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Suspension Progressive or linear springs?

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Old May 14, 2008 | 01:37 PM
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A lot of cars do these days...I'm not sure why, but my guess is these allow a lighter linear rate spring while adding more rate progressively...not a bad way to keep cost and weight down. Just a theory.
 
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