The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Apologies if this has already been discussed, I can't find a definitive answer when searching the forum.

The springs on NWL are 30 years old and after over 100,000 miles have probably sagged and lost some of their spring so I have decided to replace rather than blast and powder coat them.

Rimmers sell two types of Spring, standard and heavy duty, both listed for all models.

http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-TKC768LIST
http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-TKC768HDLIST

What is the recommendation on a Sprint? Given the engine is heavier than a 1500 (for example) should I go heavy duty?

I want to keep the car standard so would like to avoid fitting Spax kits etc...

I have uprated standard height springs that were supplied by sprintspares, there 175lb on the front and 170 lb on the back ( which i think are what the rimmers heavy duty ones are ), the guy who ran sprintspares at the time recommended them as a good upgrade for a standard road car combined with uprated rubber bushes at the rear and the front ( 90 shore rating as opposed to 70 shore for standard ) the originals are i think around the 150/145 lb mark, car is much nicer handling and not to hard on the bumps over the standard setup