I'm gonna sound really ignorant for asking this, but I wanna know regardless. I've known for a while that when you normally upgrade your springs, the ride height that it lowers the car immediately normally gets a tade bit lower as it settles with time. My question is this. Will aftermarket springs settle at the same speed when the car is beigh driven as when it's just parked?
Suppose you drive your car to work Mon-Fri 10 miles each way, while the other person walks to work and leaves they're car garaged 26 out of 30 days in a month. If the same spring was installed on both cars at the exact same time, would they settle in height at the exact same moment? I would think that the weight of the car is what causes the springs to settle, but I could he wrong. In any case, I would appreciate some replies when you guys get a chance. Thanks.

 

I would imagine driving would speed up the process because the movement and vibration would jostle the springs into the position that they would settle in and relax any potential tension in the spring-steel itself.

 

Driving the car definately speeds up the process because of the springs moving, working and settling.

 

So what you guys are saying is that the springs would naturally settle when the car is parked for a long period of time as well, only at a slower pace, correct?

 

It's hard to say but I would think the springs might settle "more" when driven than if they sat stationary because the springs would undergo compression and expansion while driving. This will surely settle the spring more than if it just sat still. But this is just an untested theory.

 

It depends on the spring manufacturer and its fabrication. Swift uses a proprietary technique to manufacturing their springs, which hold up longer than other springs. If you go to the Swift website, you'll find their comparison tests on spring fatigue and sag.