mine are fine and they have 8 years... 155K on them..

I never got to it, but here is one picture of the new spring. I got one with a weird winding so I installed it so.

Is that on a GP?

I don't recognize the top mounting assembly.

I've seen the rubber casing before, but not on a GP..... I think it was a Regal.

that's what I got from the parts store and what the assembly was when I took it apart.

Something's wrong...... Maybe that's why it broke in the first place.

I posted that picture on my local board and I've got 2 people agreeing with me that the top part of that assembly is not typical. It looks like someone stacked 2 bearing assemblies together.

That doesn't look right. And those top two coils shouldn't be touching, unless load put on them.

Here's a write up. I looked through my photobucket pics, but I don't have one showing the top of the coil on the strut.
Maybe this will help you out http://rmcgp.clubgp.com/struts.html

The top assembly does contain two rubber spacers crimpton, in regards to the spring itself that is what I was a bit weirded out in getting for the car. It looked like the last two coils were would tighter. Why?

i dont think that any of that is for a GP.

There shouldn't be any spacers...... Just the top mounting plate. That's why the 2 rungs of the spring are making contact.
The spring sleeve I've seen on the Regal, not an issue.
The spacers, I would call an issue. What's your ride height with that setup?
FWIW... You might consider buying new top plates just to keep the strut rod from punching through your hood.

I had changed the struts last year and put back on the old springs without the heavy rubber spacers. By about week 2 after the repair I got a bit of a funky clunk. I gave it to a shop and they told me that I am missing spacers. I took the front ones apart and found that the rubber insert that rides on the bearing was twisted due to the spring! so I followed the shop's suggestion and put on another heavy rubber.

I wonder if that spring was broke all along???

I've worked on a few strut spring combos and I've never seen that kind of a setup. Is it possible someone before you put that spacer in there instead of replacing the spring??

Does anyone have a picture of a stock strut/spring assembled.

i wish i took pictures. i cant find anything. i will keep looking for one

Found this over at ClubGP: Grand Prix Strut Upgrades Hope that helps!

Man... Is that an old write up or what?

The top assembly looks the same as quarks, but the spring doesn't have as many windings.

The top plates are 1 year old from Zoomer. height-wise, the new spring was less then 1 inch taller then the old spring, but yes, the spring constant was higher and it was a bit more muscle to compress it. Other then that nothing has changed. The feel of my ride.