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sdstick
Posts : 4292 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Revere, MA
| Subject: Spring cutters Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:07 am | |
| OK who wants to chime in with advise here? I have the stock 95 springs that kept their ride height until they were pulled. I'm thinking of leaving the stock rears but wonder if I should cut the stock fronts? Info on cutting ...1/2 coil, 1 coil Or replace springs with something else? 9C1's? Let me know I really dont want to lower this car much as I dont want Matt having to learn that yet. _________________ Steve 96BBB 28K 3.42 Bolt-ons 95BBB 100K 3.73 383 New DD...already broke fixt the 4L60E twice 95 Black WB4 Hole...ee...grail 96 Black WB4 No holes in this 95BBB 189K 3.08 Old DD Stolen...by Matt. Whine..eee...Silver LS6 | |
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96slowss
Posts : 855 Join date : 2010-06-09 Age : 35 Location : Halifax,MA
| Subject: Re: Spring cutters Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:48 pm | |
| i have eibachs in my front with a half coil cut off those is pretty low. but before those. i had stock springs with a coil cut off and it dropped it about 1.5 maybe 2 inches. | |
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sdstick
Posts : 4292 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Revere, MA
| Subject: Re: Spring cutters Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:21 pm | |
| Did you have stock rears when you cut 1 coil of the stock fronts? If so, how was the look? I'm thinking 1-1/2-2" MAY be a little more then I want 1-1/2 isnt to bad, but 2? I had a slightly raked look due to 189K slight front sag
_________________ Steve 96BBB 28K 3.42 Bolt-ons 95BBB 100K 3.73 383 New DD...already broke fixt the 4L60E twice 95 Black WB4 Hole...ee...grail 96 Black WB4 No holes in this 95BBB 189K 3.08 Old DD Stolen...by Matt. Whine..eee...Silver LS6 | |
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toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| Subject: Re: Spring cutters Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:34 pm | |
| I think 1 coil off the stock SS springs may even be lower than you want. I'd start with half a coil or even 3/4 for you... _________________ Bill "The Verb" Crovo - Resident Car Slut & Unicorn Hunter A Toasted Marshmallow, A Long German, A Lame Suburban and expensive dreams... Missing all my previous B's, D's and V... American Ricerwww.badassofne.net "Ooooh! Look! Something shiny!"NO MORE UNICORNS!!!!!LOWER IT!!! | |
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sdstick
Posts : 4292 Join date : 2009-03-20 Location : Revere, MA
| Subject: Re: Spring cutters Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:22 pm | |
| START with 1/2....like I'll go back?....no efin way 1/2 it is. Thanks _________________ Steve 96BBB 28K 3.42 Bolt-ons 95BBB 100K 3.73 383 New DD...already broke fixt the 4L60E twice 95 Black WB4 Hole...ee...grail 96 Black WB4 No holes in this 95BBB 189K 3.08 Old DD Stolen...by Matt. Whine..eee...Silver LS6 | |
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toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| Subject: Re: Spring cutters Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:24 pm | |
| - sdstick wrote:
- START with 1/2....like I'll go back?....no efin way
1/2 it is. Thanks We did, with Al's car. (Probably will with my caddy, too) _________________ Bill "The Verb" Crovo - Resident Car Slut & Unicorn Hunter A Toasted Marshmallow, A Long German, A Lame Suburban and expensive dreams... Missing all my previous B's, D's and V... American Ricerwww.badassofne.net "Ooooh! Look! Something shiny!"NO MORE UNICORNS!!!!!LOWER IT!!! | |
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V8Killer
Posts : 1691 Join date : 2009-03-12 Age : 53 Location : Southern, NH
| Subject: Re: Spring cutters Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:48 pm | |
| Well I can tell you this: 1 3/4 coils cut out of a stock 9C1 spring will drop the front end right onto the factory bumpstops That's what has been in my car since the beginning of summer. Forget trying to get a floor-jack under it without driving up onto 2 x 4's first. IT'S LOW | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Spring cutters Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:28 pm | |
| Steve If you take a stock 9c1 spring, and cut 1 full coil, it will put you at stock SS ride hight. I took an aditional 2" of coil beyond the full one, and this is my front. |
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toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| Subject: Re: Spring cutters Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:33 pm | |
| - IMPALADAKID wrote:
- Steve
If you take a stock 9c1 spring, and cut 1 full coil, it will put you at stock SS ride hight. I took an aditional 2" of coil beyond the full one, and this is my front.
<pic snip> Yeah Billy, but yours is a wagon... A sedan will actually be lower with the same amount of cut coils. The wagon ass acts as a cantilever and lifts the front up a bit. That's why SS springs (uncut) don't work in the wagons. Just an FYI... Don't get all butt-hurt or anything. _________________ Bill "The Verb" Crovo - Resident Car Slut & Unicorn Hunter A Toasted Marshmallow, A Long German, A Lame Suburban and expensive dreams... Missing all my previous B's, D's and V... American Ricerwww.badassofne.net "Ooooh! Look! Something shiny!"NO MORE UNICORNS!!!!!LOWER IT!!! | |
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BoSStonsSS
Posts : 770 Join date : 2009-01-22 Age : 37 Location : BOSTON,MA
| Subject: Re: Spring cutters Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:46 pm | |
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