Hi Mike, IIRC Both front and rear springs were simply "given an extra inch" but with the weight bias being severely towards the rear (70/30), the rear springs naturally compressed more, giving the "nose in the air" look we know so well. The car was, as you say, originally meant to be lower. Had the D ever found its way into showrooms in the UK/Europe, it would have had the lower suspension, the original Lotus-designed exhaust system and a number of other things. The so-called "euro-spec" cars were for the most part conversions of the stock american cars. I've heard a figure of around 60-70% of the necessary conversions were made to get them on the roads in the UK (making them right-handers being the principle one). So to answer your question; No, the "euro" cars do not have the lowered suspension, but they would have done! :-) BTW, if anyone is not aware, the DOC has a contact for custom-made exhaust manifolds which conform to the original Lotus designs. Best Wishes, Martin http://delorean.connect-2.co.uk Michel Poulin wrote: > Nice photos, but note that they are selling a set of 4 springs. Was there > not a set of Lotus springs for the front that would bring the front end to > spec height? Thus leaving the back end factory? My understanding is that > only the front was riased to match bumper height regulations, the back was > fine as is. Follow up question, are the DMC-12's in Europe still at spec? > Or did they get raised as well? > -=mike=- > restoring #702 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/dmcnews http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications