Has anybody out there cut coils or heated them for a drop?

[Boog]

wow diggin up an old thread here from 2009.
Still relevant today however.
Some use Chevelle, Cultass or Skylark rear springs to drop a few inches. Being a smaller diameter wire they will ride good but not have the load carrrying capacity as a thicker truck spring. Some also use jeep springs. Same applies to them. It's all in how you intend to use your truck as to what springs to use I guess.

[midniteblues]

I heard of the jeep springs but havent heard anything on the chevelle coils,I'm gonna hafta give it a try then. I wont be loading up my stepper I have a dd for that. but thanks for the info,boog

[oldblue1968chevy]

jeep springs and chevelle springs are just too soft you can stand in t he bed and its on bumpstops.

(I ended up cutting my front springs 1 coil=2" drop heard not to cut more than 1 round) and put a 2" drop block in the rear

total drop-2/2

1st pic truck springs/jeep tj rear springs

2nd pic cut front 1 round 2" drop block/stock truck springs

[Ray Rust]

The only problem I had after cutting 1 1/2 coils , was every time you jack the front up it's a pain in the butt coz the coils drop out of the pockets , so you've gotta hold it back in place as you lower the truck down ( carefully or ya could lose a finger or two ) ....

[oldblue1968chevy]

Yeah, mine does that too with 1 coil cut.

[oldblue1968chevy]

better shot i think the 1st pic is a before

[yunkyarddog]

if i remember right (done 4 years ago) 2 coils up front and an axel flip out back

[Kerry P]

Although I don't think it's the best way to do it I have torched a few springs over the years. I did my wife's '76 last week. Dropped about three inches, it still has a nice ride.