So I'm going to be installing these springs on my car. Last night my bro and I assembled the fronts but the only way that the top hat would sit flush was with springs logo upside down.
Like this:




I'm pretty sure I put the right side spring with the right side strut:


Any thoughts?

Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to finish the install.

 

yep, upside down, tighter coils should be on top and you should be able to read the printing on the spring right side up when installed

 

hahaha i literally just did that yesterday. You got lucky though, I didnt realize one of my fronts were on upside down until it was back on the car with everything torqued down. Glad im not the only one thats made that mistake!

 

All right cool. Looks like I got my left/right sides mixed up. Doh'!
Are you using H&R? Yeah I didn't wanna put them on yet before asking because I had a feeling I had messed up.

 

No i was using an eibach pro kit and re-used the tokico blues I had previously installed. Only reason I went with the eibachs was the price... got a set of 4 shipped for right around 200 for all 4 corners. Ive heard great things about H&R

 

OP.yes, upside down .....And make sure the arrows are pointed towards the front of the car on the top hats. I have those exact springs and they ride extremely nice.

 

Thanks for your reply. Yes I have the repair manual and there it shows the arrows pointing foward. Yeah I like how they ride! Pretty pretty nice indeed.
If you can help me out:

Got some pics of the install:

Here is the driver side. H&R vs stock. As you can see they don't wind up the same way :shady:



Then the passage side, same thing:




Could it be because I am using the HFP dust boot/top hats instead of the stock ones? As you can see in the pics the top hats are a little different.

If I flip the log up right, then the smaller end of the spring did not sit flush with the top hat. Maybe it was because of HFP top hat?