I installed new springs. Its a sad story, but they only lasted a week.

The problem is, in my car there is no space or gap above the sled which allow the anchors of the handle to properly engage into the slots to the sled as they would need to go through the holes and poke out of the top.

So basically, the handle protrudes a few mm from the Empeg when its in the car. This puts some extra stress on the springs, which I have found give up easily at that particular tension.

On a rainy day, I'm gonna try Tony's spring mod, but at the moment its Blue-Tak which is keeping me sane!