Damnit, why did I spend so much on lowering parts...
 

When I could done like my friend, and been LOOOW and looked TIGHT...
My friend heated his coils and made a flip kit piece, and it's a LOT lower than my truck, and looks 10x better! :mad: I KNOW heating the coils is the WORST possible way to lower a truck, but lemme tell ya...it rides literally 10x better than my truck! :mad: HOPEFULLY, after I replace my cab mounts, my truck will ride SMOOOOTH...if it doesn't, I'm gonna cut my damn coils!
My friend said all he did was put a 2x4 under each A-arm, so that the A-arms would be 2" above the ground, and heated his coils till the A-arms went down to the blocks...then he was done. :mad: Damnit!
Of course, he also has a 245/45 17 up front (17x8 Torq Thrust II wheels) with 255/55 17's out back...so his truck has a pretty mean damn rake...which I don't like all that much...he ASWELL doesn't have Long tube headers...
Sorry guys, just venting...hopefully cab mounts will do the trick...

Heated coils are a dangerous way of lowering imo. Here's what the 4 year old heated springs looked like when I pulled them to do the bags on the 83.
http://imagem.webphotos.iwon.com/100...632AM0.3307611

Those springs will eventually sag more and now he's also changed the rate of the coil.

that spring was only heated in one spot... should have done it in a couple spots at least

mike

you know why you spent so much on lowering parts? because you're not retarded. if you cut your coils to get a smoother ride, you're really gonna be pissed, because it'll ride like an old log truck. i test drove a truck with chopped coils once, and no swaybar. i felt EVERY bump i hit. you say your friends truck with heated coils rides better than yours? challenge him to a little test of handling. his truck may ride 10x better, but i bet yours handles 20x better than his.

That's EXACTLY how my truck rides NOW. I don't have sway bars...my friend MIIIGHT have sway bars on his truck
BTW: He wouldn't race around corners against me...he has a spool.

Truthfully I didn't care since I bought it like that and had no clue until I pulled the coils. :D

I'll get a picture of my friends truck next to mine. I also have another friend (who I'm getting fenders from.) who's bagged in the front with a homemade flip kit and homemade shackles out back. I'll get a picture of all three of our trucks together and you can see the differences...

Sounds like a half-@ss lowering job. ;)

When will people ever learn to bag' it the first time? :rolleyes:

:metal: :metal: :burnout:

Tim, sounds to me like your friend has a death wish driving a truck like that on the street.