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10-04-2004, 06:35 PM
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Drive it like U stole it
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well I lowered it!!!!
Like the title says ! I did it the wrong way but I like it and I guess thats all that matters. I heated the springs and dropped it 2 1/2 in the front and 3 in the rear . It didnt hurt the ride at all ,I know thats hard to believe but its true. What do ya think?
  
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10-04-2004, 06:37 PM
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Looks good
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10-04-2004, 07:03 PM
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Ha ha! I was just thinking about how good that looks. All you did was heat it up? You say the ride is the same? Have you checked your alignment yet?
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10-04-2004, 07:12 PM
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Drive it like U stole it
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YES , I had it aligned right after lowering it. In fact the guy at the shop got pissed at me for doing it.
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Looks good. Keep on truckin'.
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10-04-2004, 07:50 PM
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I think it looks good.
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10-04-2004, 08:16 PM
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And he was able to align it with no problems?
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10-04-2004, 08:34 PM
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Looks Good... :p
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10-04-2004, 08:36 PM
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Looks great!
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10-04-2004, 08:38 PM
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Drive it like U stole it
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No problems at all . Most people heat the sping in one place . we heated it on three different coils and all the way around . when we felt the truck start to move we took the heat away and bounced the truckand then let it sit to see where it was . It took a good 40 mins to lower all 4 corners.We started at 1pm and took it to the aligment shop at 3pm.I was back on the road by 4.
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10-04-2004, 08:46 PM
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67-72 parts collector,…
 
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good luck with it!
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10-04-2004, 08:49 PM
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I have never heated front springs Make's More sense to me to remove them and cut a coil .
I heated rear springs once the ride sucked bad Maybe i lowered mine too much? It squished all the coils together But sure did look good   
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10-04-2004, 09:11 PM
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Brian I cant belive you did that. I've lowered lots of trucks over the years and I've aways cut one round out of the front and used square tubbin with longer U bolts. This gets you a 2" drop for around 20.00 bucks plus the alingnment! But your truck does look good!
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10-04-2004, 09:21 PM
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more, more, MORE!!!
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10-06-2004, 04:27 PM
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I always thought that lowering it by heating the springs would alter the tempering of the coils and make them brittle. I am going to take mine out and cut off a coil in the spring to bring the front end down a couple inches
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10-06-2004, 05:16 PM
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Drive it like U stole it
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I had done it once before when i was real young and stupid . I heated the springs on one of my Novas and it didnt work that well. I was told to put stands under the bumper and heat the spring till it dropped onto the stands then let them cool . I did this and after about three hours I removed the stands ,The car hit the floor. I had to buy new springs and I said then and there I would NOT do that agian. Well a friend of mine owns this repair shop and i watched him lower his 71 SS Camaro ,That he just got 20 grand out of, with heating the springs . I asked him to do mine and he said Okay and away we went. Now I'm not lying when i say It did not hurt the ride of the truck at all. Infact I think it helped it. This truck was stiff as a brick when it was normal hieght. Now I fell like I'm driving SS nova thatr stays in the grarage. It has a smooth ,curve hugging ride. I might later on go and put drop springs in the rear and spindles up front but right now I'm having fun !!
OH Hotrodtoy the guy is a F==d lover ,Thats his problem 
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10-06-2004, 06:57 PM
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my gas saver
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i`ve seen that truck a couple of times and it`s one of the cleanest rides i`ve seen, looking good.
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10-06-2004, 07:33 PM
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Drive it like U stole it
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10-06-2004, 08:56 PM
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Just wait. Give it a while for the springs to settle. You may be happy with it now, but once the springs collapse your tune will change....
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10-06-2004, 11:02 PM
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Look's good .....That is a hella clean truck too BTW..
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10-07-2004, 12:12 AM
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when i cut my coils i cut 2 full coils out we were of the mindset no guts no glory haha and also had a spare set of coils in the shop but anyways i think i cut too much because when u lift the truck the spring are loose and u can literally move them arouind by hand but hell i got it aligned and it rides awesome, if i was looking for ride quality i woulda bought a cadillac or something
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Same thing here 1 1/2 off the coils and the flop out of the top alingment dowel when the truck is jacked up by the center. |
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It's a catastrophic success.
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10-07-2004, 12:33 AM
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I really like the stance you've come up with. It must have been really hard to keep the sides even as you were heating the springs.
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10-07-2004, 07:10 PM
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Drive it like U stole it
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N2TRUX, If it settles anymore its no big deal . I did it to see if I liked the look . Now I can start to save some cash to do it the right way.
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