How to seat (direction) coil springs?

[red50mustang]

I just did the front and rear springs and was wondering if I had them seated correctly.

After reading mustangworld's article, i had both rear springs pig tail pointed towards the driver's side and also did that with the front springs.

I am not sure about the front springs though because it looks like the way the passenger side spring is seated, its not all the way in on the lower control arm.

Seems like the front passenger side is higher than the driver side and the passenger side rear is higher than the driver side.

I am not sure though because the ground is not flat, I will have to drive somewhere with a flat floor to know for sure how each side is sitting.

Should I redo the spring locations or just leave them?

 

[SuperSync]

Your rear spring orientation is correct...

However on the fronts there is a "pocket" in the lower "A" arm they sit in. The idea is to put the bottom of the spring in so the end of the spring sits just before the hole that is in the lower "A" arm to allow moisture drainage.

You do not want to cover this hole up if possible, just getting the spring to rest before that hole. Again, this allows drainage of water.

It's not real hard to get right, trust me...good luck!

SS

 

[red50mustang]

The passenger spring is in the pocket, but i say only 75% of the spring is it while 25% of it is kind of lifted up. While on the driver side its more like 90% of it is in.

Heh, kind of hard to explain but because I had the bottom of the passenger side spring pointed towards the driver side, it didn't fit in as much as it did on the driver side.

Well if its really higher, i guess i'll have to turn it a bit.