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Hi everyone, I occasionally pop up here (simply the best forum ever for any car I've ever owned) and ask the odd dumb question:

I've just spotted that the front driver's side spring has a 2" section at the part where it meets the shock pan (lower) broken off. This has annoyed me because its a full Irmscher rig, springs front and rear etc etc...

Has anyone either got a pair of Omega Estate Irmscher Springs, or could please point me at something that will maintain the vehicle profile (its the 30mm drop one (see the avatar...)

I've done the front shocks a few thousand miles ago with Bilstein OEM's, and they're great, did the front wishbones, steering idler, track rods and centre link bar, basically every bit new except the steering box. I've started to get what i think is camber wear on the
front tyres, so I had a look and spotted the spring. Is it likely to cause this - the ride height to wheelarch isn't actually much different on either side on flat ground (about  10mm)..

Cheers for all the help,
Edwin

[Pete Elite]

  Can't help with the springs i'm afraid although someone on here probably will but can tell you that a broken spring can affect camber and cause tyre wear .

[achoo81]

Hi Edwin, have a look on sales@lmfvauxhall.com for the Irmscher parts, or ring em on 01858433599 or 01858434722.

[feeutfo]

even without the broken spring i'd be getting the car geometry set up as any one of those new parts could cause a set up issue of some sort. You will have to fix the spring first obviously and do the pair or you could well get a lopsided car as the old springs could well have sagged to a differant hight than the new one. Always replace suspension parts in pairs. Hth