John, I am very excited about the future result myself. I hope that it looks visually acceptable. The physical benefits cannot be denied. These lowering blocks were only used because the 4/4 Sport from 2008 on was very light without spare wheel and bumpers. It would have been better to use other leaf springs for the 4/4. But it was obviously cheaper to use the standard springs that all Morgans had, up to the roadster. The three reasons against lowering blocks...or let me put it the other way around, the three reasons why I want to remove them:

1) Better lateral control. It's not so smart to keep the lowering blocks and add a Panhard Rod. It is easier and very effective to remove the lowering blocks and achieve a similar effect.
2) To avoid the increased leverage that occurs when the lowering block makes the leaf spring not level with the axle. This will cause the spring to bend more when the throttle is released. Here again, it is better to correct the geometry than to keep the geometry wrong and add anti tramp bars.
3) the better and bigger clearance of the leaf spring. It is no longer blocked so early by the frame when plunging.
The single measures, Panhard Rod, anti tramp bars are certainly even more effective. But it is a work around if the spring itself is not optimally positioned.

Here is a picture of my P4 SS from 2013, the last in the row. with an enlarged section. The car always looked very good. So I hope my 4/4 looks similar without lowering blocks...especially since my springs sag a bit she should not be too much lifted up.

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if it doesn't look good, i can undo it or look for other springs that are less bent to get the optical effect
In any case I will report if the riding characteristics improve (they are not that bad...but the bouncing and winding of the springs is annoying). Unfortunately I don't have time for this before Christmas to do this measure.

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