Well thing on springs is simple, like i said - if you not planning to haul up there like 200-300lb of stuff (and i doubt it. Lifting all the stuff and then taking it all down can be pretty annoying at times
), and if no tall loads involved (as in - kayak on its side or something to that liking) - its pretty pointless as stock ones been designed to be ok with about 7 people in there (5 + 2 jumpseats) which is pretty huge load. So if no lifting is in plan - just dont worry about it for now.
Glad to hear that Henry behaving better now
Yes they do mind of their own, thats for sure.
Me Disco is getting whipped to shape somewhat - got those carsounds welded on yesterday. Poor dude in shop spent like 4.5 hours on them - so flat rate of 2 hours was on my side, just for once
Old cats were seriously heavy and pretty darn scary in inside. So all ratting is gone and looks like running is improved a tad. Mean Green got me alternator yesterday so i will phone them up (they promissed 24 hours period on diagnosing and sending back) on friday, to find out what they doing - sending new one or fixed old one. I'd say new one is most likely outcome b/c old one been plain scary when it dropped dead. Till then i am driving on half-alive old alternator, charging battery up to full each night (thanks god i ponied up money at some point to get that vector's onboard charger). It takes about 5-10 min to get to office from place where i live, so its ok... If lucky - shall get new/rebuilt alt at end of next week. Still got some job to do till then, but hopefully it all will be sorted out by 11th, so i can finally go few more places in CO till snow hits.