator had completely come out of place and was wrapped around the shock! I think I had just more than an inch travel left to the bump stop. Made me approach railroad tracks VERY slowly!!