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Jeep Coil Spring Drop
Hey guys Im new to yor site and I had been looking through the pages and saw a discution on lowering by using jeep coils in the rear and cutting the coils in the front. So I said what the heck lets do it. Here are a couple of photos of my 65. I cut one full coil plus 3 inches in the front I figured I can allways cut more buts its hard to add.
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
Congrats & Welcome to The Board from Indiana..........
Truck Looks Real Good, What Coils did you use in the Rear?? Rick
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
I used 98 wrangler springs. Now that I look at the pictures they don’t really do the drop justice it must be the different angle but the lowered the back about 4 inches.
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The jeep springs are a cheep easy swap, but don expect to haul a huge load. Nice truck and Welcome from Nor Cal !
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
Thanks for the welcome.
I dont realy put much in the bed. But I do pull a small trailer with my lawn equipment on it. I just have to take it a little easy over the bumps |
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
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Were they front or rear Wrangler coil springs? This thread just helped me out quite a bit with the fact that you say the Jeep coils are the same diameter and bolt in. I can play with the other tech i know and figure a 3" lift for a trailer project i'm working on that started as a mid 60's stepside. |
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
Not so much that are the same diameter...they pigtail on both ends
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
Here is a pic of Heavy Duty rear coils off of my '67 compared to a new set of Jeep TJ springs. The coils are noticeably thinner. Haven't had them completely bolted in yet but they seem to drop the truck about 3 inches during test fitting. Still waiting on a new set of retainers and hardware for final installation. got the springs at a jeep shop for ten bucks apiece.
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
What did you pay for the rear springs?
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I gave $20 for them but Im sure I could have got set for free if I would have put a little effort into it.
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
If you look a`t the 1st Pic you can see all the tire from top of Rim up & in the 2nd Pic it is just Top of Rim, Anyhow it Looks Great................
Rick
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
did it bolt in or did you have to mod them any
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
they bolt right in but the spring it self is bit thiner so the hold downs may need a little motification.
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
I got them for 5.00 +10.00 shiping off of e bay. look around for a 4wd shop that works on jeeps, chances are they will give them to you.
Oh and mine went in with no mods!
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
It looks great. I would like to do this to mine, but I would like a bit more drop in the front. How much did the front drop? Also what do you mean by 1 full coil plus 3 inches? I understand the one full coil, it is the plus 3 inches that is throwing me. Never mind, I figured it out.
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
You know I didn’t measure the drop in the front but I would say about 2 inches. I put the rear coils in first and the truck sat lower in the back. After I cut fronts it now sits with a slight rake. I did have to cut some off the stops in the front.
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OK thanks, and welcome to the board from Cookson OK.
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
Nice truck. Looks good with the new drop.
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
Are you using Jeep springs in the front? Wrangler, Cherokee, grand Cherokee??
I bought a set of front 6cyl cherokee springs and mine goes to the bumps (front). If I put 100lbs of lift it sits at the ride height I want so I think I'll build a spacer. I'm running a LS1/4L80E combo so I would think my front weight should be lighter than a SBC/TH350 combo. Shaun |
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
Not in the front just the back I cut the ones in the front.
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Re: Jeep Coil Spring Drop
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![]() ![]() We all know drop springs are relatively cheap, but free is better ![]() As a WARNING FYI Here is mine with front springs cut TOO MUCH ![]() ![]() I cut 2 full coils, then ended up with rubber spacers under the springs and some 1" bumpstops in place of the stock ones. In hindsite 1.5 coils would probably be ok.It rides like crap and bottoms out, but it was FREEEEE and allowed me to save my $ for '32 ford parts ![]() I got a set of wrangler springs for the rear for free but have not gotten around to installing them yet. ![]() |
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