Aftwrmarket springs

[MinusAndy]

So the supercar I’m building has two of the long shocks from 8880 per wheel and it’s still sat lower than a snakes nutsack. The yellow version of that shock has stronger springs but I’m not up for paying 16 quid a corner to have firmer suspension! Has anyone on here looked into aftermarket stiffer/rising rate springs? 
I'm trying to stay purist in terms of parts but I’m using custom stickers as well so I figure a stronger spring swapped onto the Lego shock body is ethically cool in my book.

[suffocation]

10 minutes ago, MinusAndy said:

[...] sat lower than a snake's nutsack [...]

Anyway, forget the purism codswallop. I got some springs from a local DIY here in Italy - €0.90 for eight of them - and they work just as well as the springs on the 9.5L shock absorbers.

[m00se]

I used to salvage springs from ballpoint pens ;-)

[Mechbuilds]

I personally think if a person is okay with gutting a lego shock absorber for the spring to use it over an axle to make a custom spring then pretty much might as well go for any spring you can buy.. 
So yeah you can go for it and still be purist enough. Besides.. Who cares? 

[astyanax]

See also this MOC by @Didumos69 for some hints on aftermarket springs.

[Gray Gear]

Well, you could get fake shocks from Aliexpress and swap the springs in the original LEGO shock body...that should do it.

[MinusAndy]

Sweet. I’ll get some sorted this week.

thanks people.