Today I did the spring swap I hadn't planned on doing, but it went well, it's done, and I'm glad I did it.
These are the original springs (left) next to the corresponding Moog 3226/3227 springs.
The fronts didn't look much thicker, but with the naked eye I could tell the new rears were thicker wire.
I wire brushed and touched up the paint as necessary. Didn't get a picture of the front progress.
So how did they do? Great, maybe good as new.
Took these in the same place and distance to try and get a fairly decent comparison.
Here's the old height measurements.
Here are the new.
Did this solo in about 5 hours from project start to tools cleaned & put away. A quick break for water/food between the front and rear.
I didn't disconnect any track bar connections; just lower end links on sway bars and shock bottoms. I did use a loan-a-tool McPherson compressor to do the right front (the first one attempted), after that I was able to get enough angle pressing down on hubs and lifting on the springs to remove/replace them without the tool.
New Moog isolators front and rear (didn't use the bottom plastic one, just the rubber top), and new bump stops in the front. Rear bump stops were done last year, about the same time I replaced the original shocks with Rancho 5000Xs.
Drove it when I went to return the loan-a-tool and the ride felt more balanced. I'll give it a few months and then recheck measurements.