Steeda Progressive Spring review

[ScottsGT]

Just throw a set of the isolators on them and don't sweat it. Out of the thousands sold, they are only getting a handful of complaints. At this point it's hard to tell if it is minor differences in the car or the spring's manufacturing processes. (My opinion only!) It's like $10, and you might not even need them.

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[Todd15Fastback]

Hi Steeda!

I just received a set of your progressive springs for christmas.

When are the springs going to be revised to remove the clunking issue? I'd hate to install them and then have to come onto a forum and complain about them.

Did you even read the thread and the fix offered by Steeda:doh:

My progressives have been installed by Steeda since May. Been on the Tail of the Dragon and 3k miles of spirited driving since then. ZERO noises. Car has been driven by my dad and brother over the holidays and they commented on how quiet and great the ride was with those springs.

 

[Clink]

Zero issues with my Progressive springs either, installed by Steeda in Pompano and a track day with no issues.

 

[SK GT]

Did you even read the thread and the fix offered by Steeda:doh:

My progressives have been installed by Steeda since May. Been on the Tail of the Dragon and 3k miles of spirited driving since then. ZERO noises. Car has been driven by my dad and brother over the holidays and they commented on how quiet and great the ride was with those springs.

You act like the handful of people that are having the issue are making it up. We get yours are perfect but that does not mean people have not experienced issues. They don't manufacture the springs in house so something MAY have happened to those that are getting noises with every single thing torqued to spec and them installed right side up that Steeda could not control.

They have been very helpful with trying to resolve the issue though.

 

[Mach01]

Additional considerations..

Well thankfully someone pointed me to this thread. This issue sounds just like the sound I'm getting driver front. A few variables perhaps worth noting after reading this entire thread with the varying experiences noted...

..the adjustable sway bar positions (using 2nd most firm)
..forward and rearward positioning options for the top of the sway bar end links on the strut (rear)
..the reversed arrangement of the sway bar end links (one stud goes in, the other out),
..weight of driver (I'm very tall and 300 pounds),
..cargo (large heavy sub in trunk, pass side)
..possibility of failed strut top mounts if not torqued properly at outset, and misc..
..20" foundry wheels
..Steedas k brace, tower brace installed
..using ford performance struts (love the combo w springs but for the racket)
..using BMR adj end links

Also be sure you know how to remove bolt w red lock tite before using.

I'm going to ask David to send me the quick fix. I appreciate their attention to this. I'm a bit concerned my weight may be contributing, so may need to switch to another spring. I'd rather not. I've been hunting down this issue for a few weeks with stacked problems, and believe everything is torqued down correctly at this point.

 

[jabrax]

Well thankfully someone pointed me to this thread. This issue sounds just like the sound I'm getting driver front. A few variables perhaps worth noting after reading this entire thread with the varying experiences noted...

..the adjustable sway bar positions (using 2nd most firm)
..forward and rearward positioning options for the top of the sway bar end links on the strut (rear)
..the reversed arrangement of the sway bar end links (one stud goes in, the other out),
..weight of driver (I'm very tall and 300 pounds),
..cargo (large heavy sub in trunk, pass side)
..possibility of failed strut top mounts if not torqued properly at outset, and misc..
..20" foundry wheels
..Steedas k brace, tower brace installed
..using ford performance struts (love the combo w springs but for the racket)
..using BMR adj end links

Also be sure you know how to remove bolt w red lock tite before using.

I'm going to ask David to send me the quick fix. I appreciate their attention to this. I'm a bit concerned my weight may be contributing, so may need to switch to another spring. I'd rather not. I've been hunting down this issue for a few weeks with stacked problems, and believe everything is torqued down correctly at this point.

I don't think the weight would be a problem. That would mean no passengers in the car for most of us. Guessing closer to 400 as the norm

I am installing these tomorrow, I will probably now be hyper sensitive to the sound now

 

[Mach01]

I don't think the weight would be a problem. That would mean no passengers in the car for most of us. Guessing closer to 400 as the norm

I am installing these tomorrow, I will probably now be hyper sensitive to the sound now

I wouldn't think so but for *i think* the max cap for passengers and cargo is under 700 pounds w factory springs. Now I've lowered an inch, put nearly half that weight on one side. It seems like a big bump might jar a progressive spring. I'm no engineer though.

 

[jabrax]

hmmm, would like someone from Ford Racing or Steeda to comment (Both sell progressive springs).

Does weight have a bearing on how Progressive springs perform? In your testing was there an impact on how the springs perform, similar to how Mach has descrided?

Guys/Gals with Superchargers, did you see issues with the added weight and your progressives (I'm installing a SC soon)

 

[Five0GT]

I could be wrong but I've done research and it seems that progressive springs are designed to touch. I don't understand the guys who say theirs don't touch


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[David@Steeda]

Hi everyone,

We wanted to shed some light in this thread. Please note, the following information applies to all lowering springs, not just ours.

Have you noticed some people on the forum are now complaining of a front-end noise even with the stock springs installed?

There have been several issues with the factory upper strut mount, Kelly recently confirmed this as well, here's a quote from another thread: 'Also, I have had some customers already experience failed strut mounts when re-using them. Did you re-use them, or acquire new ones for the install? The plastic ball bearing races in the mounts are prone to cracking, which can cause noise.'

We've seen that people have damaged strut mounts during installation, which as a result causes a front-end noise.

We've had customers reach out to us about a front-end noise post-install, and in both cases of receiving those springs back, we installed those same springs in all of our in-house cars and were not hearing any noise whatsoever - we could not replicate the noise. We think people are overlooking the fact they could have a bad strut mount. The reason we say this is we're yet to hear of anyone who has our springs coupled with our camber plates complaining of a front-end noise whatsoever. Another scenario pointing to a bad OE strut mount.

To recap, if you're hearing a rattle going over a bump it could be:

- damaged strut mount
- improper torque specs (most people don't have the tools to torque this properly, you need a torque wrench not an air gun)
- aftermarket end links (we haven't found any that were quiet enough to our liking)

In the 4 instances of us sending out isolators to customers who were still hearing a noise even after checking the torque specs, we feel a damaged strut mount could be the culprit - and the isolator is just masking the noise.

Again, there's nothing wrong with the springs. Even though it's normal for progressive springs to touch (top coils), it's not something you're going to hear. We have slight contact marks at the top of our daily driven progressives with no audible noise at all during contact, with no isolators installed.

 

[Five0GT]

[MENTION=10893]David@Steeda[/MENTION] I'm one of the ones who had the noise go away with the silencers. Which makes me believe noise was the springs touching. Curious how the strut mount would affect this?


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[ARS1]

[MENTION=10893]David@Steeda[/MENTION] I just had mine installed today and so far no noises over here... Hit some bumps, cranked it hard over slow and fast, Reverse etc. and so far so good.

 

[David@Steeda]

[MENTION=10893]David@Steeda[/MENTION] I'm one of the ones who had the noise go away with the silencers. Which makes me believe noise was the springs touching. Curious how the strut mount would affect this?


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If the strut mount's plastic ball bearing is cracked it can cause noise.

Having the isolator in place softens the compression of the spring, therefore you won't get as much noise, when actually it could be the strut mount that's defective and can no longer absorb the direct compression of the spring - whereas the isolator dampens it, thus masking the noise.

 

[Mach01]

If the strut mount's plastic ball bearing is cracked it can cause noise.

Having the isolator in place softens the compression of the spring, therefore you won't get as much noise, when actually it could be the strut mount that's defective and can no longer absorb the direct compression of the spring - whereas the isolator dampens it, thus masking the noise.

I have new maximum Motorsports caster camber plates. Steel ball bearings there along w all new parts in most recent install including ford racing struts. I'd like to try the silencer pls. PM'd you last night. If I still have any noise I'll do it all over again w new springs. Maybe try the ultra lites I've spent a small fortune on this, I'd like to get it right. If you cannot provide silencers, let me know, and I'll buy them myself.

Thanks!

 

[rvlyssup]

I have new maximum Motorsports caster camber plates. Steel ball bearings there along w all new parts in most recent install including ford racing struts. I'd like to try the silencer pls. PM'd you last night. If I still have any noise I'll do it all over again w new springs. Maybe try the ultra lites I've spent a small fortune on this, I'd like to get it right. If you cannot provide silencers, let me know, and I'll buy them myself.

Thanks!

The strut mount Kelly & David are referring to is the bottom piece in is this video: [ame] I reckon its called the spring perch.

CC plates replace the top portion only & the bottom is basically re-used. When I swapped to FRPP struts, I used the new ones that came with the kit. My old ones looked fine (3100+miles only) but I elected to swap them out nevertheless.

Apparently, the PP mounts are superior over the ones used on non-PP cars.

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