I just googled these pics and I think they are from Franks album. I'll see if I can find some showing my setup.

I'd have to agree with you Tony, I bet a good chunk of these G-bars and G-Links were sold by Frank and they aren't as fully tested as DSE suspensions. Although the Ridetech Airbar is the same layout as Todd and Tony's G-bar. Haven't heard much issues on their end.

Here's a photo where mine sits now, with the shorter springs.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...Picture026.jpg

Amen to that statement right there!
G.

I saw same on my Strange fronts and Varishock rears. One of the things I really like about swapping all 4 to the RideTech coilovers - the collar does not have that freak-you-out-might-fall-out notch. Plus with the built-in, tapered rubber "bumper" they just seem to find home everytime as well. (Can't tell you the number of times I've been working on the car and the previous setup would "click" back into place a minute after lowering the car - scarred the bejesus out of me lol!)

As Todd says - should not be an issue under most circumstances but the safety wire is a great idea for sure. Plus, it is my understanding that coilover spring adjustment is designed to be for pre-load, NOT ride-height adjustment but you will rarely see that behavior around here lol!

Gregg

My rear springs will support the car with 0 preload. I have changed over to a stiffer hypercoil spring. The 12" alston spring did need a bunch of pre load. You definitely don't want that collar popping on and off of the shock body. That won't lead to anything positive.

Yep, 17s. I will let you know what I find out.

You can get helper springs to take up the slack. They are made from flat stock have a very low spring rate and only decompress when the suspension is not loaded. Eibach makes them among others. You also need a collar that installs between the two springs. I had to use them on my Art Morrison subframe to get the ride height I wanted without worrying about the springs falling off the perch.

Here they are, the picture is not accurate:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EIB-HELPER250/

These are the collars:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EIB-SPACER250/

A pricey solution but one that guarantees safety.

Don

I don't have any pictures yet, the cracks are still hairline. I already had the cradle welded in and at the paint shop before I heard that this was happening, so I've been keeping a close eye on it. It is mini-tubbed, 4 point roll bar and the frame rails are the flawless originals. Once the Autorama is over with, I plan on addressing this problem. If you go to Vegas69 thread probably page 230 something, Todd has some pictures of his and another Camaro that this has happened to. In my opinion it is a flaw in the design that can easily be repaired, just sucks if your car is already done and the underside has nice paint on it.

Thanks for pointing me to that photo. Thanks for that info. I've attached for others to see. I don't know that I'll knock my car around that hard, and I'll keep an eye on it when the car hits the road.

That's not mine but a g link failure. Mine was just cracked around all three sides.

I'd get full weight and a few miles on them before you make the changes. But before switching to a shorter spring try a 150# or 175# 12" spring you should get a bit more compression out of it and still maintain a good ride.