Originally Posted by Hondaman
No, the spring provides the resistance on the way down, where as the strut provides the resistance on the way up. If you were to take the strut back off, and remove the spring, you could easily push down on the strut rod. If you have it at 1/4 you can pull it back up, but not easily. If you put it at 4/4 you can still easily push it down, but pulling it back up will be very slow and difficult.
Glad you like the way the springs turned out. I still enjoy the ride on my car as well. :thumbup:
Ah. This was never clear to me until now. I had thought the strut dampens in both directions. So... in a theoretical super over damped situation (100/4 and 100/8), we'd see the car compress as it goes over a bump then see it sit low rider and slowly rise back to normal height.... haha...