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Renfro85 · 05-03-2010, 09:12 PM

I want to cut the springs on my truck to lower just because its cheap and my truck rides bad already. I would like to hear from someone who's already done this and also would like to hear the pros and cons to cutting them.

oldblue1968chevy · 05-03-2010, 09:31 PM

you can only cut fronts, i think its better than heating em..good luck ive never done it but may in the future

Renfro85 · 05-03-2010, 09:38 PM

Out curiosity/stupidty why can't I cut the back?

**leddzepp** · 05-03-2010, 09:40 PM

Back springs are pig-tailed....they wont have anything to retain them if cut.

oldblue1968chevy · 05-03-2010, 09:54 PM

you can make a drop block (i was going to do it but I couldnt find a longer u bolt for the life of me). Or a drop spring (100$). or torch em or bags

cdowns · 05-03-2010, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

you can make a drop block (i was going to do it but I couldnt find a longer u bolt for the life of me). Or a drop spring (100$). or torch em or bags

walk into any autoparts store with the measurements you need for ubolts and they should b able to fix u up

oldblue1968chevy · 05-03-2010, 10:27 PM

tried napa and they cant get it reasonably ($65) and orielly autozone etc autmatically says 'no'

Hubscrub · 05-03-2010, 10:33 PM

believe it or not the rear springs on my wife's 67 are cut, and my buddy did it to his a couple years ago so it can be done

Leviticus · 05-03-2010, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Hubscrub

believe it or not the rear springs on my wife's 67 are cut, and my buddy did it to his a couple years ago so it can be done

Dude, that is highly ghetto dangerous! Please to the original poster, do not cut your rear springs!

The fronts are easy, pull them and take a cutoff wheel and cut one full coil off. Slap em back in and go cruise. Check to see if your stock shocks are going to bottom out or not as well.

Some guys cut 1.5 coilsoff and say they have not had any issues, but they come out easy so start with one coil and see how you like it. You can always cut more off, but once it is cut...its cut.

To tell you the truth, my truck feels better in the front after shortening my springs. But that may just be me.

**leddzepp** · 05-03-2010, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Hubscrub

believe it or not the rear springs on my wife's 67 are cut, and my buddy did it to his a couple years ago so it can be done

WOW....My rear end is puckering just looking at that.

C/10 King · 05-04-2010, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by leddzepp

WOW....My rear end is puckering just looking at that.

Hubscrub · 05-04-2010, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Hubscrub

believe it or not the rear springs on my wife's 67 are cut, and my buddy did it to his a couple years ago so it can be done

just to say:i agree on it not being the best way of doing it cutting the rears, we plan to buy her a quality lowering kit, the truck is not being drove now anyways i have the doghouse off it and rebuilding the motor

that is just some of the crazy stuff the owners before me did to this poor truck

Leviticus · 05-04-2010, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Hubscrub

just to say:i agree on it not being the best way of doing it cutting the rears, we plan to buy her a quality lowering kit, the truck is not being drove now anyways i have the doghouse off it and rebuilding the motor

that is just some of the crazy stuff the owners before me did to this poor truck

Hey I'm not trying to give you a hard time, back in the day I did some mods that were highly questionable

Hell I had a custom built 107ci chopper that I had so low that you really couldn't lean without dragging the forward controls down the road, not safe,but it sure looked badass!

I just want to make sure if we have a member that doesn't have a lot of experience with these trucks to go start cutting up his rear coils cause someone else did it. Like some said above, maybe you wouldn't see any problems with it that way, but I just want to give the safest, soundest advice I can.

Hubscrub · 05-04-2010, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Leviticus

Hey I'm not trying to give you a hard time, back in the day I did some mods that were highly questionable

Hell I had a custom built 107ci chopper that I had so low that you really couldn't lean without dragging the forward controls down the road, not safe,but it sure looked badass!

I just want to make sure if we have a member that doesn't have a lot of experience with these trucks to go start cutting up his rear coils cause someone else did it. Like some said above, maybe you wouldn't see any problems with it that way, but I just want to give the safest, soundest advice I can.

no problem

no harm taken i want the truck to be as safe as possible for my wife and i because you can buy replacement truck parts but you can't buy a replacement for her or her body

**chev-obsession** · 05-04-2010, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

tried napa and they cant get it reasonably ($65) and orielly autozone etc autmatically says 'no'

I'd say around $50-$65 is reasonable. I had to get stock ones made at a shop locally. The receipt is gone now, but it was just a dollar or two shy of $60. It would probably be cheaper to do that than to get the nuts washers and bolts through lmc.

Leviticus · 05-04-2010, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by chev-obsession

I'd say around $50-$65 is reasonable. I had to get stock ones made at a shop locally. The receipt is gone now, but it was just a dollar or two shy of $60. It would probably be cheaper to do that than to get the nuts washers and bolts through lmc.

I'd check to see if you have a Big Rig shop near you, I had a Big Rig alignment/spring shop make mine for $20.

AusTx68 · 05-03-2010, 11:49 PM

Whoa, so there's nothing holding the top of the spring in place?? That doesn't look safe.

Jacfourteen · 05-04-2010, 12:51 AM

I just cut the fronts on my 3/4 ton and they are a bit different, I cut 1.5 coils and got about 2.5". They are a lot tighter fit then the 1/2 ton ones, if I didn't cut them I wouldn't have been able to put them back in without a compressor. Even with the cut coil it was lifting the truck to get the ball joint back on. Oh yeah the ride seems about the same in the front, I lowered the back by pulling out 4 leaves so it rides smoother than before.

*Sublvr72* · 05-04-2010, 02:14 AM

I cut the rears on my panel as well

big_al_71 · 05-04-2010, 07:27 AM

cut the front one full coil and for the rear get a set of springs from the junkyard off of a jeep and it will drop it four inches in the rear...

67chevemall · 05-04-2010, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by big_al_71

cut the front one full coil and for the rear get a set of springs from the junkyard off of a jeep and it will drop it four inches in the rear...

^ what he said.........don't cut more then one or they fall out when you jack the truck up.....i mean you can cut two or three if you want but they will need adj. everytime you jack it up

Danny Bost · 05-04-2010, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by big_al_71

cut the front one full coil and for the rear get a set of springs from the junkyard off of a jeep and it will drop it four inches in the rear...

What model Jeep springs are you reccomending? Is it the Cherokee?

**leddzepp** · 05-04-2010, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Danny Bost

What model Jeep springs are you reccomending? Is it the Cherokee?

Wrangler

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=356615

big_al_71 · 05-04-2010, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by leddzepp

Wrangler

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=356615

What he said ^^^^^^

kcjones · 05-04-2010, 02:00 PM

OK, so you can cut the rear springs...but in the pictures I saw, there's nothing holding them in place...can anyone honestly tell me it's ok to drive the truck with nothing holding the spring to the frame? I realize the bottom is held in place....

05-03-2010, 09:12 PM	#1
Renfro85 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Alabaster,AL Posts: 36	want to cut springs have ???'s I want to cut the springs on my truck to lower just because its cheap and my truck rides bad already. I would like to hear from someone who's already done this and also would like to hear the pros and cons to cutting them.

05-03-2010, 09:31 PM	#2
oldblue1968chevy Grandpa in the rustmobile... Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Spokane WA/Viola TN Posts: 11,422	Re: want to cut springs have ???'s you can only cut fronts, i think its better than heating em..good luck ive never done it but may in the future __________________ John Goose-1968 C10 355,9.32-1CR, Vortec Heads ,262 voodoo, 3.73:1 3OTT (HS ride/beater/farm truck) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=317684 Grams 53-1953 Chevrolet Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post4327784 1969 Chevy C10 Shortbed 4.5/6?" Frame off resto http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=548136 1999 Toyota Tacoma 4x4

05-03-2010, 09:38 PM	#3
Renfro85 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Alabaster,AL Posts: 36	Re: want to cut springs have ???'s Out curiosity/stupidty why can't I cut the back?

05-03-2010, 09:40 PM	#4
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 20,006	Re: want to cut springs have ???'s Back springs are pig-tailed....they wont have anything to retain them if cut. __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man

05-03-2010, 09:54 PM	#5
oldblue1968chevy Grandpa in the rustmobile... Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Spokane WA/Viola TN Posts: 11,422	Re: want to cut springs have ???'s you can make a drop block (i was going to do it but I couldnt find a longer u bolt for the life of me). Or a drop spring (100$). or torch em or bags __________________ John Goose-1968 C10 355,9.32-1CR, Vortec Heads ,262 voodoo, 3.73:1 3OTT (HS ride/beater/farm truck) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=317684 Grams 53-1953 Chevrolet Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post4327784 1969 Chevy C10 Shortbed 4.5/6?" Frame off resto http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=548136 1999 Toyota Tacoma 4x4

05-03-2010, 10:27 PM	#7
oldblue1968chevy Grandpa in the rustmobile... Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Spokane WA/Viola TN Posts: 11,422	Re: want to cut springs have ???'s tried napa and they cant get it reasonably ($65) and orielly autozone etc autmatically says 'no' __________________ John Goose-1968 C10 355,9.32-1CR, Vortec Heads ,262 voodoo, 3.73:1 3OTT (HS ride/beater/farm truck) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=317684 Grams 53-1953 Chevrolet Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post4327784 1969 Chevy C10 Shortbed 4.5/6?" Frame off resto http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=548136 1999 Toyota Tacoma 4x4

05-03-2010, 10:33 PM	#8
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: want to cut springs have ???'s believe it or not the rear springs on my wife's 67 are cut, and my buddy did it to his a couple years ago so it can be done Attached Images __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14

05-03-2010, 11:49 PM	#17
AusTx68 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Italy Posts: 1,278	Re: want to cut springs have ???'s Whoa, so there's nothing holding the top of the spring in place?? That doesn't look safe. __________________ '68 C-10 SWB 383 Stroker (Sold 3/2/2013) '87 R2500 LWB 454 TBI converted to Carb

05-04-2010, 12:51 AM	#18
Jacfourteen Big Red - Now its a SWB! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oroville, Ca Posts: 1,624	Re: want to cut springs have ???'s I just cut the fronts on my 3/4 ton and they are a bit different, I cut 1.5 coils and got about 2.5". They are a lot tighter fit then the 1/2 ton ones, if I didn't cut them I wouldn't have been able to put them back in without a compressor. Even with the cut coil it was lifting the truck to get the ball joint back on. Oh yeah the ride seems about the same in the front, I lowered the back by pulling out 4 leaves so it rides smoother than before. __________________ 68 3/4 ton (Project)-350 Small Block, .030 over, 10:1 comp, 3998993 heads, C3BX edelbrock intake, comp cams XE268, Holley 670 SA, long tube headers, dual flow 40's, E-fan, Alum rad, currently under the knife getting shortened and bagged build thread 41 3/4 ton (wife's)-flatbed, fully restored to original 01 Tahoe LT 4WD (my daily driver)-Magnaflow Muffler, Rollin on 22's 02 Ford Mustang Convertable (Wife's Car)-Flowmaster 50, Clear corners, Intake, sittin on 18's Last edited by Jacfourteen; 05-04-2010 at 12:52 AM.

05-04-2010, 02:14 AM	#19
Sublvr72 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2004 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 1,387	Re: want to cut springs have ???'s I cut the rears on my panel as well

05-04-2010, 07:27 AM	#20
big_al_71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11,375	Re: want to cut springs have ???'s cut the front one full coil and for the rear get a set of springs from the junkyard off of a jeep and it will drop it four inches in the rear... __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild

05-04-2010, 02:00 PM	#25
kcjones I wish I was a cowboy Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rohnert Park, CA Posts: 409	Re: want to cut springs have ???'s OK, so you can cut the rear springs...but in the pictures I saw, there's nothing holding them in place...can anyone honestly tell me it's ok to drive the truck with nothing holding the spring to the frame? I realize the bottom is held in place.... __________________ -Kris Met list: Cyclone,Wilson,TranzAm,extd56,hotrodhomi,mnky30,Rokcrln,Brad,JerryJones(well, his truck anyway).



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