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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Modesto, CA
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Question about cutting coil springs...How much?
I just want literally 3/4" of drop. Few Questions:
1.) Would that 3/4" drop make me get realigned/new shocks? 2.) How much of the coil should I cut off? (I'm not heating them, I'm going to cut them with a saw.) 3.) Will that 3/4" make my ride BOUNCE? (Cuz I know after you cut your springs, your shiz bounces like a MOFO, but I think that might only be when you cut them SHORT!) ![]() |
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3/4" won't affect your shocks. I wouldn't cut coil springs at all, but if I had to it wouldn't be more than one coil. That shouldn't give you the potato wagon effect.
New drop coils are less than $100, especially for a 1" drop (will 0.25" more make you mad?). Why don't you just go with those and save suspension integrity and ride comfort?
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1/2" or 3/4" clearance, either way you're going to rub. I've got almost 2" clearance and mine rub.
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Hmm...maybe one solid inch wouldn't rub...but maybe they're supposed to be like that so they WON"T rub. I imagine when I hit bumps, they're going to bounce up...so maybe I'll just leave em...
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Give your truck more than a week to settle also.
Be patient young grasshoppa'
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dONT CUT EM!!
I have seen springs take a month or more to settle.
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