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Paul Y · 03-15-2016, 06:52 PM

Thanks guys. Let me put this another way.

What is the free length of a 2" dropped spring, a 4" dropped spring and a 5" dropped spring.

If I have this information I can work out, from my existing cut spring, what I need to order in order to get me in the ball park.

If it turns out that a 5" spring is 10' uncompressed then that is not the right spring for me. But! if a 4" spring is 12" uncompressed then I can use that to fine tune my ride height.

Understand about spring rates, but as Woody is supposedly fitted with CPP springs (cut) once I have the free height measurements I can use the coil stack distance and diameter of the coil wire to help me narrow down my selection.

So, to ask the question again in a slightly different way, does anybody know the uncompressed spring height of CPP's front lowered springs?

Thanks again.

P.

03-15-2016, 06:52 PM	#5
Paul Y Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Essex Posts: 950	Re: Front Springs - Anybody got the free heights? Thanks guys. Let me put this another way. What is the free length of a 2" dropped spring, a 4" dropped spring and a 5" dropped spring. If I have this information I can work out, from my existing cut spring, what I need to order in order to get me in the ball park. If it turns out that a 5" spring is 10' uncompressed then that is not the right spring for me. But! if a 4" spring is 12" uncompressed then I can use that to fine tune my ride height. Understand about spring rates, but as Woody is supposedly fitted with CPP springs (cut) once I have the free height measurements I can use the coil stack distance and diameter of the coil wire to help me narrow down my selection. So, to ask the question again in a slightly different way, does anybody know the uncompressed spring height of CPP's front lowered springs? Thanks again. P.