Suspension. Rubber Spring Seats

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Nitrate
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Suspension. Rubber Spring Seats

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1981. 2000. I'm confused about the location and the number of these spring cushions. Looking thru the Fiat parts catalogs I see that there are rubber cushions for the upper rear and upper front. No mention of any cushions on the lower spring perches. Am I safe in assuming there are no cushions for the lower front or rear? Also there appears to be a metal ? ring on both the tops and bottoms of the front and rear spring perches to locate the spring. Is that correct?. I don't have an exploded view to refer to. Confused. RB
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You're correct, rubber up top, lower spring perches are metal. You're not confused.
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not to add any confusion to this however, my rear spring perches did in fact have some plastic rings :? :shock:

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and of course the uppers for both front and back

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Re: Suspension. Rubber Spring Seats

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That's interesting! I never noticed anything at the bottom of the springs!
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The photos are very helpfull. Did you have the blue cushions on the the lower springs on the front and rear? What cushions are shown in your last photo? I have an 81' 2000 and it has the same blue cushion on the lower rear spring but it's only on the driver side. RB
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