Remember I broke the main leaf of my lovely Northwest Off Road spring on the passenger side? I got it fixed. A spring shop fixed it for only $156 CDN, total (labour, parts, tax).

Two things: as a first-timer to being in a real spring shop, looking around the shop, there were springs and spring paraphenalia of all sorts. In short, there ain't no spring this shop couldn't make/fix/modify. (I was under the impression these shops were expensive. Given the situation of having to replace both springs so they'd match was an expensive proposition -- non-stock Toyota springs.)

Second, the guy claimed he knew immediately who made my "Northwest Off Road" spring. Apparently, a U.S. company called Triangle Spring. You should've seen the look on his face -- "not another one." Either way, I'm still tasting "THE BITTERNESS OF POOR QUALITY". Hmmm, I read something similar to that somewhere.

So check with you're local spring shops first for any of your springy situations. Mine came through for me. Also, no more clunking and banging from the passenger side rear anymore (I lived with it for eight years BEFORE the spring finally snapped)! Two birds with one stone. My truck rides great.