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09-18-2004, 07:42 PM
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What I drive
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Can our trucks be lowered by turning the rear springs upside down?
Just as the subject line ask. My brother told me he had seen it done before on a truck like mine
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09-18-2004, 08:16 PM
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You get what you pay for
 
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No. Tell your brother to lay down the pipe.
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09-18-2004, 08:22 PM
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What I drive
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I tried to tell him it couldn't be done
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09-18-2004, 08:42 PM
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Maybe by flipping the axle to the top side of the spring, but turning the spring upside down wouldn't work for sure, lol
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09-19-2004, 01:07 AM
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Stepsides RULE
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yeah you gotta flip the whole kitten caboodle. And notch that thingie.
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1981 Chevy C10 Custom Deluxe Stepside 350 V8, headers, side exhausts, 3-speed auto SOLD 1980 Chevy C10 Custum Deluxe Stepside 305 V8, Edelbrock Performer Intake, Edelbrock 1406 600CFM 4-barrel, TH350C. Bent rod. SOLD 1984 GMC Sierra Classic Longbed 6.2L Diesel SOLD 2009 Kawasaki KLX-250S too many mods for this signature 1999 Honda Accord EX 4-cylinder, 17" Motegi Wheels 215/45/17 Sumitomo tires, Tein S-Tech lowering springs, KYB GR2 shocks, Acura TL 20mm rear swaybar, debadged, blackhoused headlights, Short-Ram Intake Cardomain of the Accord |
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09-19-2004, 11:57 AM
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I have taken the overloads (bottom leaf) and flipped them to compress the rest of the springs, but that when I was much younger and even more stupid than I am now. So it can be done, but I wouldn’t recommend it.
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09-19-2004, 11:59 AM
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can it be done? yes. will it ride like crap? yes. just do a flip kit, and put the axle on top of the springs.
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09-20-2004, 12:38 PM
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ROCKET POWER!
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I'd really like to see what happens to the spring eyes when they're flipped upside down and the weight of the truck tries to pull them open. Will they break like the Mopar A/F bodies or bend open?
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