Coil spring rentention?

[NissanNut]

Should I retain the coil springs at both ends or just one?

I was thinking both may be a good thing. In those off camber situations It may be better. I noticed there is none in the rear. Doing a long arm conversion on rear. Coil up front.

[Ryan Gee]

On my front they are retained on both ends. The rear one the bottom only. However, everyone has a little different setup on the rear longarm package.

[NissanNut]

Cool thanks,

I also worried about them just falling out. I have seen that allot of jeeps and Nissans drop there coils.

Is it OK to retain them if the stretch a few inches? I dont want to distort or damage the springs.

[theking]

I've thought about it and really don't see any advantage on retaining both ends. I ended up removing my upper retainer and i like it much better. My springs compress to 11" (50%) and they seem to be still good.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i186/kennylauter909/outlaw-wheeling/IMG_1103.jpg

[NissanNut]

OK cool. I just need to build a tube so the dont slip out if they uncompress.

My brackets came with nice lower retainers.