Are these how your Deaver Springs look when they arrived?

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They do modify and rebuild incl re-arch in house. Along with carrying every bushing. They also will bend you up u-bolts while you wait and have a drill press that is still used and is over 100 years old!!!
 
If this is common with their springs, then I have nothing to worry about. I'll be the first one in our league, that I know of, running them, so hopefully they perform like everyone has said they will.

I'd almost like to see them simply not paint them if this is a common issue. It will be more work to fix them from this condition, than it would be to paint the bare steel when it arrived.
 
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If this is common with their springs, then I have nothing to worry about. I'll be the first one in our league, that I know of, running them, so hopefully they perform like everyone has said they will.

I'd almost like to see them simply not paint them if this is a common issue. It will be more work to fix them from this condition, than it would be to paint the bare steel when it arrived.
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I think if they left them bare steel then you would get on here and complain that they arrived rusty. Sack up dude - we are talking parts for something that will get raced off-road.
 
It's fairly easy to hit them with some oil before shipping them. JCR does it with all their stuff. Just because the majority of their clients are racers doesn't mean they should provide a product in worse condition than every other spring manufacture.

Sack up dude and expect a little better quality from a well known company.
 
i dont understand why you're so concerned with the way the springs look.

if you're building a show truck, get skyjacker, rancho, or fabtech stuff. they all come powdercoated pretty colors.
 
I'm not concerned with the looks. I'm concerned that a company that sells springs, that are generally used by racers, come in a less than impressive condition. How hard is it to actually let the pain dry?
 
You really made a write up for the sole purpose of complaining about the paint?

I opened that link expecting to read about how they performed for you.
 
I guess the quotes below add no value to the writeup?

I borrowed some coil compressors from Advanced Auto, but they were the type that go inside the spring, which won’t work with these springs.
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I haven’t had a chance to really run the XJ hard since the last race. I can tell you that these springs, in combination with the new control arms, make the XJ feel like a different animal on the road.
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I haven't complained about Deaver. I posted information about quality control issues that I think are important for people when considering purchasing springs. Nothing I said was untrue and I gave Deaver ample opportunity to respond to the situation.
 
Most people who Race do want all of the components looking good and painted or prepped correctly. Have you ever seen a 4.0 King or Bilstein with a shitty rusted coil, no. IMO he is right.
 
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I agree with him, how ford guy says how would you feel if your brand new coilovers came with painted springs covered in card board???? I understand its not totally the same but i mean for 275$ they can powdercoat them.. Iron rock offroad's springs are 119 and they come powdercoated.. just saying... :D
 
it's a free market, QUIT BUYING FROM THEM.

what does the iron rock analogy say? even at 1/3rd the price, people who know, still prefer cardboard covered deavers.

RATES, its about the spring rates! if you care more about the paint, go buy rancho. if you care about spring rates, you buy deavers.
 
I borrowed some coil compressors from Advanced Auto, but they were the type that go inside the spring, which won’t work with these springs.
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That's not a spring problem, it's an XJ issue. There's no where for the rod to pass through at the bottom of the coil like there would be on an IFS rig. All XJ coils require an external compressor.
 
xcm said:
it's a free market, QUIT BUYING FROM THEM.

what does the iron rock analogy say? even at 1/3rd the price, people who know, still prefer cardboard covered deavers.

RATES, its about the spring rates! if you care more about the paint, go buy rancho. if you care about spring rates, you buy deavers.
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Trust me, in the future, I will likely not buy from them again. Their lack of quality control makes me wish I had never considered them. That would be the whole point of my post here and on my website. Nobody, not even Deaver, has mentioned anywhere that you can expect their springs to come looking like a junkyard special. I think it's valid to post here so others considering their products are aware of the condition they ship in.

Since nobody in my racing league has used Deaver springs, I took a risk buying them and running them. Add that risk to the fact that they look like junkyard specials, will make it very hard to resell them if they don't actually perform as expected.

Deaver should be aware that every single one of their competitors is capable of properly painting or powdercoating their springs.
 
The Iron rock analogy was because deaver said that powdercoating would make the springs cost more. im not saying i would not buy the springs because im pretty sure they work great but their are people out there that buy certain stuff just for looks not function and maybe Deavers arent for them.
But if i was Deaver i would ATLEAST let the paint dry before sending them out.
 
loki_racer said:
Trust me, in the future, I will likely not buy from them again. Their lack of quality control makes me wish I had never considered them. That would be the whole point of my post here and on my website. Nobody, not even Deaver, has mentioned anywhere that you can expect their springs to come looking like a junkyard special. I think it's valid to post here so others considering their products are aware of the condition they ship in.

Since nobody in my racing league has used Deaver springs, I took a risk buying them and running them. Add that risk to the fact that they look like junkyard specials, will make it very hard to resell them if they don't actually perform as expected.

Deaver should be aware that every single one of their competitors is capable of properly painting or powdercoating their springs.
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If they dont work out for you, i will take them off your hands!!! seriously :D
 
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